IMaST Seventh Grade Curriculum

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• Select, create, and use appropriate graphical representations of data
• Find measures of center
• Discuss and understand the correspondence between data sets and their graphical representations

• Constancy, change, and measurement

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• Design and conduct scientific investigations
• Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data
• Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence
• Communicate scientific procedures and explanations
• Use mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry

• Design and conduct a scientific investigation
• Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data
• Develop descriptions and predictions using evidence
• Think critically and logically to make the relationship between evidence and explanations
• Communicate scientific procedures and explanations
• Use mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry
• Develop understandings about scientific inquiry

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• A substance has characteristic properties, such as density, a boiling point, and solubility, all of which are independent of the amount of the sample
• A mixture of substances often can be separated into the original substances using one or more of the characteristic properties
• Classify materials as acidic, basic, or neutral, based on observable characteristics
• Substances react chemically in characteristic ways with other substances to form new substances (compounds) with different characteristic properties
• Classify sample materials according to their thermal, electrical, magnetic, optical, and mechanical properties
• Environmental conditions influence the characteristic properties of materials

• The motion of an object can be described by its position, direction of motion, and speed
• A substance has characteristic properties
• Investigate the principle of center of mass using levers
• If more than one force acts on an object along a straight line, then the forces will reinforce or cancel one another, depending on their direction and magnitude

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• Species acquire many of their unique characteristics through biological adaptation including changes in structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance survival and reproductive success in a particular environment

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• Science and technology are reciprocal
• Design a solution or product and implement the design
• Technological designs have constraints

• Abilities of technological design
• Technological designs have constraints
• Perfectly designed solutions do not exist
• Science and technology are reciprocal

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• Technological changes are often accompanied by social, political, and economic changes that can be beneficial or detrimental to individuals and to society
• Technology influences society through its products and processes

• Technology influences society through its products and processes

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