Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.B.3.3.2
Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.B.3.3.2
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
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- List 3 negative impacts burning coal has on our environment.
- Using a graph that shows the concentration of CO₂ at the South Pole over the years, explain what it shows. Based on the graph, draw 2 conclusions about the use of fossil fuels.
- Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has become a widespread practice in Pennsylvania for obtaining natural gas. There are many consequences of fracking. Do you think the risks of fracking are worth the benefits of using natural gas as a source of energy? Use facts to defend you position.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Air pollution
- Acid rain
- Water pollution
- Global warming
- Increase in greenhouse gases
- Answers will vary depending on the graph provided, answers could resemble these possible responses:
- The graph shows the amount of carbon dioxide that was found in the air at the South Pole between 1990 and 2005.
- Human activity is causing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere to increase greatly.
- Humans will cause a great deal of damage to the atmosphere and the Earth if they continue burning fossil fuels at this rate.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Harmful chemicals are associated with the process of fracking.
- Causes harmful air emissions
- Causes water contamination
- Difficult to dispose of waste materials
- The chemicals used are said to cause disease in people near the wells.
- Surface area of wells is decreased because the wells are drilled horizontally underground.
- Economic benefits
- Burning natural gas does not release as much carbon dioxide as burning coal
- Use of natural gas decreases energy prices
