Science Curriculum

7th Grade

Course Purpose:

 Seventh grade students will apply earth/space science, life science, and physical science principles to precisely define the world they see.

Outcomes and Components:

SC.7.1 Students will use evidence from fossil history and Earth’s structures to explain the accepted geologic time scale.

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Standard(s)
  SC.7.1.1 Design a scaled model of the geologic time scale (era, eon, epoch) to place perspective on large scale time periods. MS-ESS1-4
  SC.7.1.2 Analyze rock strata to find index fossils which organizes Earth’s history. MS-ESS1-4
  SC.7.1.3 Define relative dating and Law of Superposition. MS-ESS1-4

Academic Vocabulary:  Analyze, define, design, model

Content Vocabulary: Geologic time scale,  era, epoch, extinct, eon,  mass extinction, Pangea, rock strata, index fossil, fossil, relative dating, law of superposition, Precambrian time period, absolute dating