Grade 7 Science BC Learning Standards Standards

Big Ideas

Questioning and predicting

Planning and conducting

Processing and analyzing data and information

Evaluating

Applying and innovating

Communicating

Science

Curricular Competencies

Content

organisms have evolved over time

Communicate ideas, findings, and solutions to problems, using scientific language, representations, and digital technologies as appropriate

Contribute to care for self, others, community, and world through personal or collaborative approaches

Reflect on their investigation methods, including the adequacy of controls on variables (dependent and independent) and the quality of the data collected

Experience and interpret the local environment

Collaboratively plan a range of investigation types, including field work and experiments, to answer their questions or solve problems they have identified

Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest

Evolution by natural selection provides an explanation for the diversity and survival of living things.

survival needs

Express and reflect on a variety of experiences and perspectives of place

Co-operatively design projects

Identify possible sources of error and suggest improvements to their investigation methods

Apply First Peoples perspectives and knowledge, other ways of knowing, and local knowledge as sources of information

Measure and control variables (dependent and independent) through fair tests

Make observations aimed at identifying their own questions about the natural world

Elements consist of one type of atom, and compounds consist of atoms of different elements chemically combined.

natural selection

Transfer and apply learning to new situations

Demonstrate an awareness of assumptions and bias in their own work and secondary sources

Construct and use a range of methods to represent patterns or relationships in data, including tables, graphs, keys, models, and digital technologies as appropriate

Observe, measure, and record data (qualitative and quantitative), using equipment, including digital technologies, with accuracy and precision

Identify a question to answer or a problem to solve through scientific inquiry

The electromagnetic force produces both electricity and magnetism.

elements and compounds are pure substances

Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving

Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of evidence (qualitative and quantitative)

Seek patterns and connections in data from their own investigations and secondary sources

Use appropriate SI units and perform simple unit conversions

Formulate alternative  "If...then..." hypotheses based on their questions

Earth and its climate have changed over geological time.

crystalline structure of solids

Exercise a healthy, informed skepticism and use scientific knowledge and findings from their own investigations to evaluate claims in secondary sources

Use scientific understandings to identify relationships and draw conclusions

Ensure that safety and ethical guidelines are followed in their investigations

Make predictions about the findings of their inquiry

chemical changes

Consider social, ethical, and environmental implications of the findings from their own and others' investigations

electricity

generated in different ways with different environmental impacts

electromagnetism

the fossil record provides evidence for changes in biodiversity over geological time

First Peoples knowledge of changes in biodiversity over time

evidence of climate change over geological time and the recent impacts of humans:

physical records

local First Peoples knowledge of climate change