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META24 CORE · PROJECT-BASED · SCIENCE · MIDDLE SCHOOL · GRADE 7 · 1 CREDIT · NGSS

Science 7 · Life

The cell, the body, the fuel, the genes, the microbes, the web and the soil, the selection that shapes a species — every one of them with a build you can hold: the onion skin, the strawberry’s DNA, the plate count, the bed census, the bead hunt.

THE MIX · HOW MUCH OF EACH CORE SUBJECT THIS COURSE CARRIES · IN ORDER
SCIENCEMATHREADING & WRITINGTECHNOLOGY & TRADES
The squares are a picture of a course — how much of each core subject its own rooms carry, read from the rooms’ text — never a score of a student. Every course in a lab is graded to the core across the board; the squares say which columns it feeds most.
OFFERED ASThe Year · 36 wkSemester 1 · 18 wkSemester 2 · 18 wkQuarter 1 · 9 wkQuarter 2 · 9 wkQuarter 3 · 9 wkQuarter 4 · 9 wk
WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO
  • Model a cell and its membrane with evidence from a microscope
  • Trace energy from food through the body and a food web
  • Use a Punnett square and a pedigree to predict traits
  • Explain how a population changes under selection, with a count
AT A GLANCE · 36 WEEKS
Q1 The cell and the body — The Gummy Bear That Drank the Pool
Q2 Fuel — Burn a Cheeto, Boil a Thimble
Q3 Genes and microbes — Count the Kernels
Q4 The web, the soil, the selection — The Bead Hunt

Semester 1

WEEKS 1–18 · QUARTERS 1 AND 2
The cell and the body
WEEKS 1–9 · IN THIS OFFERING
THE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
The Gummy Bear That Drank the Pool
The question. Why did the gummy bear grow — and which way did the water go?
The make. The Gummy Bear That Drank the Pool — the build on the Science Floor, in the Kitchen: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The membrane sheet with the bear measured before and after, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-LS1-2HS-LS1-3
Fuel
WEEKS 10–18 · IN THIS OFFERING
THE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
Burn a Cheeto, Boil a Thimble
The question. How much energy is in one Cheeto — and where does it go when you eat it?
The make. Burn a Cheeto, Boil a Thimble — the build on the Science Floor, in the Kitchen: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The calorimetry sheet with the joules computed, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-LS1-7HS-LS1-7MS-PS3-4

Semester 2

WEEKS 19–36 · QUARTERS 3 AND 4
Genes and microbes
WEEKS 19–27
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
Count the Kernels
The question. Count the kernels: does the cob match the square?
The make. Count the Kernels — the build on the Science Floor, in The Ground: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The kernel count against the Punnett prediction, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-LS3-2HS-LS3-3
The web, the soil, the selection
WEEKS 28–36
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
The Bead Hunt
The question. Which beads survive the hunt — and what does the count say after five rounds?
The make. The Bead Hunt — the build on the Science Floor, in The Ground: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The bead-hunt counts over five rounds with the change explained, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-LS4-4HS-LS4-2HS-LS4-3

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