Science Grade 7

Learning Outcomes

C INQ.1       Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigation.

C INQ.2       Read, interpret and examine the credibility of scientific claims in different sources of information.

C INQ.3       Design and conduct appropriate types of scientific investigations to answer different questions.

C INQ.4       Identify independent and dependent variables, and those variables that are kept constant, when designing an experiment.

C INQ.5       Use appropriate tools and techniques to make observations and gather data.

C INQ.6       Use mathematical operations to analyze and interpret data.

C INQ.7       Identify and present relationships between variables in appropriate graphs.

C INQ.8       Draw conclusions and identify sources of error.

C INQ.9       Provide explanations to investigated problems or questions.

C INQ.10    Communicate about science in different formats, using relevant science vocabulary, supporting evidence and clear logic.

• C0.  Describe matter and its properties.
• C1.  Describe the properties of common elements such as oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, iron, and aluminum.
• CINQ1.  Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigation.
• CINQ5.  Use appropriate tools and techniques to make observations and gather data.

CINQ6.  Use mathematical operations to analyze and interpret data.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

• C2.  Describe how the properties of simple compounds, such as water and table salt, are different from the properties of the elements of which they are made.

C3.  Explain how mixtures can be separated by using the properties of the substances from which they are made, such as

·       C25. Explain the similarities and differences in cell division in somatic and germ cells.

·      C27.  Describe how genetic information is organized in genes on chromosomes, and explain sex determination in human

Supporting Materials