www.explorelearning.com FL: Grade 7 Science This content correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this state's curriculum standard. Go to any of the Gizmo names below to see the corresponding Gizmo Details page. Content correlation date: October 19, 2007 SC.A: The Nature of Matter SC.A.1.3: The student understands that all matter has observable, measurable properties. SC.A.1.3.1: The student identifies various ways in which substances differ (e.g., mass, volume, shape, density, texture, and reaction to temperature and light). SC.A.1.3.1.1: uses a variety of measurements to describe the physical properties of matter (for example, volume and mass). Density Experiment: Slice and Dice Density Laboratory Determining Density via Water Displacement SC.A.1.3.2: The student understands the difference between weight and mass. SC.A.1.3.2.1: understands that weight is the result of gravitational pull on an object. Atwood Machine Beam to Moon (Ratios and Proportions) Freefall Laboratory Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects SC.A.1.3.3: The student knows that temperature measures the average energy of motion of the particles that make up the substance. SC.A.1.3.3.1: knows the difference between heat and temperature. Calorimetry Lab Phase Changes SC.A.1.3.3.2: knows that relative changes of position and motion of atoms in a solid, liquid, and gas are the result of an increase or decrease in temperature. Boyle's Law and Charles' Law Freezing Point of Salt Water Phase Changes Temperature and Particle Motion SC.A.1.3.4: The student knows that atoms in solids are close together and do not move around easily; in liquids, atoms tend to move farther apart; in gas, atoms are quite far apart and move around freely. SC.A.1.3.4.1: knows the direction of energy flow when a change in the phase of matter occurs. Calorimetry Lab Phase Changes SC.A.1.3.5: The student knows the difference between a physical change in a substance (i.e., altering the shape, form, volume, or density) and a chemical change (i.e., producing new substances with different characteristics). SC.A.1.3.5.1: knows that physical changes do not result in new substances. Density Experiment: Slice and Dice Freezing Point of Salt Water SC.A.1.3.5.3: knows chemical and physical changes that occur in nature. Density Experiment: Slice and Dice Freezing Point of Salt Water SC.A.1.3.6: The student knows that equal volumes of different substances may have different masses. SC.A.1.3.6.1: determines the volumes of different substances that have equal masses. Density Experiment: Slice and Dice Density Laboratory Determining Density via Water Displacement SC.A.2.3: The student understands the basic principles of atomic theory. SC.A.2.3.1: The student describes and compares the properties of particles and waves. SC.A.2.3.1.1: knows that charged particles and objects will attract or repel each other. Coulomb Force (Static) Pith Ball Lab SC.A.2.3.1.2: knows the relationship between frequency and wavelength (the greater the frequency of the wave, the smaller the wavelength of the wave). Photoelectric Effect Sound Beats and Sine Waves SC.A.2.3.2: The student knows the general properties of the atom (a massive nucleus of neutral neutrons and positive protons surrounded by a cloud of negative electrons) and accepts that single atoms are not visible. SC.A.2.3.2.1: understands that protons and neutrons are located in the nucleus of the atom while electrons exist in areas of probability outside of the nucleus. Electron Configuration Element Builder Nuclear Decay SC.A.2.3.2.2: understands that the mass of an atom is concentrated in the nucleus where the protons and neutrons are located. Element Builder Nuclear Decay SC.A.2.3.2.3: determines the mass number and atomic number of an atom from the number of protons and neutrons. Electron Configuration Element Builder Nuclear Decay SC.A.2.3.2.4: understands that most of the atom is empty space. Bohr Model of Hydrogen Bohr Model: Introduction Electron Configuration Element Builder Nuclear Decay SC.B: Energy SC.B.1.3: The student recognizes that energy may be changed in form with varying efficiency. SC.B.1.3.1: The student identifies forms of energy and explains that they can be measured and compared. SC.B.1.3.1.1: knows examples of uses of energy in the home and ways to measure its use. Household Energy Usage SC.B.1.3.2: The student knows that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but only changed from one form to another. SC.B.1.3.2.1: knows the difference between potential and kinetic energy. Air Track Energy of a Pendulum Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects Period of a Pendulum Potential Energy on Shelves Roller Coaster Physics Simple Harmonic Motion SC.B.1.3.2.2: knows ways to change energy from potential to kinetic. Energy Conversion in a System Energy of a Pendulum Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects Period of a Pendulum Roller Coaster Physics Simple Harmonic Motion SC.B.1.3.3: The student knows the various forms in which energy comes to Earth from the sun (e.g., visible light, infrared, and microwave). SC.B.1.3.3.1: knows the characteristics, effects, and common uses of ultraviolet, visible and infrared light. Herschel Experiment SC.B.1.3.4: The student knows that energy conversions are never 100% efficient (i.e., some energy is transformed to heat and is unavailable for further useful work). SC.B.1.3.4.1: knows that useful energy is lost as heat energy in every energy conversion. Calorimetry Lab Cell Energy Cycle Phase Changes Photoelectric Effect SC.C: Force and Motion SC.C.1.3: The student understands that types of motion may be described, measured, and predicted. SC.C.1.3.1: The student knows that the motion of an object can be described by its position, direction of motion, and speed. SC.C.1.3.1.1: knows that the motion of an object can be described by its position, direction of motion, and speed. Atwood Machine Distance-Time Graphs Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs Fan Cart Physics Freefall Laboratory Roller Coaster Physics SC.C.1.3.2: The student knows that vibrations in materials set up wave disturbances that spread away from the source (e.g., sound and earthquake waves). SC.C.1.3.2.1: knows factors that influence the amount of damage vibrations can cause. Sound Beats and Sine Waves SC.C.1.3.2.2: knows intensity of some common waves. Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter Sound Beats and Sine Waves SC.C.2.3: The student understands that the types of force that act on an object and the effect of that force can be described, measured, and predicted. SC.C.2.3.1: The student knows that many forces (e.g., gravitational, electrical, and magnetic) act at a distance (i.e., without contact). SC.C.2.3.1.4: knows the difference between parallel and series circuits. Advanced Circuits Circuits SC.C.2.3.3: The student knows that if more than one force acts on an object, then the forces can reinforce or cancel each other, depending on their direction and magnitude. SC.C.2.3.3.1: knows that objects in a vacuum accelerate at a constant rate. Atwood Machine Freefall Laboratory Golf Range! Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects SC.C.2.3.3.2: understands that as objects fall to Earth, speed increases until they reach terminal velocity. Atwood Machine Freefall Laboratory Golf Range! SC.C.2.3.4: The student knows that simple machines can be used to change the direction or size of a force. SC.C.2.3.4.1: understands uses and combinations of simple machines in complicated machines. Pulley Lab Torque and Moment of Inertia SC.C.2.3.7: The student knows that gravity is a universal force that every mass exerts on every other mass. SC.C.2.3.7.1: understands that gravity is a force exerted on a mass that causes an object to have weight. Atwood Machine Beam to Moon (Ratios and Proportions) Freefall Laboratory Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects SC.C.2.3.7.2: knows that gravity is a force that holds the Solar System together. Gravitational Force Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws Rotation/Revolution of Venus and Earth Tides SC.D: Processes that Shape the Earth SC.D.1.3: The student recognizes that processes in the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere interact to shape the Earth. SC.D.1.3.1: The student knows that mechanical and chemical activities shape and reshape the Earth's land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas, sometimes in seasonal layers. SC.D.1.3.1.2: understands the action of ground water to form aquifers, caverns, and sinkholes. Porosity Water Cycle SC.D.1.3.1.3: knows the ways in which the Earth's surface is eroded and reshaped (for example, weathering, erosion, deposition). Rock Cycle SC.D.1.3.2: The student knows that over the whole Earth, organisms are growing, dying, and decaying as new organisms are produced by the old ones. SC.D.1.3.2.1: understands that fossils are used to predict and explain the similarities and differences of organisms that lived in the past and compare them with those living today. Human Evolution - Skull Analysis SC.D.1.3.3: The student knows how conditions that exist in one system influence the conditions that exist in other systems. SC.D.1.3.3.1: understands that changes on the surface of the Earth affect living systems. Food Chain SC.D.1.3.4: The student knows the ways in which plants and animals reshape the landscape (e.g., bacteria, fungi, worms, rodents, and other organisms add organic matter to the soil, increasing soil fertility, encouraging plant growth, and strengthening resistance to e SC.D.1.3.4.1: knows the ways in which living things reshape the landscape (for example, bacteria, fungi, worms, rodents, and other organisms add organic matter to the soil, increasing soil fertility, encouraging plant growth, and strengthening resistance to erosion). Food Chain Interdependence of Plants and Animals SC.D.2.3: The student understands the need for protection of the natural systems on Earth. SC.D.2.3.1: The student understands that quality of life is relevant to personal experience. SC.D.2.3.1.1: knows ways to conserve and recycle resources (for example, develops and uses a personal action plan to use recyclable materials whenever possible). Water Pollution SC.E: Earth and Space SC.E.1.3: The student understands the interaction and organization in the Solar System and the universe and how this affects life on Earth. SC.E.1.3.1: The student understands the vast size of our Solar System and the relationship of the planets and their satellites. SC.E.1.3.1.1: knows the relative sizes of planets. Solar System Explorer SC.E.1.3.1.2: understands the distances of the planets and the asteroid belt from the Sun are vast. Solar System Explorer SC.E.1.3.1.3: understands the relationship between the phases of the Moon and the positions of the Moon, Earth, and Sun as the Moon revolves around the Earth. 2D Eclipse 3D Eclipse Moon Phases Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases SC.E.1.3.1.4: understands the revolution and rotation of the Moon relative to the Earth, and knows that the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth. Moon Phases Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases Tides SC.E.1.3.1.5: understands that the tilt of the Earth on its axis as it rotates causes seasonal changes. Seasons Around the World Seasons in 3D Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun Seasons: Why do we have them? SC.E.1.3.2: The student knows that available data from various satellite probes show the similarities and differences among planets and their moons in the Solar System. SC.E.1.3.2.1: knows characteristics of the inner planets and outer planets. Rotation/Revolution of Venus and Earth Solar System Explorer SC.E.1.3.2.2: knows basic features of the Moon and the moons of other planets. Moon Phases Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases SC.E.1.3.4: The student knows that stars appear to be made of similar chemical elements, although they differ in age, size, temperature, and distance. SC.E.1.3.4.1: knows the life cycle of a star. H-R Diagram Star Spectra SC.E.1.3.4.2: knows the process used to determine the age of a star. H-R Diagram Star Spectra SC.F: Processes of Life SC.F.1.3: The student describes patterns of structure and function in living things. SC.F.1.3.6: The student knows that the cells with similar functions have similar structures, whereas those with different structures have different functions. SC.F.1.3.6.1: understands that there are many similarities among the great diversity of living things. Evolution: Mutation and Selection SC.F.1.3.7: The student knows that behavior is a response to the environment and influences growth, development, maintenance, and reproduction. SC.F.1.3.7.1: determines the behavioral responses of different organisms to common stimuli (for example, temperature, light, pressure, moisture). Human Homeostasis SC.F.2.3: The student understands the process and importance of genetic diversity. SC.F.2.3.1: The student knows the patterns and advantages of sexual and asexual reproduction in plants and animals. SC.F.2.3.1.1: knows the differences between and advantages of sexual and asexual reproduction. Cell Division SC.F.2.3.1.2: knows common types of asexual reproduction. Cell Division SC.G: How Living Things Interact with Their Environment SC.G.1.3: The student understands the competitive, interdependent, cyclic nature of living things in the environment. SC.G.1.3.1: The student knows that viruses depend on other living things. SC.G.1.3.1.1: knows the unique characteristics of a virus that cause them to be considered living at some times and nonliving at others. Virus Life Cycle (Lytic) SC.G.1.3.1.2: knows ways that viruses depend on other living things. Virus Life Cycle (Lytic) SC.G.1.3.1.3: knows that viruses may cause diseases in other living things. Virus Life Cycle (Lytic) SC.G.1.3.2: The student knows that biological adaptations include changes in structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance reproductive success in a particular environment. SC.G.1.3.2.1: knows that biological adaptations include changes in structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance reproductive success in a particular environment. Evolution: Mutation and Selection Natural Selection SC.G.1.3.4: The student knows that the interactions of organisms with each other and with the nonliving parts of their environments result in the flow of energy and the cycling of matter throughout the system. SC.G.1.3.4.1: understands how the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle, water cycle, and nitrogen cycle are important for the survival of organisms. Cell Energy Cycle Greenhouse Effect Interdependence of Plants and Animals Photosynthesis Lab SC.G.1.3.4.2: knows the interrelationships in a local ecosystem. Food Chain Interdependence of Plants and Animals SC.G.1.3.5: The student knows that life is maintained by a continuous input of energy from the sun and by the recycling of the atoms that make up the molecules of living organisms. SC.G.1.3.5.1: understands ways matter is recycled (for example, water cycle, carbon cycle). Interdependence of Plants and Animals Photosynthesis Lab Water Cycle SC.G.1.3.5.2: knows that life on earth is dependent upon a continuous supply of energy from the sun. Food Chain Photosynthesis Lab SC.G.1.3.5.3: understands that individual food chains occur within a food web and that both show the flow of energy. Food Chain SC.G.2.3: The student understands the consequences of using limited natural resources. SC.G.2.3.2: The student knows that all biotic and abiotic factors are interrelated and that if one factor is changed or removed, it impacts the availability of other resources within the system. SC.G.2.3.2.2: understands the consequences that might result when changes occur in populations. Food Chain Rabbit Population by Season SC.G.2.3.2.3: understands that changes in one part of the ecosystem will affect other parts of the ecosystem. Food Chain Rabbit Population by Season SC.G.2.3.4: The student understands that humans are a part of an ecosystem and their activities may deliberately or inadvertently alter the equilibrium in ecosystems. SC.G.2.3.4.1: knows ways that human activities may deliberately or inadvertently alter the equilibrium in the ecosystem. Food Chain Rabbit Population by Season Water Pollution