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Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.B.3.2.3

Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.B.3.2.3

Continuum of Activities

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

  • Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
  • Questions/activities that grow in complexity
  • Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Grade Levels

7th Grade

Course, Subject

Science

Activities

  1. List 3 ways that humans can negatively impact an ecosystem.

  2. List 3 ways that humans can help preserve an ecosystem.
  1. Your community is planning to build an airport. Predict 2 ways the construction will affect the ecosystem. Predict 2 ways the newly constructed airport will affect the ecosystem.
  1. Your city wants to build a new housing development.  Write a letter to your city’s mayor to explain at least three ways in which this construction will impact the ecosystem.

Answer Key/Rubric

  1. Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
    • Construction
    • Litter
    • Dumping
    • Hunting
    • Using natural resources
    • Deforestation
  2. Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to: 
    • Establishing a national park
    • Planting trees
    • Picking up litter
    • Driving less
    • Recycle
  1. Acceptable responses regarding the construction may include, but are not limited to:
    • Destroy habitat
    • Kill animals
    • Kill plants
    • Eliminate food sources
    • Disturb organisms in soil
    • Disrupt watersheds

Acceptable responses regarding the airport may include, but are not limited to:

  • Noise pollution
  • Light pollution
  • Air pollution
  • More trash
  • Land pollution from leaked gasoline
  1. Student will use proper format used in letter writing.  Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
    • Destroy animal habitat.
    • Some animal populations will decrease.  This will cause other animal populations to change.
    • Kill plants
    • Land pollution
    • Noise pollution
    • Light pollution
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