Grade Seven: Life Science
Text Book: Science Explorer- Life Science- Prentice Hall
Cell Biology: Plant cell; animal cell; organelles inside a cell and their
jobs; cell division; photosynthesis; respiration
Genetics: Meiosis; reproduction methods of sexual and asexual organisms;
Mendellian genetics; structure of DNA; difference between DNA and RNA;
genetically transmitter diseases; Sex-linked diseases; Advances in genetics
Evolution: Biological evolution accounts for diversity of species; genetic
variation; Charles Darwin and natural selection; evidences from geology;
Extinction of species
Living Systems: Skeletal system; Circulatory system; structure of eye and
vision, how light can be reflected, refracted and absorbed by matter.
Mathematics Content Standards
Grade Seven: Pre-Algebra
Number Sense: Rational numbers; addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division of rational numbers, percentage of increase and decrease of
quantity; discounts, markups, commissions, profit and loss, simple interest
and compound interest; exponents, powers and roots; absolute value; perfect
square integer and to calculate the square root of an imperfect square
(without a calculator).
Algebra and Functions: Write an expression, equation, inequality or a system
of equations or inequalities from a verbal description; order of operation;
properties of rational numbers; use of algebraic terminology; monomials,
binomials and trinomials; graph functions and calculate slope.
Measurement and Geometry: Compare weights, capacities, times and
temperatures
within and between measurement systems; compute perimeter, area, volume of
common geometric objects (2-d and 3-d objects); know the Pythagorean
theorem;
identify and draw radius, diameter, chord, angle bisectors, perpendicular
bisectors; congruent and what congruence means
Statistics, Data analysis and Probability
