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7TH GRADE SCIENCE CURRICULUM MAP Revised 06-01-11 Developed for Mesa Public Schools  Please Note The December District Assessment will cover the following: Safety, Measurement, Problem, Hypothesis, Experimental Design, Graphing, Analysis of Results, Conclusion and Astronomy The May District Assessment will cover the following: Experimental Design, Graphing, Analysis of Results, Conclusion and the Layers of the Earth, Plate Tectonics, Minerals, the Rock Cycle, and Ecology. It is suggested that Safety and the Scientific Processes be imbedded throughout the year. For ease of reference, all Safety, Measurement, and Scientific Processes objectives are presented at the front of the Curriculum Map.  Timeline for 7th Grade Science Curriculum 1st Semester Page 1. Safety and Measurement 6 a. Inquiry: Safety, Measurement b. Historical: e.g. French Academy of Sciences, Madame Marie Curie, Thomas Alva Edison c. Personal Social Perspective: scientific contributions 2. Scientific Processes 7 a. Inquiry: Measurement, Observation/Inference/Classification, Hypothesis, Experimental Design, Data Collection b. Historical: Aristotle, Ibn al-Haytham c. Personal Social Perspective: careers in science Deep Space (Suggested finish before end of 1st Quarter) 11 Inquiry: Observation, Scientific Questions, Hypothesis Historical: e.g. Lowell, Hubble Personal Social Perspective: e.g. Ancient observatories (AZ and world), constellation mythology, Lowell’s observations of Mars Sun, Moon, Earth System (Suggested to begin at the start of 2nd Quarter) 12 Inquiry: Observation, Scientific Questions, Hypothesis Historical: e.g. Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Luis and Walter Alvarez Personal Social Perspective: e.g. telescopes, space exploration and travel, Space Shuttle, Hubble telescope, planetary missions