Phoenix team science

Ms. Paon

Grade 7 Overview

Properties of Matter

Characteristic Properties of Matter

  • Our Ideas About Matter
  • Determining Density
  • Density Predictions
  • Do Gases Have Density?
  • Temperature And Density
  • Applying The Heat
  • Just A Phase
  • Changing Matter And Mass
  • The Mystery Object Assessment

Mixtures and Solutions

  • Pure Substance Or Mixture?
  • What Happens When Substances Are Mixed   With Water?
  • How Much Solute Dissolves In A Substance?
  • Mass Volume, And Dissolving
  • Separating A Soluble And Insoluble Substance
  • Researching Solvents
  • Separating Solutes
  • Changing Mixtures

Compounds, Elements and Chemical Reactions

  • Breaking Down A Compound
  • Examining And Grouping Elements
  • Dimitry’s Card Game
  • Periodic Table
  • Combining Elements
  • Mass And Chemical Reactions

Catastrophic Events

Part One: Storms

  • Thinking About Catastrophic Events
  • Introducing Storms
  • Heating Earth’s Surfaces
  • Heat Transfer and the Movement of Air
  • Convection Currents in the Air
  • Temperature, pressure, and Cloud Formation
  • Ocean Currents and Global Climate
  • Storms Assessment       

Part Two:  Earthquakes

  • Introducing Earthquakes
  • When the Earth Shakes
  • Recording Earthquake Waves
  • Plotting Earthquakes
  • Using Earthquakes to Study the Earth’s Interior
  • Investigating Plate Movements and Faults
  • Convection in the Mantle
  • Earthquakes Assessment

Part Three: Rock Cycle