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Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.D.2.1.1

Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.D.2.1.1

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. What tool is used to measure atmospheric pressure?

  2. Name one warm ocean current.  Name one cold ocean current.

  1. Use the globe below to draw and label the different wind patterns on Earth.

  2. How does a warm ocean current affect the temperature on nearby land?  How does a cold ocean current affect the temperature on nearby land?
  1. Compare and contrast the weather in Antarctica and in the Amazon Rainforest.  How is the weather influenced by wind patterns, ocean currents, atmospheric pressure, and temperature.

Answer Key/Rubric

  1. A barometer is used to measure atmospheric pressure.

  2. Warm ocean currents include, but are not limited to:
  • Agulhas
  • Alaskan
  • Brazil
  • East Australian
  • Gulf Stream
  • Kuroshio
  • Leeuwin
  • North Atlantic Drift
  • North Equatorial
  • North Pacific
  • Norwegian
  • Somali
  • South Equatorial

Cold ocean currents include:

  • Alaskan
  • Benguela
  • California
  • Canary
  • East Greenland
  • East Wind Drift
  • Labrador
  • Oyashio
  • West Australian
  • West Wind Drift


  1. Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
  • A warm ocean current will warm the air.
  • This will increase the air temperature.
  • The nearby land will in turn be warmed.
  • A cold ocean current will cool the air.
  • This will decrease the air temperature.
  • The nearby land will in turn be cooled.
  1. Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
  • The weather in Antarctica is cold and dry.
  • Antarctica is influenced by the Polar Easterlies.  These winds blow cold air.
  • The East Wind Drift is the closest ocean current to Antarctica.  It is a cold ocean current.  This current will cool the air and the nearby land.
  • It is far away from the Equator, so it does not get direct sunlight.  This makes the temperatures cold.
  • There is often snow.  There is rarely rain.  This is due to low temperatures.
  • The weather in the Amazon rainforest is hot and humid. 
  • The Amazon is influenced by the Trade Winds.  These winds blow toward the Equator.  They are warm.
  • The Brazil and the South Equatorial currents are near the Amazon.  Both of these are warm ocean currents.  They will warm the air and nearby land.
  • The Amazon Rainforest is located on the Equator.  It gets a lot of direct sunlight.  This makes the temperatures very hot.
  • There is often rain.  There is never snow.  This is due the high temperatures.
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