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7th Grade Science Teacher Guide
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This resource accompanies our Rethink 7th Grade Science course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning. 

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Curriculum
Lesson Plan
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
AMBER GARVEY
Date Added:
10/12/2022
Agony of Defeat
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This video clip is meant to serve as a writing or discussion prompt during a unit on forces and motion. This can be used at varied grade levels, with the expectation that student responses would be more complex in higher grade levels.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Science
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Presentation
Provider:
OER
Author:
WLVT PBS 39
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Balloon Car Challenge
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Students design and build a balloon-powered car to better understand the science ideas related to rocket propulsion. They use ideas of mass and force to work out ways to improve the distance traveled by the car.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Learning Hub
Date Added:
02/27/2018
Balloon Rockets in 1D
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In this inquiry activity, students solve a 1D motion challenge in groups. Students build their own balloon rocket from the provided materials. They collect data and prepare a position vs. time graph of their data and determine the average velocity of the rocket.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Author:
Mary Hoelscher
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Be a Magnet for a Day
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In this lesson, students discuss and demonstrate the internal structure of the magnet through a kinesthetic activity.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science in School
Date Added:
05/25/2018
Bicycles
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Students learn about the physics behind how a bicycle works. In an associated activity, students find out how to bike more efficiently by calculating gear ratios.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Twin Cities Public Television
Author:
Twin Cities Public Television
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Blimp Jet Challenge
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In this design challenge activity, students add a jet-propulsion system (i.e. a balloon) to a blimp so it flies straight and far under its own power. This lesson guide includes links to video clips that introduce Newton's Laws and tips for implementation. The activity is a fun, hands-on way for learners to get a taste for the design process.

Subject:
STEM
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
PBS
Date Added:
05/12/2017
Bobsled Blitz
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In this STEM lesson, students explore the effects of gravity, friction and air resistance upon acceleration when they design their own bobsleds.

Subject:
Science
STEM
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The Tech Museum of Innovation
Author:
The Tech Museum of Innovation
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Circle of Pong
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In this STEM lesson, students use their knowledge of potential and kinetic energy, and explore forces and motion to place a ball into the center of a 6-foot diameter circle.

Subject:
Science
STEM
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The Tech Museum of Innovation
Author:
The Tech Museum of Innovation
Date Added:
02/26/2019
The Dayton Trebuchet
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Students will design a working trebuchet for maximum accuracy, distance and force using the engineering design process. Students will utilize the measurement formulas to calculate kinetic and potential energy and therefore create a trebuchet for a specific function (ex: hitting a target, knocking down a wall or launching for distance).

Subject:
Science
STEM
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Dayton Regional STEM Center
Author:
Dayton Regional STEM Center
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Designing Aircraft in 5 Easy Steps? It's a Challenge!
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In this STEM lesson, students use the NASA Future Flight Design Challenge activity and website to help them learn how NASA engineers develop and test experimental aircraft to solve a specific problem by using the engineering design process. Students will solve an engineering design challenge based on specific criterion and build and design four paper aircraft based on actual NASA experimental aircraft. They will conduct and test their models and gather data of the results based on the design process and a specific challenge. Lastly, students will evaluate the performance of each aircraft based on engineering requirements.

Subject:
Science
STEM
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) / Aerospace Education Service Project
Author:
National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) / Aerospace Education Service Project
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Downhill Race
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In this activity, students explore how two cylinders that look the same may roll down a hill at different rates.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Exploratorium
Date Added:
05/11/2017
Dream It, Build It, Launch It!
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This Super Lesson utilizes Project Based Learning to assist learners with designing, building, and testing flying contraptions as an introduction to Engineering. The goal of this project is to engage students in collaborative team work and to introduce students to the Science and Engineering Practices: Asking Questions and Defining Problems, Planning and Carrying Out Investigations, and Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions.

We have offered this Super Lesson as an 8-week elective course, developing and strengthening student interest in applied Math and Science topics. It could also be offered within upper elementary or middle school Science and Math courses. In addition, each week’s topic could be used as a stand alone mini-lesson if time is limited. We have worked to include multiple options within this unit to make it accessible to both general education and special education programs, including recommendations for modifications and extensions.

Subject:
Applied Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Interactive
Lesson Plan
Unit of Study
Provider:
Lane County STEM Hub
Provider Set:
Content in Context SuperLessons
Date Added:
06/30/2016
Effervescent Canister Rockets
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Students make a rocket using baking soda and vinegar. They develop their understanding of rocket propulsion (forces) and investigate the amount of vinegar that will make the rocket go the highest.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Learning Hub
Date Added:
03/06/2018
Energy Skate Park: Basics - Conservation of Energy
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Sample Learning Goals
Explain the Conservation of Mechanical Energy concept using kinetic energy (KE) and gravitational potential energy (PE).
Describe how the Energy Bar and Pie Charts relate to position and speed.
Explain how changing the Skater Mass affects energy.
Explain how changing the Track Friction affects energy.
Predict position or estimate speed from Energy Bar and Pie Charts.
Calculate speed or height at one position from information about a different position.
Calculate KE and PE at one position from information about a different position.
Design a skate park using the concepts of mechanical energy and energy conservation.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
PhET Interactive Simulations
Date Added:
10/01/2021
Energy at Play
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In this STEM lesson, students will use their knowledge of potential and kinetic energy to build fun contraptions that will make a ball move and hit a target.

Subject:
Science
STEM
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The Tech Museum of Innovation
Author:
The Tech Museum of Innovation
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Engineering-Design Process: Space Place - Make a Balloon-Powered Nanorover
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In this STEM lesson, students will use a pattern to design and build a robotic rover with cardboard and a balloon. They will investigate the engineering challenges of wheels, speed, and friction while they examine the concept of a prototype in engineering. Students will demonstrate the use of potential and kinetic energy and explain ways the rover can be used in space travel and exploration.

Subject:
Science
STEM
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Author:
National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) / Aerospace Education Service
Date Added:
02/26/2019