March 28 - April 1

Students will examine organisms or their

structures such as insects or leaves and use

dichotomous keys for identification.

 

March 21-25, 2016

Student will be able to describe how biodiversity contributes to the sustainability of an ecosystem and observe and describe how different environments, including microhabitats in schoolyards and biomes, support different varieties of organisms.

 

 

 

March 7-11, 2016

Students will identify some changes in genetic traits that have occurred over several generations through natural selection and selective breeding such as the Galapagos Medium Ground Finch or domestic animals.

 

 

February 29, 2016 - March 4, 2016

Students will define heredity as the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next generation.

February 22-26, 2016

 

Define Heredity & Genetic Material

 

Student will define heredity as the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next generation and recognize that inherited traits of individuals are governed in the genetic material found in the genes within chromosomes in the nucleus.

February 15-19, 2015

 

Monday 15 - Fetal Pig Dissection Review

Tuesday 16- 7th Grade Writing District Benchmark

Wednesday 17- Fetal Pig Dissection

Thursday 18- Fetal Pig Dissection

Friday 19- Dissection Lab Report and Activity

February 8-12, 2016

 

Monday- Human Organ System Review

Tuesday- Human Organ System Exam

Wednesday- Fetal Pig Dissection Guide Activity

Thursday- Lab: Fetal Pig Dissection

Friday- Fetal Pig Dissection Lab Report and Activity