Grade 7 Main Lesson Curriculum

GRADE 7 MAIN LESSON CURRICULUM SCIENCE •

Mechanics: Simple machines, mechanical principles, formulae, inverse proportion

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Chemistry: combustion, solutions, acids and bases, gas generation

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Human Physiology: essentials of a healthy body: diet and hygiene, systems: digestive, respiratory, circulatory, reproductive * (independent project on topic of their choice)

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Astronomy: center of the universe; key astronomers; fixed and wandering stars; constellations and the Zodiac; appearance of the stars in different parts of the world; myths and legends of the constellations; the moon and its phases; the sun and the 4 seasons

HISTORY *(independent projects in 1 or more areas) •

Medieval History: including the rise of Islam, the Crusades – all through stories.

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Age of Exploration: cartography, Medieval and renaissance ideas of geography, lives of European explorers and their Patrons, purpose and results of explorations, awareness of indigenous peoples, historical perspective

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The Renaissance: development of art, science and philosophy; lives of artists and scientists; political situations; cultural changes; discoveries, new world views

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The Reformation: religious, political, economic climate of Medieval and Renaissance Europe; early “heretical” ideas; lives of reformers; later political and religious results of reformation into present day.

MATHEMATICS •

Review: decimals, percents, fractions, basic constructions in geometry

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Algebra: variables, unknowns, like terms, equations, order of operations, algebraic language, inverse equations, ratio, proportion, signed numbers, graphing, linear equations, inequalities, practical applications

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Geometry: laws of triangles, logarithmic spirals, golden mean, properties of the circle, area, circumference, perimeter

GEOGRAPHY *(independent project) • Europe and Africa • Latitude and longitude, hemispheric differences, time zones ENGLISH • Wish, Wonder and Surprise • Poetry and creative writing • Compositions, essay writing • Required reading of a given list of books which are related to the year’s curriculum or the stage

of development of the children (12 books minimum) with quizzes and reports

SKILLS CLASSES •

English: review, basic grammar, pars of speech, parts of the sentence, sentence sense, paragraph unity, clauses, word meanings and origins

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Mathematics: review of all past concepts and operations, geometry and algebra

GRADE 7: PROJECTS/ASSIGNMENTS 1.

Physiology: research and presentation on a topic of their choice

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Geography: on an assigned country/topic

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Renaissance: on an artist or scientist or hero of the time; research and create a piece of art or make a model of a invention

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Exploration: write a journal from a specific expedition of an explorer as if you were a member of the crew and describe your encounters with the new geography and peoples

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Medieval: research one area of Medieval life and create a main lesson page for it to create a class book on this time period.

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Astronomy: create a nightly journal of sky observations. Write 5 different poems from your observations. (Ask Sheila to help with this)