GLE Code | Discipline | Strand | Big Idea | Concept | Grade Level/Course | GLE |
SC/6UN/1/C/07/a | Science | Composition and Structure of the Universe and the Motion of the Objects Within It | The universe has observable properties and structure | Most of the information we know about the universe comes from the electromagnetic spectrum | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence Objects and Their Motion in the Solar System
Recognize stars are separated from one another by vast and different distances, which causes stars to appear smaller than the Sun
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SC/7IN/1/A/07/a | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry includes the ability of students to formulate a testable question and explanation, and to select appropriate investigative methods in order to obtain evidence relevant to the explanation | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Formulate testable questions and hypotheses
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SC/7IN/1/B/07/c | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Use a variety of tools and equipment to gather data (e.g., microscopes, thermometers, analog and digital meters, computers, spring scales, balances, metric rulers, graduated cylinders, stopwatches)
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SC/7IN/1/B/07/b | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Determine the appropriate tools and techniques to collect data
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SC/7IN/1/B/07/a | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Make qualitative observations using the five senses
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SC/7IN/1/D/07/b | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry includes evaluation of explanations (hypotheses, laws, theories) in light of scientific principles (understandings) | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Analyze whether evidence (data) and scientific principles support proposed explanations (hypotheses, laws, theories)
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SC/7IN/1/E/07/a | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | The nature of science relies upon communication of results and justification of explanations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Communicate the procedures and results of investigations and explanations through:
-oral presentations
-drawings and maps
-data tables (allowing for the recording and analysis of data relevant to the experiment, such as independent and dependent variables, --multiple trials, beginning and ending times or temperatures, derived quantities)
-graphs (bar, single line, pictograph)
-equations and writings
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SC/7IN/1/B/07/e | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Compare amounts/measurements
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SC/7IN/1/B/07/f | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Judge whether measurements and computation of quantities are reasonable
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SC/7IN/1/B/07/d | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Measure length to the nearest millimeter, mass to the nearest gram, volume to the nearest milliliter, force (weight) to the nearest Newton, temperature to the nearest degree Celsius, time to the nearest second
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SC/7IN/1/C/07/a | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Evidence is used to formulate explanations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Use quantitative and qualitative data as support for reasonable explanations (conclusions)
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SC/7IN/1/C/07/c | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Evidence is used to formulate explanations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Recognize the possible effects of errors in observations, measurements, and calculations on the formulation of explanations (conclusions)
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SC/7IN/1/D/07/a | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry includes evaluation of explanations (hypotheses, laws, theories) in light of scientific principles (understandings) | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Evaluate the reasonableness of an explanation (conclusion)
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