Welcome to Seventh Grade Life Science

Life science is the study of living things. Throughout the year we will be studying all about living things. We start the year off studying ecosystems and how living things interact in an ecosystem; how they interact with other living things (biotic factors) and non-living things (abiotic factors). We next work our way into biomes which are similar ecosystems found throughout the entire Earth. We then move into studying about how we determine if something is living or not. You may not be aware that people still argue about what makes us know if something is alive or not--even in this day and age. We then move into studying cells and how cells reproduce. Some cells have very specific functions and we learn all about these functions as we move into studying human body systems (like the nervous system, circulatory system, etc.). We will be doing a lot of dissecting of different organisms and comparing their organ systems to ours. I call this part of the class Comparative Anatomy. Students really enjoy this part of the class with all the cutting open of different organisms and stuff. Plants are the next type of organisms we study which finishes off the year. Throughout the year we do many investigations and projects that help students apply what they learn and evaluate their learning. Below you will find a link to each week as we move along through the year.

First Week of School August 31st--September 4th

Week of September 7th--September 11th

Week of September 14th--September 18th

Week of September 21st--September 25th

Week of September 28th--October 2nd

Week of October 5th--October 9th

Week of October 12th--October 16th

Week of October 19th--October 23rd

Week of October 26th--October 30th

Week of November 2nd--November 6th

Week of November 9th--November 13th

Week of November 16th--November 20th

Week of November 23rd--November 27th

Week of November 30th--December 4th

Week of December 7th--December 11th

Week of December 14th--December 18th

Week of December 21st--December 25th

Week of December 28th--January 1st (2010)

Week of January 4th--January 8th

Week of January 11th--January 15th

Week of January 18th--January 22nd

Week of January 25th--January 29th

Week of February 1st--February 5th

Week of February 8th--February 12th

Week of February 15th--February 19th

Week of February 22nd--February 26th

Week of March 1st--March 5th

Week of March 8th--March 12th

Week of March 15th--March 19th

Week of March 22nd--March 26th

Week of March 29th--April 2nd

Week of April 5th--April 9th

Week of April 12th--April 16th

Week of April 19th--April 22nd

Week of April 26th--April 30th

Week of May 3rd--May 7th

Week of May 10th--May 14th

Week of May 17th--May 21st

Week of May 24th--May 28th

Week of May 31st--June 4th

Week of June 7th--June 11th

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