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7th Grade Science Content Standards

This text resource illustrates the Standards Map for the 7th grade Science Standards in PASS.

Standards

  3. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Physical Science > S.1

    Properties and Physical Changes in Matter - Physical characteristics of objects can be described using shape, size, and mass whereas the materials from which objects are made can be described using color and texture. The student will engage in investigations that integrate the process standards and lead to the discovery of the following objectives:

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    Object Physical Characteristics
    Object Materials
    2 - Describe (Physical characteristics of an object)
    2 - Describe (Materials that make up an object)
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    2 - I can describe physical characteristics of an object.
    2 - I can describe materials that make up an object.
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this standard.
    A. All objects and the materials that make them have physical characteristics.
    A.1 What physical characteristics does an object have?
    A.2 What physical characteristics does an object's material that forms it have.
  4. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Physical Science > S.1 > O.1

    Matter has physical properties that can be measured (i.e., mass, volume, temperature, color, texture, and density). Physical changes of a substance do not alter the chemical nature of a substance (e.g., phase changes of water, sanding wood).

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    Matter Physical Properties
    Properties
    1 - Measure (physical properties)
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    1 - I can measure physical properties of matter.
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this standard.
    A. Physical changes of a material will not change its chemical properties.
    A.1 What are the steps to taking measurements?
    A.2 How does one determine if physical and/or chemical changes have occurred?
  5. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Physical Science > S.1 > O.2

    Mixtures can be classified as homogeneous or heterogeneous and can be separated by physical means.

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    2 - Classify (mixtures)
    1 - Identify (methods to separate mixtures)
    2 - classify a material into a homogeneous or heterogeneous mixture.
    1 - identify methods to separate heterogeneous mixtures.
    Using physical properties, mixtures may be separated into its individual substances.
    Using physical properties, mixtures can be classified.
    What is a homogeneous mixture?
    What is a heterogeneous mixture?
    How might a mixture be separated into its individual parts?
  7. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Life Science > S.2

    Structure and Function in Living Systems - Living systems at all levels of organization demonstrate the complementary nature of structure and function. The student will engage in investigations that integrate the process standards and lead to the discovery of the following objectives:

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this standard.
    A. Living systems at all levels of organization demonstrate the complementary nature of structure and function.
    A.1 For a living system, what is its levels of organization?
    A.2 How is the complementary nature of structure and function, given an example of a living system?
  8. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Life Science > S.2 > O.1

    Living systems are organized by levels of complexity (i.e., cells, tissues, organs, systems).

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    Living Systems Organization
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this objective.
    A. A living system (organism) can be organized into cells, tissues, organs, and systems.
    A.1 What is the difference between cells and tissue?
    A.2 What makes up an organ?
    A.3 What makes up a system?
  9. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Life Science > S.2 > O.2

    Specialized structures perform specific functions at all levels of complexity (e.g., leaves on trees, wings on birds, organelles in cells).

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    Levels of Complexity
    Structures (e.g.)
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this objective.
    A. Specialized structures found in living systems perform specific functions.
    A.1 What special function does a specific structure have?
  10. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Life Science > S.3

    Reproduction and Heredity - Reproduction is the process by which organisms give rise to offspring. Heredity is the passing of traits to offspring. All organisms must be able to grow and reproduce.  The student will engage in investigations that integrate the process standards and lead to the discovery of the following objectives:

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this standard.
    A. Organisms grow and reproduce to produce offspring.
    B. Offspring traits are heredited from parents.
    A.1 What is the process of reproduction?
    A.2 How is reproduction different from one organism to another?
    B.1 What are traits that hare heredited by offspring?
  11. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Life Science > S.3 > O.1

    Characteristics of an organism result from inheritance and from interactions with the environment (e.g., genes, chromosomes, DNA, inherited traits, cell division).

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this standard.
    A. The interactions to an environment and the inheritance of an organism is what determines its characteristics.
    A.1 How can the inheritance of an mushroom be explained?
    A.2 How does inheritance determine characteristics of an monarch butterfly?
    A.3 In what ways might an earthworm's interactions with its environment affect its characteristics?
  12. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Life Science > S.3 > O.2

    Similarities among organisms are found in anatomical features, which can be used to infer the degree of relatedness among organisms.

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    Organism Similarities
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    2 - Infer (Degree of relatedness among organisms)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this standard.
    2 - I can infer degree of relatedness among organisms using similarities found in there anatomical features.
    A. Similarities of anatomical features across organisms help infer how related they might be.
    A.1 What anatomical features might be used to infer how related one organism is to another?
  13. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Life Science > S.4

    Behavior and Regulations - All organisms must be able to maintain stable internal conditions while living in a constantly changing external environment.  Behavioral response is a set of actions determined in part by heredity and in part by experience.     The student will engage in investigations that integrate the process standards and lead to the discovery of the following objectives:

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    Behavioral
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this standard.
    A. Organisms adapt to external environmental conditions while maintaining a stable internal condition.
    B. Behavior is a product heredity and experience.
    A.1 How does an organism adapt to different external conditions?
    A.2 How does an organism maintain stable internal conditions?
    B.1 What behaviors are inherited?
    B.2 What behaviors are learned from experience?
  14. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Life Science > S.4 > O.1

    Living organisms strive to maintain a constant internal environment (i.e., homeostasis).

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this standard.
    A. Organism maintain homeostasis in order to live.
    A.1 How is the the panting of a dog and you getting the goose bumps when playing in the snow related?
  15. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Life Science > S.4 > O.2

    Living organisms have physical and/or behavioral responses to external stimuli (e.g., hibernation, migration, geotropism).

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this standard.
    A. External stimuli causes behavioral and/or physical responses in living organisms.
    A.1 How is not being able to locate many Canadian Geese in Canada and snapping turtles in Kansas somewhat difficult in January related?
    A.2 What are some examples of organism's responses to external stimuli?
  17. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Earth/Space Science > S.5

    Structures of the Earth System - The earth is mostly rock, three-fourths of its surface is covered by a relatively thin layer of water, and the entire planet is surrounded by a relatively thin blanket of air, and is able to support life. The student will engage in investigations that integrate the process standards and lead to the discovery of the following objectives:

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    Earth System Structures
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this standard.
    A. The Earth can be examined using different individual systems.
    A.1 What are the structures of the Earth System?
    A.2 How does the Earth Systems support life?
  18. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Earth/Space Science > S.5 > O.1

    Global patterns of atmospheric movement influence local weather such as oceans' effect on climate (e.g., sea breezes, land breezes, ocean currents).  Clouds, formed by the condensation of water vapor, affect local weather and climate.

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    Global patterns
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this standard.
    A. Global patterns of atmospheric movement influence local weather.
    B. Clouds affect local weather and climate.
    A.1 What do global atmospheric patterns look like?
    A.2 In what was do atmospheric patterns affect local weather?
    B.1 How does cloud formation affect local weather and climate?
    B.2 How does the condensation of water affect the surrounding environment?
  19. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Earth/Space Science > S.5 > O.2

    The solid crust of the earth consists of separate plates that move very slowly pressing against one another in some places and pulling apart in other places (i.e., volcanoes, earthquakes, mountain creation).

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this standard.
    A. Earth's crust is in separate plates that are interacting with one another.
    A.1 What forces are involved with the Earth's crust?
    A.2 What are the results of the interaction between plates?
  20. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Earth/Space Science > S.6

    Earth and the Solar System - The earth is the third planet from the sun in a system that includes the moon, the sun, seven other planets and their moons, and smaller objects (e.g., asteroids, comets, dwarf planets).  The student will engage in investigations that integrate the process standards and lead to the discovery of the following objectives:

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this standard.
    A. The solar system has various objects that surround the sun.
    A.1 How are the objects that circle the sun different?
    A.2 How many and in what order are the objects that circle the sun?
  21. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Earth/Space Science > S.6 > O.1

    Most objects in the solar system are in regular and predictable motion.  Those motions explain such phenomena as the day, the year, phases of the moon, and eclipses.

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    Solar System
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this objective.
    A. The movement of solar system objects causes different phenomena to occur.
    A.1 Why is there a night an day?
    A.2 How would one explain what a year is?
    A.3 What causes moon phases?
    A.4 What causes eclipses?
  22. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > G.7 > Earth/Space Science > S.6 > O.2

    Seasons result from variations in the amount of the sun’s energy hitting the surface, due to the tilt of the earth’s rotation on its axis and the length of the day.  The relationship of motion of the Sun, Earth, and Earth's Moon is a result of the force of gravity.

    Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions
    4 - Integrate (Investigations)
    4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this objective.
    A. The tilt of the Earth's axis is the cause of the its seasons.
    B. Gravity is the force that drives the motion of the Sun, Earth, and its moon.
    A.1 What causes the seasons?
    B.1 What causes the motion of the Earth and moon?

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