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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Science — Grade 7

Goal 3: The learner will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of the atmosphere.

Objective 3.03. Conclude that the good health of environments and organisms requires:

  • The monitoring of air quality.
  • Taking steps to maintain healthy air quality.
  • Stewardship.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

The effects of acid rain on the environment
This is an experiment in which groups of students are given healthy plants to water with different solutions of an acid rain mixture made in class. Students will document and present their findings. This lesson plan has modifications for an Intermediate Low English Language Learner (ESL student).
Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Development and Science)
By Helen Beall and Heather Hughes-Buchanan.

Resources on the web

School bus fumes
In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about how the exhaust from a school bus affects the bus passengers. (Learn more)
Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Preservation issues: Competing interests
In this lesson, students explore scientist, Mark Olson's efforts to identify extinct or nearly extinct plants, and consider the issues surrounding conservation efforts in a variety of contexts. Activities in this lesson engage students in small group collaboration,... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science)
Provided by: Xpeditions
Adopt a lot
Students identify a place in the community that needs to be improved and develop a plan to renew the area. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Science)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink