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SCI-7th Instructor: Robert Bannasch
2011-2012 Phone: 262-626-8427 ex: 2026
Monday-Friday E-Mail: rbannasc@ksd.k12.wi.us
RM: 26 Prep. Period: 6th Period
Life Science
Course Description: Seventh grade science will review the scientific method and how it applies to the real world. Students will examine “life” in all forms from viruses and bacteria all the way up to humans. Plants and animals will be looked at and the ways that they interact in their environments. This and many more areas of life science will be looked at in this course.
Grading: Exam 40% (~ 10 Exams per year)
Quizzes 20% (Every Friday unless notified differently)
Lab 10% (After specific labs)
Reflection Papers 10%
Projects 20%
Date Topic Book/Chapter
Sept. 1-2 Introduction/Scientific Method
6-9 Scientific Method/What is Life Plants 1
12-16 What is Life/Classification Plants 1
19-23 Classification/Domains and Kingdoms Plants 1
26-30 Living Things & Environment/Populations Environ 1
Oct. 3-7 Populations/Interactions among things Environ 1
10-14 Interaction among things/Communities Environ 1
17-21 Energy flow/Cycles of Matter Environ.2
24-28 Cycles of Matter/Biomes Environ 2
Nov. 31-4 Biomes/Environmental Issues Environ 2/3
7-11 Viruses Plant 2
14-18 Bacteria Plant 2
21-25 Protists Plant 3
Dec. 28-2 Fungi Plant 3
5-9 Plant Kingdom/Photosynthesis Plant 4
12-16 Photosynthesis/Seedless Mosses etc. Plant 4
19-23 Seed Plants Plant 5
WINTER BREAK, 26-30
Jan. 2-6 Gymnosperms Plant 5
9-13 Angiosperms Plant 5
16-20 What is an Animal? Symmetry Animal 1
23-27 Sponges & Cnidarians/Worms Animal 1
Feb. 30-3 Mollusks/Arthropods Animal 2
6-10 Arthropods/Insects Animal 2
13-17 Echinoderms Animal 2
20-24 Vertebrates/Fish Animal 3
Mar. 27-2 Amphibians Animal 3
5-9 Reptiles/Birds Animal 3/4
12-16 Mammals/Additional Time Animal 4
19-23 Discovering Cell/Inside a Cell Cell 1
26-30 Inside a Cell Cell 1
Apr. 2-6 Cell Division Cell 2
SPRING BREAK, 9-13
16-20 Cell Division/Cancer Cell 2
23-27 Mendel’s Work/Heredity Cell 3
May 30-4 Heredity/DNA Connection Cell 3
7-11 Bones/Skeletal System/Muscles Human 1
14-18 Skin/Circulation Human 1/3
21-25 Nervous System Human 6
June 28-1 Independent Project
4-8 Independent Project
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