Grade 7 Science Bundle Ontario Curriculum

This 4-unit Grade 7 Science Bundle will help you teach Grade 7 Science without a textbook. Students will love these engaging and differentiated units that cover Interactions in the Environment, Heat in the Environment, Pure Substances and Mixtures as well as Understanding Structures and Mechanisms.

• This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e. Google Classroom™. The unit also comes with Google Slides™ versions of the included lessons for 1:1 technology schools.
• Curriculum Alignment: Ontario Science Curriculum 2022

Resource Includes:

• Detailed lesson plans
• Differentiated lessons and assignments (readings, videos, graphic organizers, interactive notebook activities, group work, projects, labs)
• Mp3 audio files of each article.
• Detailed unit plans, answer keys, and assessment rubrics
• Lessons are divided up with title pages for easy access
• Student assignment choice and variety
• Quizzes (PDF and Self-Marking Google Forms)
• Unit Test (PDF and Self-Marking Google Forms)
• Science Labs
• Sub Plans
• PDF format
• Google Slides format

Lesson Overview:

Interactions in the Environment (Ecosystems)

1. Unit Vocabulary QR Code Matching Activity
2. Elements of Ecosystems
3. Ecosystems - Examples and Interactions
4. Energy Transfer and Food Chains
5. Biotic Elements Quiz
6. Matter Cycling
7. Ecological Succession
8. Ecosystem Limits
9. Species At Risk & Invasive Species Assignment
10. Human Interactions in the Environment
11. Indigenous Perspectives
12. Environmental Investigation Case Study: Electric Cars
13. Environmental Protection Stations
14. Ecosystem Summative Lab (3 options)
15. Ecosystems Unit Test
16. Sub Plans

Heat in the Environment

1. Safety Lesson
2. Unit Vocabulary QR Code Scavenger Hunt
3. Introduction To Heat
4. Heat Production
5. Heat and Temperature
6. The Particle Theory
7. Heat and Volume
8. Conduction, Convection, and Radiation
9. Heat Video Questions
10. Teacher Demonstration: Boiling Water in a Paper Cup
11. Student Lab: Melting Ice Cubes
12. Heating and Cooling of the Earth
13. Greenhouse Gases
14. Investigation: Benefits of Technology With Heat
15. Stations & Project-Based Learning: Energy Types & Solar Panels Investigation
16. Unit Test

Pure Substances and Mixtures

1. Safety Rules & Unit Vocabulary
2. The Particle Theory
3. Pure Substances and Mixtures
4. Pure Substances and Mixtures Activity
5. Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Mixtures
6. Solutions and Solubility
7. Solution Examples Activity
8. Concentration of Solutions
9. Saturated Solutions
10. Saturation Lab
11. Separating Mixtures
12. Separating Mixtures Lab
13. Positive and Negative Impacts on the Environment
14. Tar Sands Investigation
15. Unit Test
16. Sub Plans

Understanding Structures and Mechanisms

1. Safety Lesson, Unit Vocabulary, Unit Introduction
2. Classifying Structures
3. Structures Video Questions
4. Centre of Gravity & Stability
5. Force
6. Show and Tell Assignment
7. Classifying Structures Quiz
8. Internal and External Forces
9. Card Pyramid Activity
10. Symmetry in Structures
11. Structure Failure
12. Manufacturing Factors
13. Loads
14. Structural Safety
15. Design Factors
16. Ergonomic Design
17. Take-Out Container Lab
18. Egg House Lab
19. Unit Review
20. Unit Test

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