British Columbia Grade 7 science curriculum
The Grade 7 science outcomes we teach, in the curriculum's own words, with the lessons and practice pages for each. Pick an outcome code for the full list of lessons and printables.
BC Science K–9 (redesigned curriculum). Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Content
Outcome Crystalline structure of solids (crystal-growing lesson; an early start on a Grade 7 topic).
Lessons: Earth and Sky at Home (Where do rainbows come from?, How do crystals grow?, How does a cloud form?)
Practice: Earth and Sky at Home workbook · Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook · Winter Science at Home workbook · Solids, Liquids and Gases workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook
Outcome Chemical changes (volcano and invisible-ink lessons; an early start on a Grade 7 topic).
Lessons: Kitchen Chemistry for Families
Practice: Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook
Outcome Electricity generated in different ways with different environmental impacts (adjacent grade).
Lessons: Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From (Where does our classroom's electricity come from?, Can the wind power our school?, Why don't we use solar power everywhere?)
Practice: Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From workbook · Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook
Outcome Chemical changes.
Lessons: Kitchen Chemistry (Is it a new substance?, Where does the mass go?, Can red cabbage tell acid from base?)
Practice: Kitchen Chemistry workbook
Big idea and content
Outcome Earth and its climate have changed over geological time: evidence of climate change, including physical records (tree rings, glacier photos; adjacent grade).
Lessons: Climate Clues (Is this winter colder than when your grandparents were kids?, What can a tree ring tell us?, What's the difference between weather and climate?)
Practice: Climate Clues workbook
Curricular competencies
Outcome Exercise a healthy, informed skepticism and use scientific knowledge and findings to evaluate claims in secondary sources (an early start on Grade 7).
Lessons: Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers (Does salt make water boil faster?, Is that AI answer true?, Which source should we trust?)
More outcomes
Outcome Elements consist of one type of atom, and compounds consist of atoms of different elements chemically combined.
Lessons: Kitchen Chemistry (Where does the mass go?) (partly)
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