7th Grade Integrated Science
The curricular resources provided on this website can be found in the Overview and Description documents linked below.
Portions of the CA Framework relating to each unit are also provided. Click here to read the introduction pages to the CA Framework chapter on the middle school preferred integrated model.
Portions of the CA Framework relating to each unit are also provided. Click here to read the introduction pages to the CA Framework chapter on the middle school preferred integrated model.
7th Grade Guiding Concept
Natural processes and human activities cause energy to flow and matter to cycle through Earth's systems.
Unit 1: Overview and Description (4-Part Learning Progression Model)
CA Framework: 7th Grade Instructional Segment 1
PEs included in this Segment: MS-ESS3-1, MS-PS1-1, MS-PS1-3, MS-PS1-4
Theme: Living and nonliving things are made of atoms.
Key Science Concepts:
PEs included in this Segment: MS-ESS3-1, MS-PS1-1, MS-PS1-3, MS-PS1-4
Theme: Living and nonliving things are made of atoms.
Key Science Concepts:
- LS- Organisms are made of molecules of mostly six different elements.
- ES- Earth materials are mostly made of eight different elements.
- ES- Earth has mineral, energy, and water resources.
- PS- The interaction and motions of atoms explain the properties of matter.
- PS- Thermal energy affects particle and motion physical state.
Unit 2: Overview and Description (4-Part Learning Progression Model)
CA Framework: 7th Grade Instructional Segment 2
PEs included in this Segment: MS-LS1-6, MS-LS1-7, MS-ESS2-1, MS-PS1-2, MS-PS1-5, MS-PS1-6, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4
Theme: Matter cycles and energy flows in systems of all scales within the Earth system.
Key Science Concepts:
PEs included in this Segment: MS-LS1-6, MS-LS1-7, MS-ESS2-1, MS-PS1-2, MS-PS1-5, MS-PS1-6, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4
Theme: Matter cycles and energy flows in systems of all scales within the Earth system.
Key Science Concepts:
- LS- Organisms grow and get energy by rearranging atoms in food molecules.
- ES- Earth's cycles of matter are driven by solar energy, Earth's internal thermal energy, and gravity.
- PS- Chemical reactions make new substances and can release or absorb thermal energy.
- PS- Mass is conserved in physical changes and chemical reactions.
CA Framework: 7th Grade Instructional Segment 3
PEs included in this Segment: MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3, MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS3-1, MS-PS1-2, MS-PS1-5
Theme: Natural processes and human activities have shaped Earth's resources and ecosystems.
Key Science Concepts:
PEs included in this Segment: MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3, MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS3-1, MS-PS1-2, MS-PS1-5
Theme: Natural processes and human activities have shaped Earth's resources and ecosystems.
Key Science Concepts:
- LS- Matter cycles and energy flows among living and nonliving parts of ecosystems.
- LS- Resource availability affects organisms and ecosystem populations.
- LS- Ecosystems have common patterns of organism interactions.
- ES- Fossils, rocks, continental shape, and seafloor structures provide evidence of plate motion.
- ES- Geoscience processes unevenly distribute Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources.
- PS- Chemical reactions make new substances.
- PS- Mass is conserved in physical changes and chemical reactions.
CA Framework: 7th Grade Instructional Segment 4
PEs included in this Segment: MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-5, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS3-2, MS-PS1-3, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2
Theme: Human activites help sustain biodiversity and ecosystems services in a changing world.
Key Science Concepts:
PEs included in this Segment: MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-5, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS3-2, MS-PS1-3, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2
Theme: Human activites help sustain biodiversity and ecosystems services in a changing world.
Key Science Concepts:
- LS- Biotic and abiotic changes affect ecosystem populations.
- LS- Design solutions can help maintain biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- ES- Geoscience processes change Earth’s surface.
- ES- Damage from natural hazards can be reduced.
- PS- Synthetic materials impact society.