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Grade 7 Life Science Activities & Resources

Linked to Grade 7 Arkansas Science Frameworks (Revised 2005)

(VIDEO resources are provided by United Streaming through the "Arkansas Ideas" web site.  The service is free for teachers in Arkansas but registration is required to create a user name and password.)

 

FRAMEWORK

 

Lesson/Activity

 

Web Resources

Questions

MC = Multiple Choice
OR = Open Response

LS.2.7.1

Illustrate the hierarchical relationships of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems

 

 

The Cell as a System - AAAS

ACCESS EXCELLENCE Activities Exchange

Animal Systems - Biology4Kids

Biology - Skills Practice - Internet 4 Teachers

Cell Games

Cell Structures (Gizmo)

Graphics Gallery - Access Excellence

Learning Science - "The Cell"

Microbe World - TrackStar

Science-class.net - LESSONS ON ALL TOPICS

  

LS.2.7.2

Analyze how two or more organs work together to perform a function (e.g., mouth and stomach to digest food)

 

 

Systems of the Human Body - AAAS

 

 

Human Anatomy Online

Human Body Activities (Science Spot)

KidsHealth

 

 

Organ for Survival #56 (MC) - NAEP

Oxygen Delivery Organs #17 (MC) - NAEP

 LS.2.7.3

Identify organ systems in vertebrates and plants

 

Structure & Function in Living Systems - Learning Science

Wood Magic - Lessons About Trees - OSU

 

 

Animals - Internet 4 Classrooms

Froguts

KidsHealth

Flowers Modern and Ancient - "First Flower" by NOVA

Great Plant Escape - Univ. of Illinois

Invertebrate Biology - Iowa State University

 

 

 LS.2.7.4

Analyze the structure and function of tissues, organs, and organ systems of a vertebrate and an angiosperm using various models or methods of dissection

 

Body Basics

Bottled Model Lungs - Science NetLinks

Dissected Flower Photos - Katie Kam

Owl Pellets

Sheep Brain Dissection

 

 

Body - Interactive - BBC

Flowers Modern and Ancient - "First Flower" by NOVA

Organs Game

Structure & Function in Living Systems - Learning Science

Virtual Body

 

Fish & Oxygen #31 (MC) - NAEP

Flower Parts #3 (MC) - NAEP

 LS.2.7.5

Compare and contrast vertebrate systems and plant organ systems

 

 

Evolution of Plants - World Builders

Trees - Products & FREE Teacher Resources - Oregon State University

 

LS.2.7.6

Identify human body systems:

  • nervous
  • digestive
  • circulatory
  • respiratory
  • excretory
  • integumentary
  • skeletal/muscular
  • endocrine
  • reproductive

   

 

Human Skeleton - Crayola

 

Body - Interactive - BBC

Columbia Brain Atlas

DEM Bones - NSTA

Human Body Games

Human Body Systems - Smithsonian

KidsHealth

Neuroscience For Kids

Virtual Body - Learning Science

Virtual Heart Transplant - NOVA

 

 

Heart Blood Flow #52 (MC) - NAEP

LS.2.7.7

Relate the structure of vertebrate  and plant body systems to their functions

 

   

Digital Morphology - UT - NSF

Plants - Internet 4 Classrooms

 

 

Similar Structures #2 (MC) - NAEP

LS.2.7.8

Investigate functions of human body systems

 

 

   

Homeostasis - Biology 4 Kids

Structure & Function in Living Systems - Learning Science

 

Heart Rates & Running #30 (MC) - NAEP

LS.2.7.9

Describe interactions between major organ systems

 

 

Imagery & the Endocrine System - CEC

 

Human Body Organs - Science Spot

KidsHealth

 

 

LS.2.7.10

Investigate careers, scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to life systems

 

The Fibonacci Sequence - AAAS

CAREERS

Earth & Life Sciences - PBS

Inventors & Innovators - AAAS

Louis Pasteur - AAAS

100 Greatest Discoveries

Royal Society Journals

Sanitation & Human Health - AAAS

 

Genetic Engineering #57 (MC) - NAEP

 LS.3.7.1

Explain that the fertilized egg cell carries genetic information from each parent and multiplies to form a complete organ

 

 

DNA DAY - National Human Genome Research Institute

Graphics Gallery - Access Excellence

Reproduction and Heredity - Learning Science

 

LS.3.7.2

Distinguish between sperm cells and egg cells

 

Ovum - Wikipedia

Spermatozoon - Wikipedia

 

LS.3.7.3

Compare and contrast the structure and function of the sperm cell and the egg cell in vertebrates and plants and their role in sexual reproduction

 

 

 

Ovum - Wikipedia

Spermatozoon - Wikipedia

 

 

 LS.3.7.4

Investigate and analyze the development of embryos

 

Egg Dissection - Chicken & the Egg - Inquiry in Action

 

Embryology - UNSW

Hatching Eggs - Guide

 

Animal Reproduction #42 (MC) - NAEP

Reproduction of Different Animals #42 (MC) - NAEP

 

LS.3.7.5

Dissect a poultry egg to analyze its structure (e.g., paper, plastic, or clay models, virtual dissection, or specimen dissection)

 

 

What's Inside an Egg? - Oregon Elementary

 

Chickscope - Embryology

Fertile Egg Dissection - Rolling Hills Elementary

Incredible Egg - 4-H Curriculum 

 

LS.3.7.6

Dissect a flower to analyze the reproductive system of angiosperms (e.g., paper, plastic, or clay models; virtual dissection; or specimen dissection)

 

 

Daffodil Dissection - Berkan

Dissected Flower Photos - Katie Kam

Flower Dissection Labs (2) - Holtzclaw

 

 

Angiosperms - Tree of Life

Flowers Modern and Ancient - "First Flower" by NOVA

Plants - Internet 4 Classrooms

Snapdragon Dissection

 

Parts of a Flower #2 (MC) - NAEP

LS.3.7.7

Differentiate between sexual and asexual reproduction in

  • vertebrates
  • plants

 

 

Plant Parents - AAAS

How Plants Reproduce - World Builders

Flowers Modern and Ancient - "First Flower" by NOVA

Meiosis & Sexual Reproduction

Mitosis

Plants & Animals - Smithsonian

Sexual Reproduction - Wikipedia

 

LS.3.7.8

Identify the number and source of chromosomes in human body cells

 

 

Duplicating Chromosomes - World Builders

 

Genetic Science Learning Center - University of Utah

Molecular Basis of Heredity - Learning Science

 

LS.3.7.9

Identify the number and source of chromosomes in human sex cells

 

 

 

Graphics Gallery - Access Excellence

Molecular Basis of Heredity - Learning Science

 

LS.3.7.10

Explain the role of cell division

 

 

Cell Size - World Builder

Cell Division (Gizmo)

Cells Alive!

Learning Science "Reproduction & Heredity"

Mitosis

 

LS.3.7.11

Investigate careers, scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to reproduction

 

 

CAREERS

Curriculum Resources & Publications

Earth & Life Sciences - PBS

Inventors & Innovators - AAAS

100 Greatest Discoveries

National Wildlife Federation

Significant Events of the Last 125 Years

 

 

 

LS.3.7.12

Summarize the interactions between organ systems in the maintenance of homeostasis

 

 

 

Homeostasis - BBC

Homeostasis - Biology 4 Kids

Homeostasis - Interactive

 

Body Temperature #55 (OR) - NAEP

LS.4.7.1
Explain the role of reproduction in the continuation of a species
 
 

Gene Pool - World Buuilders

 

Bat Conservation International

Genetic Science Learning Center - University of Utah

World in the Balance - NOVA

 

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