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NE.SC.7.13.Earth's Systems

Earth's Systems

SC.7.13.5. Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the flow of energy and cycling of matter associated with Earth's materials and processes.

SC.7.13.5.A. Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.

Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather

Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics

Presentations Heat Transfer and Convection Currents

Presentations Theory of Plate Tectonics

Presentations Weather

Flip Charts Plate Tectonics

Flip Charts Science: Earth Science

Flip Charts Understanding Weather

Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather

SC.7.13.5.B. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.

Flip Charts Minerals

Flip Charts Science: Earth Science

SC.7.13.5.C. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems.

Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather

Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes

Multimedia Lesson Minerals

Presentations Atmosphere Overview

Presentations Mining and the Environment

Presentations Sources of Energy

Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather

Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes

Vocabulary Terms Minerals

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Minerals

NE.SC.7.14.History of Earth

History of Earth

SC.7.14.6. Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence to explain Earth's history.

SC.7.14.6.A. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.

Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate

Multimedia Lesson Earth's Surface

Multimedia Lesson Earthquakes

Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics

Multimedia Lesson Volcanoes

Interactive/Simulation Forces of Erosion and Deposition

Presentations Climate Change

Presentations Continental Drift

Presentations Earthquake Safety

Presentations Faults in the Earth's Crust

Presentations Forces of Erosion and Deposition

Presentations How an Earthquake Occurs

Presentations How Earth's Surface Changes

Presentations Introduction to Volcanoes

Presentations Mechanical and Chemical Weathering

Presentations The Erosion and Deposition Cycle

Presentations Theory of Plate Tectonics

Presentations Weathering and Erosion Overview

Flip Charts Earthquakes

Flip Charts Fossils

Flip Charts Science Grade 6

Flip Charts Science: Earth Science

Flip Charts Volcanoes

Flip Charts Weathering of Rocks & Soil Formation

Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate

Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Surface

Vocabulary Terms Earthquakes

Vocabulary Terms Volcanoes

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Surface

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earthquakes

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Volcanoes

SC.7.14.6.B. Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of past plate motions.

Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics

Presentations Continental Drift

Presentations Theory of Plate Tectonics

Flip Charts Plate Tectonics

Flip Charts Science: Earth Science

SC.7.14.6.C. Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.

Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather

Multimedia Lesson Earthquakes

Multimedia Lesson Plate Tectonics

Interactive/Simulation Earthquake and Seismogram

Virtual Lab Earthquake Simulator

Presentations Earth's Interior

Presentations Earthquake Safety

Presentations Measuring Earthquakes

Presentations Predicting Weather

Presentations Seismic Waves

Flip Charts Earthquakes

Flip Charts Science: Earth Science

Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather

Vocabulary Terms Earthquakes

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earthquakes

NE.SC.7.3.Structure and Properties of Matter

Structure and Properties of Matter

SC.7.3.1. Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the structure, properties, and interactions of matter.

SC.7.3.1.A. Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules.

Multimedia Lesson Atoms and Chemical Bonding

Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter

Virtual Lab Atoms and Chemical Bonding

Presentations Atomic Configuration and Bonding

Presentations Classes of Matter

Vocabulary Terms Atoms and Chemical Bonding

Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter

SC.7.3.1.C. Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter

Presentations States of Matter

Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter

NE.SC.7.5.Chemical Reactions

Chemical Reactions

SC.7.5.2. Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of chemical reactions.

SC.7.5.2.A. Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

Multimedia Lesson Chemical Reactions

Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter

Interactive/Simulation Chemical and Physical Changes

Interactive/Simulation Types of Reactions

Virtual Lab Evidence of Chemical Reactions

Presentations Balancing Equations

Presentations Changes of State

Presentations Chemical Reactions

Presentations Energy in Reactions

Presentations Reactions and Reaction Rates

Flip Charts Acids, Bases & Salts

Flip Charts Chemical Reactions

Flip Charts Science: Physical Science

Vocabulary Terms Chemical Reactions

Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Reactions

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter

SC.7.5.2.B. Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.

Flip Charts Chemical Reactions

Flip Charts Science: Physical Science

SC.7.5.2.C. Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.

Multimedia Lesson Chemical Reactions

Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter

Presentations Changes of State

Presentations Energy in Reactions

Presentations Reactions and Reaction Rates

Flip Charts Chemical Reactions

Flip Charts Science: Physical Science

Vocabulary Terms Chemical Reactions

Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Reactions

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter

NE.SC.7.7.Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

SC.7.7.3. Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of interdependent relationships in ecosystems.

SC.7.7.3.A. Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Interactive/Simulation Food Webs

Presentations Energy Flow

Presentations Energy Pyramid

Presentations Food Chains

Presentations Food Web Balance

Presentations Food Webs

Presentations Owl Food Web

Flip Charts Ecosystems, Food Chains & Food

Flip Charts Owl Food Web

Flip Charts Science Grade 6

Flip Charts Science: Owls and Owl Pellets

Flip Charts The Barn Owl

SC.7.7.3.C. Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Multimedia Lesson Photosynthesis and Respiration

Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and Respiration

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration

SC.7.7.3.D. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and increasing positive human impact on the environment.

NE.SC.7.8.Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

SC.7.8.4. Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the flow of energy and cycling of matter in organisms and ecosystems.

SC.7.8.4.A. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Multimedia Lesson Photosynthesis and Respiration

Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife

Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life

Interactive/Simulation Photosynthesis

Presentations Connection between Photosynthesis and Respiration

Presentations Energy Flow

Presentations Euglena

Presentations Leaf Structure and Photosynthesis

Presentations Overview of Photosynthesis

Presentations Plant-Like Protists

Presentations Plants

Presentations Process of Photosynthesis

Presentations Spirogyra

Presentations Volvox

Flip Charts Photosynthesis & Respiration

Flip Charts Science: Life Science

Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and Respiration

Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife

SC.7.8.4.B. Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as matter moves through an organism.

Multimedia Lesson Photosynthesis and Respiration

Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife

Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 1: Moving and Controlling the Body

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 2: Providing Fuel and Transportation

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 3: Protection, Reproduction and Cooperation

Interactive/Simulation Cellular Respiration

Interactive/Simulation Digestive System

Interactive/Simulation Kingdom Identification

Interactive/Simulation Paramecium

Virtual Lab Classifying Organisms

Virtual Lab Comparing Algae & Protozoa