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K–12 Standards

Grade 7

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Matter and Its Interactions

  • 7-PS1-1.

    Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.7-PS1-1

  • 7-PS1-2.

    Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.7-PS1-2

  • 7-PS1-3.

    Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.7-PS1-3

  • 7-PS1-5.

    Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.7-PS1-5

  • 7-PS1-6.

    Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.7-PS1-6

Energy

  • 7-PS3-1.

    Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the proportional relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.7-PS3-1

  • 7-PS3-2.

    Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.7-PS3-2

  • 7-PS3-5.

    Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.7-PS3-5

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

  • 7-LS1-6.

    Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.7-LS1-6

  • 7-LS1-7.

    Develop a model to describe how food molecules in plants and animals are rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.7-LS1-7

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

  • 7-LS2-1.

    Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.7-LS2-1

  • 7-LS2-2.

    Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.7-LS2-2

  • 7-LS2-3.

    Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.7-LS2-3

  • 7-LS2-4.

    Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.7-LS2-4

  • 7-LS2-5.

    Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.7-LS2-5

Earth and Human Activity

  • 7-ESS3-1.

    Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.7-ESS3-1

  • 7-ESS3-3.

    Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.7-ESS3-3

  • 7-ESS3-4.

    Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems.7-ESS3-4

  • 7-ESS3-5.

    Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have impacted global temperatures over the past century.7-ESS3-5

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What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 7
When were these standards adopted?
2021

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