Mapping the Solar System for Seventh Grade Science
The core objective for this Mapping the Solar System lesson is for students to analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system. This is the exact language of the standard MS-ESS1-3, which serves as the anchor for middle school... read more
Teaching 7th Grade Science on Reproduction Strategies in Nature
I was just looking over Reproduction Strategies in Nature, and it is a solid, direct way to tackle the reproductive success unit in 7th grade science. We have all seen students get bogged down in the vocabulary of life science, but this lesson keeps it grounded by... read more
Teaching Evidence in 7th Grade English Language Arts
We all know that mid-year point in 7th grade English Language Arts where the honeymoon phase of the school year fades and students really need to start producing work that moves beyond simple opinion. They have plenty of opinions about characters or themes, but... read more
Teaching The Silk Road and Marco Polo in 7th Grade
This 7th grade social studies lesson does not attempt to cover every single route or every merchant who traveled the paths between empires. Instead, it focuses on the mechanism of the exchange itself. The lesson titled The Silk Road and Marco Polo introduces the Silk... read more