Saskatchewan Grade 7 Science - Full Year Bundle - GOOGLE/PDF INCLUDED

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Grade 7 – Saskatchewan Science Curriculum – This resource covers all outcomes and indicators in the Grade 7 - Saskatchewan Science Curriculum.

GOOGLE CLASSROOM VERSION - PDF INCLUDED! This gives you the ability to print worksheets as well as distribute a digital copy of the resource to your students on Google Classroom.

Check out each of the strands below to learn more about the resources included in this bundle. 

Interactions Within Ecosystems

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is an ecosystem?
• Types of ecosystems (aquatic, terrestrial, rotting log, forests, etc.)
• Biotic and abiotic factors in ecosystems
• Biodiversity in ecosystems
• Experiment – Ecosystem in a Bottle
• Analyzing ecosystems – how the abiotic factors influence the biotic factors
• STEM assignment – creating a zoo enclosure
• Food chain in different ecosystems
• Nutrient cycle - Role of decomposers and scavengers
• Decomposers, producers, consumers – all the way up to apex predators
• The effects of altering food chains
• Overfishing effects on ocean food chains
• Bioaccumulation in apex predators
• Cycle of matter leading to sustainability
• Carbon cycle
• Photosynthesis versus cellular respiration
• Primary Succession and Secondary Succession
• Pioneer species, climax communities, and changes in plant and animal life in an ecosystem
• Predicting the future of an ecosystem – ecological succession
• Invasive species in Saskatchewan (European Rabbit, Leafy Spurge, and Zebra Mussels)
• Deforestation and clearcutting – human activities affecting ecosystems
• Draining wetlands – effects on ecosystems
• Creating infographic about deforestation
• Livestock farming – effects on sustainability
• Factory farming - effects on sustainability
• Researching – Silvopastures vs Factory Farms
• Pesticides in modern agricultural
• Crop rotation – sustainable farming methods
• How we use technologies to help ecosystems
• How vehicles (technologies) affect ecosystems
• Learning sustainable practices from Indigenous groups in Canada
• Indigenous sustainable practices – Seventh Generation Principle
• Debate: Build a new sports field in a city where a wetland/forest is
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Mixtures and Solutions

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Particle theory of matter
• Atoms and molecules
• Pure substances – compounds and elements
• Mixtures and pure substances
• Classifying matter: pure substances, mixtures, elements, compounds, mechanical mixtures and solutions
• Models used to draw atoms
• What are compounds?
• Forming compounds – bonding
• Properties of pure substances
• Characteristics of a pure substance – water
• Mixtures – homogeneous mixtures and heterogeneous mixtures
• Mechanical mixtures
• Experiment – creating homogeneous mixtures and heterogeneous mixtures
• Solutions – solubility
• Solutes and solvents
• The universal solvent – water
• Experiment – testing the dissolving process
• Heterogeneous suspensions – reading and experiment
• Heterogeneous colloids – reading and experiment
• Heterogenous emulsions – reading and experiment
• Factors affecting solubility
• Describing solutions – concentration and dilution
• Describing the concentration of solutions using ratio, percentage, and words
• Saturation of solutions – unsaturated, saturated and supersaturated solutions
• Experiment – making a crystal
• Chemistry and automation – creating solutions and mixtures
• STEM Assignment – Making Cough Medicine
• Separating mixtures – paper chromatography, filtration, evaporation, magnetism
• Experiment – separating mixtures
• Settling sections in Roman Aqueduct systems
• Deltas – silt deposits (separating mixtures)
• PRP injections – separating blood mixture (liquid plasma and platelets)
• First People’s Separation and Extraction Methods
• Water filtration – separating total dissolved solids (TDS) in drinking water
• Experiment – making a water filter
• Refining oil – fractional distillation
• Oil spills – effects on the environment
• Oil spills affecting Indigenous groups
• WHMIS – safety symbols
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Heat and Temperature

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Why humans need heat
• The history of heat use – campfires, fireplaces, stoves, furnaces, central heating systems
• Heat-related technologies – hair and clothes dryers, stoves, oven mitts, ski suits, protective equipment
• Industrial heat processes – metallurgy, cement, glass
• Heat capacity of water and other materials/substances
• What is thermal energy?
• Thermal energy experiment
• The Particle Theory of Matter
• Heat transfer and the Particle Theory
• Heating curve for water
• Experiment – melting ice cubes: movement of particles throughout the phase change
• Experiment – water evaporation: movement of particles throughout the phase change
• Experiment – condensation: movement of particles throughout the phase change
• The Sun’s heat affecting the water cycle
• Heat vs temperature – what is the difference?
• How heat is generated
• Effects of heat on states of matter
• Thermal expansion and thermal contraction in matter
• How a thermometer works – expansion of mercury
• Convection – heat transfer examples in our everyday lives
• Convection – hot air balloon
• Sea breeze and land breezes – convection
• Science experiment – convection in action
• Conduction – travel mug example
• Thermal conductivity versus thermal resistivity
• Experiment – melting ice cubes through conduction
• Radiation – heat transfer from the Sun
• Experiment – testing the effects of radiating heat on water temperatures
• Heat transfer – convection, conduction, and radiation (real life examples)
• Assignment – creating a heat transfer infographic
• Ocean currents and climate – convection
• The Greenhouse Effect
• Human activities creating greenhouse gases
• Experiment – observing how carbon dioxide heats up air
• Research assignment – greenhouse gas emissions per country
• Renewable and non-renewable sources of energy used to heat our homes
• Geothermal heat pumps
• Energy efficient homes – insulation (R-values)
• Net-zero homes – insulation, improved construction materials (triple-paned windows)
• Lab experiment - insulation
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Earth's Crust and Resources

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is geology?
• Sudden versus gradual changes to the Earth
• Continental Drift Theory – Pangea
• Plate Tectonic Theory
• Mountain formation – types of mountains
• Researching mountain types
• Sudden changes – Earthquakes
• Plate boundaries – mapping
• Experiment – modelling plate boundaries and movement
• Sudden changes – volcanoes and landslides
• Gradual changes – erosion versus weathering
• Coastal erosion
• The rock cycle – metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rock
• Experiment – completing the rock cycle
• Processes involved in the formation of different rocks
• Physical properties of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock
• Activity – finding different types of rocks
• Geological time scale
• Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras
• Dating fossils – relative dating methods and absolute dating methods
• Experiment – making fossils
• What is in our soil – sandy soil, silt soil, clay soil, and loamy soil
• Experiment – soil composition test
• Canadian shield – mining
• Mining in Saskatchewan – Potash and Uranium
• Mines operating in Saskatchewan
• Environmental impacts of mining
• Environmentally friendly mining techniques used in Saskatchewan
• Core drilling sampling, in-situ leaching, and jet boring methods
• Underground drones
• STEM assignment – coding an underground drone for mining
• Land reclamation after mining
• Lorado Uranium Mine in Saskatchewan – Example of land reclamation
• Careers in Geology
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

This is a comprehensive bundle that will save you hours of planning! It has been tested and found effective in helping students achieve the learning outcomes in the science curriculum.

Answer pages for all slides/sheets are included!