Seventh-grade students will engage in laboratory investigations that include the use of scientific inquiry, research, measurement, problem-solving, laboratory apparatus and technologies, experimental procedures, and safety procedures. Students should have multiple opportunities every week to explore science laboratory investigations (labs).
Throughout the year, your child will:
- learn about Nature of science, cell theory, organization and classification of organisms, body systems, heredity, sexual/asexual reproduction, food webs, symbiotic relationships, photosynthesis, Law of Conservation of Mass
- understand measurement error;
- have the skills to aggregate, interpret, and present the resulting
- develop a growing understanding of the complexity and ambiguity of empirical work, as well as the skills to calibrate and troubleshoot equipment used to make observations.
For additional information regarding the Grade 7 Science courses, please visit the course description and course directory at CPALMS.org
