Student Favorites 2009: 7th grade
STANDARD I: Students will understand the structure of matter.
The Utah Office of Education created this website, to help teachers with core curriculum including the Standard 1 and objective 2. It also has links to the other Standards and Objectives for not only 7th grade but also 8th grade as well.
http://www.uen.org/cc/uen/core/pub/displayCoreCourse.action?ccId=3200
The Utah Education Network has many links to different 7th and 8th grade core material. This particular link is for the 7th grade standard and has links for the states of matter including density.
http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/math_science.htm
The EDinformatics website has links to activities for teachers on Density including but not limited to, topics of scientific notation, Units and measurements, and the atom.
STANDARD II, Property of matter and Earth’s structure
OBJECTIVE 1, a-b
http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/density1.html
This is a website from the Oakland Unified School District with multiple lesson activities for middle school students learning about density and buoyancy. Student experiments include generating their own hypotheses as well as measuring densities of solid objects.
Standard II: Objective 2: Analyze how density affects Earth’s structure.
http://geology.com/nsta/earth-internal-structure.shtml I really liked this site, because it gave really simple diagrams that are easy to understand. I also liked the definitions with the diagrams, they help you to understand the diagram, and explain how density affects the Earth’s structure.
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10h.html I liked this site, because it tells you the densities of the internal layers of the Earth. It also gives an example that is easy to understand. When a glacier melts, the land rebounds due to the loss of density that was weighing it down, this is called isostatic rebound.
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/earthint.htm I liked this site, because it easily breaks things down and has lots of useful information with diagrams that can even be used in class.
Standard II – Plants convert sunlight to energy we can use.
This makes organisms dependent on each other. Humans can have drastic effects of
these relationships.
http://www.realtrees4kids.org/sixeight/letseat.htm
http://www.realtrees4kids.org/sixeight/home.htm
These two links are from the same website, but you really need both to cover it
all fully. This website explains very simply how photosynthesis works, and also
gives examples about changes that occur when an environment is altered.
Standard III: Students will understand that the organs in an organism are made
of cells that have structures and perform specific life functions.
Objective 2: Identify and describe the function and interdependence of various
organs and tissues.
(1)
http://www.biology4kids.com/activities.html
I liked this website because it presented a wide range of biology-related topic,
including animal systems and cellular function, in a fun and interactive way for
children. It also had examples of activities teachers could utilize such as
slideshows and videos.
(2)
http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/14-anatomy.htm
This webpage was entitled "Basic Anatomy:Tissues and Organs" and it accurately
described the levels of organization and named the major organs of the organ
systems. The pictures and diagrams of this website were very useful because
they were clear and easy to understand.
(3)http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fast/teachers/Internauts/index.htm
This website was different from the other websites that I found in that it
includes a very creative activity in which students visualize themselves riding
a rocket ship in the bloodstream to a liver cell so that they can make an
analogy between a liver cell and a city. Part of the assignment also has
students design their own mission patch which I think would be a lot of fun for
students.
Standard III, Objective 1 – Cell Structure and Function
http://msjensen.cehd.umn.edu/webanatomy/cells/default.html
This website is offered by an anatomy professor at the University of Minnesota
that has small quizzes that vary from labeling of diagrams to understanding
cellular process. These can be used directly in the classroom, or as an aid for
students to assess their own knowledge.
Standard III, Objectives 1 and 2 – Rock formation and
Classification
http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/diagram.html
This website shows the rock cycle as a whole, but each step is animated to
further understanding. Examples of specific types of rocks are also shown.
Standard V: Structure is used to develop classification systems
http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/sci/secondary/7thGradeWebResources.htm
This particular site contains the state core for the seventh grade, breaks down into individual areas of this subject, and provides helpful suggestions and activities. I found it to be great because this site involves all of the state of Utah requirements.
http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/teach.fs.html
This site provides power point presentations, has activities for teaching classification, links for other resources available on this particular subject, and has lot of information on many different topics in science.
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classgen.html
Dichotomous key lesson and ideas for other activities, many areas available on this site with numerous links, and out of these three websites I would have to rate this one as my favorite. This is because of the amount of information available to me on this site.
1. http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/textbook/chapter3/chapter3.htm
This website could be used as a reference for 7th Grade, Standard III, Objective 1. This website has a computer generated cell and you are able to click on different areas and organelles and it will give you great description of them.
2. http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/Gummy_Bear_Genetics.pdf
This website could be used as a reference for 7th Grade, Standard IV, Objective 1. This website has the lesson plan for gummy bear genetics. This gives students a hands on way to study genetics and practice with ratios.
Other websites of interest
http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/sci/secondary/7thGradeWebResources.htm
http://www.explorescience.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspStandardCorrelation&id=537