California’s Water Cycle and Human Impact for 7th Grade Science
This lesson is not a basic introduction to evaporation or condensation. If your seventh graders are still fuzzy on the elementary-level basics of the water cycle, you might need a quick review before starting. Instead, California’s Water Cycle and Human Impact... read more
Resources and Ecosystems for 7th Grade Science
Getting past the common student hurdleI was grading a stack of lab reports yesterday, and a student wrote that if you simply provide more water, a bird population will grow indefinitely. It is a common mistake. Students often miss the finite nature of an environment... read more
7th Grade Science: Interpreting the Fossil Record
When you are planning your unit on biological evolution for 7th grade science, you need resources that do not just talk about the past but actually get students thinking like geologists. The Reading the Fossil Record lesson is a clean, straightforward way to help... read more
7th Grade Science: Understanding Agricultural Biotechnology
When we look at the California state standard, we see a specific charge for teachers: Gather and synthesize information about technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms. It is a heavy lift for seventh... read more