Grade Seven Life Science Standards of Learning

STANDARD Correlation: Must address both the standards and the curriculum framework. Use page number and ATE for Annotated

Teacher Edition or CT for Core Technology. (Identify no more than 8 correlations.)

LS.2 The student will investigate and understand that all living things are composed of one or more cells that support life

processes, as described by the cell theory. Key ideas include

a) the

developme

nt of the

cell theory

demonstrat

es the

nature of

science;

Cell Theory (CT)

Cell Theory > Explore > Page 1 > What Evidence Supports the Cell Theory? > Core Interactive Text

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Cell Theory > Explore More Resources > Reading Passage > Discovery of Cells and Cell Theory

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Cell Theory > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-On Activity: Cell Theory Evidence >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/27cc306e-bbeb-40fe-82b2-f796171200ae > https://gtm-

media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/DSC/data/G6_TX_Cell%20Theory_HOA_CellTheoryEvidence_Appro

ved.pdf

Structure of Life (CT)

Structure of Life > Explore > Page 3 > Hands-On Activity: Plant or Animal >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/6c6fa3d6-c8f8-43cf-8965-ef9d45a35679 > https://gtm-

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Structure of Life > Explore > Page 4 > How Do Cells in Unicellular and Multicellular Organisms Differ? >

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Cell Structure and Function (CT)

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Interactive Text

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b) cell

structure

and

organelles

support life

processes;

Cell Theory (CT)

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Cell Theory > Explore > Page 2 > Hands-On Activity: Mentally Modeling the Cell >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/6d83c6a6-bade-43cc-b472-fd4a5c8b3fbf > (No Teacher's

Guide)

Structure of Life (CT)

Structure of Life > Explore > Page 3 > Hands-On Activity: Plant or Animal >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/6c6fa3d6-c8f8-43cf-8965-ef9d45a35679 > https://gtm-

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Cell Structure and Function (CT)

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Cell Structure and Function > Explore 3 > What Structures Make Up Cells? > Core Interactive Text

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c) similarities

and

differences

between

plant and

animal cells

determine

how they

support life

processes;

Cell Theory (CT)

Cell Theory > Explore > Page 2 > How Are Cells Structures Related To Their Functions? > Core Interactive

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Cell Theory > Explore > Page 2 > Exploration > Here a Cell, There a Cell

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Structure of Life (CT)

Structure of Life > Engage > The Secrets of Cells > Core Interactive Text

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Structure of Life > Explore > Page 1 > What Are Cells, and Why Are They Important? > Core Interactive

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Structure of Life > Explore > Page 3 > Hands-On Activity: Plant or Animal >

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media-3.discoveryeducation.com/v3.4/DSC/data/G5_TX_Criteria_HOA_PlantorAnimal_TG_Rev.pdf

Structure of Life > Explore > Page 3 > How Do Animal Cells and Plant Cells Differ? > Core Interactive Text

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Cell Structure and Function (CT)

Cell Structure and Function > Explore > Page 4 > What Are the Differences between Plant and Animal Cells?

> Core Interactive Text

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Cell Structure and Function > Explore > Page 5 > What Is the Role of Mitochondria in Eukaryotic Cells? >

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d) cell

division is

the

mechanism

for growth

and

reproductio

n; and

Cell Theory (CT)

Cell Theory > Explore > Page 3 > How Are Cells Structures Related To Their Functions? > How Do Cells

Relate to the Structures of Simple and Complex Organisms? > Core Interactive Text

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Cell Cycle and Mitosis (CT)

Cell Cycle and Mitosis > Explore > Page 1 > Hands-On Activity: Cell Cycle Models >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/78c54030-695d-4556-aeb6-311b3def10eb > (No Teacher's

Guide)

Cell Cycle and Mitosis > Explore > Page 1 > Why Is the Cell Cycle an Important Process? > Core Interactive

Text

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Cell Cycle and Mitosis > Explore > Page 2 > How Are Interphase and Mitosis Related? > Core Interactive

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Cell Cycle and Mitosis > Explore > Page 4 > How Does Mitosis Contribute to Cell Function? > Core

Interactive Text

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e) cellular

transport

(osmosis

and

diffusion)

is important

for life

processes.

Diffusion and Osmosis (CT)

Diffusion and Osmosis > Explore > Page 1 > How Do the Processes of Diffusion and Osmosis Compare? >

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Diffusion and Osmosis > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-on Activity:

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Diffusion and Osmosis > Elaborate > Page 2 > Project: The Osmotic Egg

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Grade Seven Life Science Standards of Learning

STANDARD Correlation: Must address both the standards and the curriculum framework. Use page number and ATE for Annotated

Teacher Edition or CT for Core Technology. (Identify no more than 8 correlations.)

LS.3 The student will investigate and understand that there are levels of structural organization in living things. Key ideas include

a) patterns of

cellular

organization

support life

processes;

Structure of Life (CT)

Structure of Life > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-On Activity: Looking at Tissues >

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b) unicellular

and

multicellular

organisms

have

comparative

structures;

and

Structure of Life (CT)

Structure of Life > Explore > Page 4> How Do Cells in Unicellular and Multicellular Organisms Differ? >

Core Interactive Text

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c) similar

characteristi

cs determine

the

classificatio

n of

organisms.

Levels of Classification (CT)

Levels of Classification > Explore > Page 2 > How Are Organisms Classified by Their Characteristics?

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Levels of Classification > Explore > Page 3 > Hands-On Activity: Dichotomous IDs >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/b0961771-5fca-4af0-8e31-4d72922c9c48 > https://gtm-

media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/DSC/data/G7_TX_Classification_HOA_DichotomousIDs_approved_

AAC.pdf

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Grade Seven Life Science Standards of Learning

STANDARD Correlation: Must address both the standards and the curriculum framework. Use page number and ATE for Annotated

Teacher Edition or CT for Core Technology. (Identify no more than 8 correlations.)

LS.4 The student will investigate and understand that there are chemical processes of energy transfer which are important for life.

Key ideas include

a) photosynthe

sis is the

foundation

of virtually

all food

webs; and

Photosynthesis (CT)

Photosynthesis > Explore > Page 1 > How Does Photosynthesis Transfer Energy from the Sun into Food? >

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Photosynthesis > Explore > Page 1 > Hands-On Activity: Photosynthesis >

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Photosynthesis > Explore > Explore More Resources > Read > Reading Passage > Plants and Photosynthesis

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Photosynthesis > Explore > Explore More Resources > Read > Reading Passage >

Getting to Know: Photosynthesis https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/769a9ef7-754a-4026-

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Energy in Ecosystems (CT)

Energy in Ecosystems > Explore > Page 1 > How Does Energy Flow through Ecosystems? > Core

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Energy in Ecosystems > Engage > How Does Energy Flow through Ecosystems? > Core Interactive Text

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Energy in Ecosystems > Explore > Explore More Resources > Interact > Exploration: Who's for Dinner?

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b) photosynthe

sis and

cellular

respiration

support life

processes.

Photosynthesis (CT)

Photosynthesis > Explore > Page 1 > How Does Photosynthesis Transfer Energy from the Sun into Food? >

Core Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/1f8c4a6d-09d6-438f-905d-

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Photosynthesis > Explore > Page 2 > What Is the Relationship between Photosynthesis and Cellular

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Cellular Respiration (CT)

Cellular Respiration > Elaborate with STEM > STEM Project Starter 1 > Hands-On Lab: The Case of the

Flat Bread > https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/efb84540-b6a6-4122-a4a4-2e07d5b74a76 >

https://gtm-media-1.discoveryeducation.com/videos/2/pdfs/DEMS_Cells_HOL_Yeast.pdf

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Cellular Respiration > Elaborate with STEM > STEM Project Starter 1 > Hands-On Lab: The Case of the

Flat Bread > https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/efb84540-b6a6-4122-a4a4-2e07d5b74a76 >

https://gtm-media-1.discoveryeducation.com/videos/2/pdfs/DEMS_Cells_HOL_Yeast.pdf

Cellular Respiration > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-on Activity: Developing Models:

Cellular Respiration > https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/1ab8a677-90bf-49d6-8fa4-

7dd76d9414f9 > Teacher’s Guide https://gtm-media-

3.discoveryeducation.com/v3.4/DSC/data/G7Life%20Science_HOA_Cellular%20Respiration_TG_ID_306_

RH_rev.pdf

Energy in Ecosystems (CT)

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Grade Seven Life Science Standards of Learning

STANDARD Correlation: Must address both the standards and the curriculum framework. Use page number and ATE for Annotated

Teacher Edition or CT for Core Technology. (Identify no more than 8 correlations.)

LS.5 The student will investigate and understand that biotic and abiotic factors affect an ecosystem. Key ideas include

a) matter

moves

through

ecosystem

s via the

carbon,

water, and

nitrogen

cycles;

The Carbon Cycle (CT)

The Carbon Cycle > Engage > How Is Carbon Recycled? > Core Interactive Text

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The Carbon Cycle > Explore > Page 1 > Hands-On Activity: Carbon Cycle >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/44536295-7055-488d-83be-36c0cc4e7476 > Teacher’s Guide

https://gtm-

media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/DSC/data/G7_TX_CarbonCycle_HOA_CarbonCycle_approved_APPR

OVEDAAC.pdf

The Carbon Cycle > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-on Activity: Chesapeake Bay Food Web >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/70729b98-4900-40cf-a5d8-8428f8f9834b > Teacher’s Guide

https://gtm-media-

3.discoveryeducation.com/v3.4/DSC/data/G7_Life%20Science_HOA_EnergyinEcosystems_TG_ID_309_RH

_rev2.pdf

Habitats and Niches (CT)

Habitats and Niches > Explore > Page 1 > Why Are Nutrient Cycles and Other Abiotic Factors Necessary to

Ecosystems? > Core Interactive Text

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The Carbon Cycle > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-on Activity: Developing Models:

Chesapeake Bay Food Web > https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/70729b98-4900-40cf-a5d8-

8428f8f9834b > Teacher’s Guide https://gtm-media-

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_rev2.pdf

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b) energy

flow is

represente

d by food

webs and

energy

pyramids;

and

Energy in Ecosystems (CT)

Energy in Ecosystems > Explore > Page 3 > Hands-On Activity: The 10% Rule >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/dc85258e-36c2-4552-98aa-f3db139d4ab2 > https://gtm-

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FINAL_DE.pdf

Energy in Ecosystems > Explore > Page 3 > How Are All Organisms Connected to Each Other? > Core

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c) relationshi

ps exist

among

producers,

consumers

, and

decompos

ers.

Energy in Ecosystems (CT)

Energy in Ecosystems > Explore > Page 3 > How Are All Organisms Connected to Each Other? > Core

Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/1f8c4a6d-09d6-438f-905d-

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Relationships among Organisms (CT)

Relationships among Organisms > Explore > Page 2 > Why Are Relationships between Organisms in a

Community Important? > Core Interactive Text

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Relationships among Organisms > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-On Activity: Web of Life >

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media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/DSC/data/G7_TX_TrophicRelationships_HOA_WebofLife_approved_

AAC.pdf

Trophic Relationships (CT)

Trophic Relationships > Explore > Page 1 > How Can Organisms be Classified According to Their Energy

Sources? > Core Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/59b83da1-954a-

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Levels? > Core Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/59b83da1-954a-

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Grade Seven Science 17 of 32

Grade Seven Life Science Standards of Learning

STANDARD Correlation: Must address both the standards and the curriculum framework. Use page number and ATE for Annotated

Teacher Edition or CT for Core Technology. (Identify no more than 8 correl ations.)

LS.6 The student will investigate and understand that populations in a biological community interact and are interdependent. Key

ideas include

a) relationshi

ps exist

between

predators

and prey

and these

relationshi

ps are

modeled in

food webs;

Relationships among Organisms (CT)

Relationships among Organisms > Explore > Page 2 > Why Are Relationships between Organisms in a

Community Important? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/59b83da1-954a-4ec2-a462-

156f532c2fde/concepts/57ee83ba-63ff-4eec-b3eb-b62c61c8d63d/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-

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Relationships among Organisms > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-On Activity: Web of Life >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/32d8bc9d-9a9c-40d1-9b66-61ad28a54054 > https://gtm-

media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/DSC/data/G7_TX_TrophicRelationships_HOA_WebofLife_approved_

AAC.pdf

Habitats and Niches (CT)

Habitats and Niches > Explore 1 > Why Are Nutrient Cycles and Other Abiotic Factors Necessary to

Ecosystems? > Core Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/59b83da1-954a-

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Populations (CT)

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Populations > Explore > Page 1 > How Do Populations Interact within Communities and Ecosystems? > Core

Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/cd5907c0-a4c9-4741-8671-

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b) the

availability

and use of

resources

may lead

to

competitio

n and

cooperatio

n;

Trophic Relationships (CT)

Trophic Relationships > Explore > Page 2 > How Do Scientists Model Trophic Interactions? > Core

Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/59b83da1-954a-4ec2-a462-

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Trophic Relationships > Explore > Page 3 > In What Ways Do Organisms Interact within and between

Trophic Levels? > Core Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/59b83da1-

954a-4ec2-a462-156f532c2fde/concepts/9f843ca4-e34e-46

Trophic Relationships > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-On Activity: Web of Life >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/32d8bc9d-9a9c-40d1-9b66-61ad28a54054 > https://gtm-

media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/DSC/data/G7_TX_TrophicRelationships_HOA_WebofLife_approved_

AAC.pdf

c) symbiotic

relationshi

ps support

the

survival of

different

species;

and

Relationships among Organisms (CT)

Relationships among Organisms > Explore 2 > Why Are Relationships between Organisms in a Community

Important? > Core Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/59b83da1-954a-

4ec2-a462-156f532c2fde/concepts/57ee83ba-63ff-4eec-b3eb-b62c61c8d63d/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-

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Habitats and Niches (CT)

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Habitats and Niches > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-On Activity: Machine Niche >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/dab3dc6e-293d-40fb-b689-3fa2d37d1cec > There is no

Teacher Guide

d) the niche

of each

organism

supports

survival.

Relationships among Organisms (CT)

Habitats and Niches > Engage > How Is It That Organisms Have Their Own Spaces to Live and Jobs to Do? >

Core Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/59b83da1-954a-4ec2-a462-

156f532c2fde/concepts/081886a4-1293-4d75-9a62-f0ad65946df1/tabs/5a1b6f8b-c6bf-4208-87dd-

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Grade Seven Life Science Standards of Learning

STANDARD Correlation: Must address both the standards and the curriculum framework. Use page number and ATE for Annotated

Teacher Edition or CT for Core Technology. (Identify no more than 8 correlations.)

LS.7 The student will investigate and understand that adaptations support an organism’s survival in an ecosystem. Key ideas

include

a) biotic and

abiotic

factors

define land,

marine, and

freshwater

ecosystems;

and

Habitats and Niches (CT)

Habitats and Niches > Explore > Page 1 > Why Are Nutrient Cycles and Other Abiotic Factors Necessary to

Ecosystems? https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/59b83da1-954a-4ec2-a462-

156f532c2fde/concepts/081886a4-1293-4d75-9a62-f0ad65946df1/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-

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Biotic and Abiotic Factors (CT)

Biotic and Abiotic Factors > Explore > Page 1 > How Are Organisms and Populations Dependent on Biotic

and Abiotic Factors? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/46d0cbc8-0307-4d53-8e1b-

a0ea99c6ab41/concepts/622b4656-7e59-4e34-8920-94716e33ddbc/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-

7081ca990764/pages/20e37668-897f-4cf0-be8a-5d4d6eb7a0dc

Biotic and Abiotic Factors > Explore > Page 1 > Hands-On Activity: Biotic and Abiotic Factors Field Study

> https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/ad8929a9-dc51-46a9-b9a7-7c7936f7bedf > https://gtm-

media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/DSC/data/HOAs/G8_TX_BioticAndAbioticFactors_HOA_FieldStudy

.pdf

b) physical and

behavioral

characteristi

cs enable

Biotic and Abiotic Factors (CT)

Biotic and Abiotic Factors > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-On Activity: Need and Greed:

Design Your Own Biotic and Abiotic Factors Investigation >

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organisms

to survive

within a

specific

ecosystem.

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/8e95f6a3-1655-4fcc-9874-02e702ff060f > https://gtm-

media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/DSC/data/HOAs/G8_TX_BioticAndAbioticFactors_HOA_NeedandG

reed.pdf

Biotic and Abiotic Factors > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-on Activity: Structural Adaptations

and Survival > https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/cd4a7d68-14ff-466f-863a-eadd08052f0e >

Teacher’s Guide https://gtm-media-

3.discoveryeducation.com/v3.4/DSC/data/G7_Life%20Science_HOA_BioticAbioticFactors_TG_ID_313_R

H_rev.pdf

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Grade Seven Life Science Standards of Learning

STANDARD Correlation: Must address both the standards and the curriculum framework. Use page number and ATE for Annotated

Teacher Edition or CT for Core Technology. (Identify no more than 8 correlations.)

LS.8 The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic and

change over time. Key ideas include

a) organisms

respond to

daily,

seasonal, and

long-term

changes;

Organism's Response to the Environment (CT)

Organism's Response to the Environment > Explore > Page 1 > What Are Internal and External Stimuli and

How Do Organisms Respond to Them? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/46d0cbc8-0307-4d53-8e1b-

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Organism's Response to the Environment > Explore > Page 2 > Why Are Organisms’ Responses to Stimuli

Essential to Maintain Balance within Their Environment? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/46d0cbc8-0307-4d53-8e1b-

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7081ca990764/pages/c6aa5c3a-c219-48a6-9260-9192cc7c8fde

Succession (CT)

Succession > Explore > Page 2 > How Does Succession Occur in an Ecosystem or Microhabitat? > Core

Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/46d0cbc8-0307-4d53-8e1b-

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b) changes in

the

environment

may increase

or decrease

population

size; and

Populations (CT)

Populations > Explore > Page 1 > How Do Populations Interact within Communities and Ecosystems? >

Core Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/cd5907c0-a4c9-4741-8671-

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Organism's Response to the Environment (CT)

Organism's Response to the Environment > Explore > Page 1 > What Are Internal and External Stimuli and

How Do Organisms Respond to Them? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/46d0cbc8-0307-4d53-8e1b-

a0ea99c6ab41/concepts/fa9bd3c1-3b5c-4e6c-987e-6c8beee5278c/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-

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c) large-scale

changes such

as

eutrophicatio

n, climate

changes, and

catastrophic

disturbances

affect

ecosystems.

Succession (CT)

Succession > Explore > Page 1 > How Does Succession Occur in an Ecosystem or Microhabitat? > Core

Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/46d0cbc8-0307-4d53-8e1b-

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Succession > Explore > Page 1 > How Do Natural Disasters and Humans Impact Succession? > Core

Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/46d0cbc8-0307-4d53-8e1b-

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Succession > Explore > Page 3 > How Do Natural Disasters and Humans Impact Succession? > Core

Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/46d0cbc8-0307-4d53-8e1b-

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Pollutants and Ecosystems (CT)

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Pollutants and Ecosystems > Explore > Page 1 > How Can Point Source Pollution and Non-Point Source

Pollution Harm an Ecosystem? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/46d0cbc8-0307-4d53-8e1b-

a0ea99c6ab41/concepts/a921ab05-14e7-4ab9-8df8-321f53a30b60/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-

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Pollutants and Ecosystems > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-on Activity: Human Impacts on a

Virginia Ecosystem > https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/7f478a69-42d4-4f7d-b5de-

507703a827f9 > Teacher’s Guide https://gtm-media-

3.discoveryeducation.com/v3.4/DSC/data/G7_Life%20Science_HOA_PollutantsEcosystems_TG_ID_319_

RH.pdf

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Grade Seven Life Science Standards of Learning

STANDARD Correlation: Must address both the standards and the curriculum framework. Use page number and ATE for Annotated

Teacher Edition or CT for Core Technology. (Identify no more than 8 correlations.)

LS.9 The student will investigate and understand that relationships exist between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key

ideas include

a) changes in

habitat can

disturb

populations

;

Habitat Destruction (CT)

Habitat Destruction > Explore > Page 1 > Hands-On Activity: Habitat Destruction >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/3075d549-b8c8-4757-b307-054fce9b5a8d > https://gtm-

media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/DSC/data/G8_TX_HabitatDestruction_HOA_HabDestruc_approved_

AAC-1.pdf

Habitat Destruction > Explore > Page 2 > How Are Populations Affected by Habitat Destruction? > Core

Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/46d0cbc8-0307-4d53-8e1b-

a0ea99c6ab41/concepts/1f143599-a822-44e5-a60a-061a0641d827/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-

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b) disruptions

in

ecosystems

can change

species

competitio

n; and

Habitat Destruction (CT)

Habitat Destruction > Explore > Page 2 > How Are Populations Affected by Habitat Destruction? > Core

Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/46d0cbc8-0307-4d53-8e1b-

a0ea99c6ab41/concepts/1f143599-a822-44e5-a60a-061a0641d827/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-

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c) variations

in biotic

and abiotic

factors can

change

ecosystems

.

Biotic and Abiotic Factors (CT)

Biotic and Abiotic Factors > Explore > Page 1 > How Are Organisms and Populations Dependent on Biotic

and Abiotic Factors? https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/46d0cbc8-0307-4d53-8e1b-

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Grade Seven Life Science Standards of Learning

STANDARD Correlation: Must address both the standards and the curriculum framework. Use page number and

ATE for Annotated Teacher Edition or CT for Core Technology. (Identify no more than 8

correlations.)

LS.10 The student will investigate and understand that organisms reproduce and transmit genetic information to new generations.

Key ideas include

a) DNA has a role in making

proteins that determine

organism traits;

DNA (CT)

DNA > Explore > Page 3 > How Does DNA Affect Your Traits? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/e322a724-ced1-4225-a602-

39f2acb43bca/concepts/90bc6c56-34a9-4a4e-a950-03e90ae77a50/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-

4cde-9515-7081ca990764/pages/5db256d9-845d-40cb-af39-bbec437eae05

DNA > Explore > Explore More Resources > Read > Reading Passage > Birth of a

Molecule https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/e56c54ca-9695-4c9e-baf1-

ab186f690e56

Meiosis (CT)

Meiosis > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-On Activity: Meiosis Simulation

> https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/8187e494-acbe-401b-a269-

fd7fd84b083c > https://gtm-

media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/DSC/data/HOAs/HOA_MeiosisSimulation_TG.pdf

b) the role of meiosis is to transfer

traits to the next generation;

and

Meiosis (CT)

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Meiosis > Explore > Explore 2 > What Distinguishes Mitosis from Meiosis? > Core

Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/e322a724-ced1-

4225-a602-39f2acb43bca/concepts/a7c5a927-05ca-4b90-ae84-

417b98b9c5ef/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-7081ca990764/pages/ace3e826-df20-4e8b-

9afc-93d43472d5ca

Mendel and Heredity (CT)

Mendel and Heredity > Explore > Page 2 > Hands-On Activity: Punnett: Live >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/84b57d94-96ce-4ae0-aeb2-5c1cc0df5364

> https://gtm-media-3.discoveryeducation.com/v3.4/DSC/data/STB_CA_6-

8_PunnettLive_HOA_TG_FINAL.pdf

Adaptations (CT)

Adaptations > Explore > Explore 1 > What Is Genetic Variation, and How Does It Occur?

> Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/cd5907c0-a4c9-4741-8671-

9a873e212b7b/concepts/4237086c-9d21-42d3-acd8-751640b62e63/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-

4cde-9515-7081ca990764/pages/a8cf2813-4767-43b1-8353-44324035e0da

c) Punnett squares are

mathematical models used to

predict the probability of traits

in offspring.

Mendel and Heredity (CT)

Mendel and Heredity > Explore > Explore 1 > What Is Heredity and How Were the

Principles of Heredity Discovered? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/e322a724-ced1-4225-a602-

39f2acb43bca/concepts/5e430ddc-9c3f-4231-9368-7c7b47a10b4b/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-

4cde-9515-7081ca990764/pages/f34a26d9-9ee7-4b6c-89b9-6430fff08328

Mendel and Heredity > Explore > Explore 2 > How Do Scientists Make Predictions about

Genetic Inheritance and Expression of Traits? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/e322a724-ced1-4225-a602-

39f2acb43bca/concepts/5e430ddc-9c3f-4231-9368-7c7b47a10b4b/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-

4cde-9515-7081ca990764/pages/90c54653-b424-4316-8c78-48e6228443c1

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Mendel and Heredity > Explore > Explore 3 > How Do Humans Select for Certain Traits

in Some Organisms? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/e322a724-ced1-4225-a602-

39f2acb43bca/concepts/5e430ddc-9c3f-4231-9368-7c7b47a10b4b/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-

4cde-9515-7081ca990764/pages/8095f819-3a94-4271-ae88-af3379cc9b4c

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Grade Seven Life Science Standards of Learning

STANDARD Correlation: Must address both the standards and the curriculum framework. Use page number and ATE for Annotated

Teacher Edition or CT for Core Technology. (Identify no more than 8 correlations.)

LS.11 The student will investigate and understand that populations of organisms can change over time. Key ideas include

a) mutation

,

adaptatio

n,

natural

selection

, and

extinctio

n change

populati

ons;

Adaptations (CT)

Adaptations > Explore > Page 1 > What Is Genetic Variation, and How Does It Occur? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/cd5907c0-a4c9-4741-8671-

9a873e212b7b/concepts/4237086c-9d21-42d3-acd8-751640b62e63/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-

7081ca990764/pages/a8cf2813-4767-43b1-8353-44324035e0da

Adaptations > Explore > Page 2 > How Do Organisms Survive in a Changing Environment? > Core Interactive

Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/cd5907c0-a4c9-4741-8671-

9a873e212b7b/concepts/4237086c-9d21-42d3-acd8-751640b62e63/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-

7081ca990764/pages/b73f5230-5246-4617-8d66-c3dff1941a79

Adaptations > Explore > Page 3 > How Do Organisms Survive in a Changing Environment? > Core Interactive

Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/cd5907c0-a4c9-4741-8671-

9a873e212b7b/concepts/4237086c-9d21-42d3-acd8-751640b62e63/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-

7081ca990764/pages/7cbab4d3-e69b-42c5-be47-f1a84c532230

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Adaptations > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-On Activity: Bird Beaks >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/16b01eff-e6d8-49ad-a6d2-925f446038a1 > https://gtm-

media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/DSC/data/G7_TX_Adaptations_HOA_BirdBeaks_Approved_AAC.pdf

Darwin and Natural Selection (CT)

Darwin and Natural Selection > Explore > Page 1 > How Do Populations Survive When the Environment

Changes? > Core Interactive Text https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/cd5907c0-a4c9-

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Change over Time and the Fossil Record (CT)

Change over Time and the Fossil Record > Explore > Page 3 > How Does Fossil Evidence Support the Theory

of Evolution? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/cd5907c0-a4c9-4741-8671-

9a873e212b7b/concepts/5c8a0e1d-9297-4092-90c6-410bda620a12/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-

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b) the fossil

record,

genetic

informati

on, and

anatomic

al

comparis

ons

provide

evidence

for

evolutio

n; and

Change over Time and the Fossil Record (CT)

Change over Time and the Fossil Record > Explore > Page 3 > Hands-On Activity: Constructing a Cladogram >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/ecab0f3b-6776-4f62-964d-0cb1ec93e70b > https://gtm-

media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/DSC/data/DE_AL_HOA_TG_6-

8_LS_ChangeOverTimeFossilRecord_Cladogram_FINAL.pdf

Change over Time and the Fossil Record > Explore > Page 3 > How Does Fossil Evidence Support the Theory

of Evolution? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/cd5907c0-a4c9-4741-8671-

9a873e212b7b/concepts/5c8a0e1d-9297-4092-90c6-410bda620a12/tabs/759da9a7-2edf-4cde-9515-

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Change over Time and the Fossil Record > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-on Activity: Shark

Evolution > https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/34298313-e334-4a96-94f9-f49ff9a26783 >

Grade Seven Science 32 of 32

Teacher’s Guide https://gtm-media-

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Evidence for Evolution (CT)

Evidence for Evolution > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-On Activity: No Bones about It >

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/d5b6c7ca-4730-4dbd-b40d-ea4e196c23aa > https://gtm-

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Change over Time and the Fossil Record (CT)

Change over Time and the Fossil Record > Explore > Explore More Resources > Hands-On Activity: Fossil

Formation > https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/fdc37d17-3d8c-430d-a044-7e331e9b500a >

https://gtm-

media.discoveryeducation.com/videos/DSC/data/G7_TX_ChangeOverTimeandtheFossilRecord_HOA_T_fossilf

ormation_approved%20_AAC.pdf

Adaptations (CT)

Adaptations > Explore > Page 2 > What Is Genetic Variation, and How Does It Occur? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/cd5907c0-a4c9-4741-8671-

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Mendel and Heredity (CT)

Mendel and Heredity > Explore > Page 2 > How Do Scientists Make Predictions about Genetic Inheritance and

Expression of Traits? > Core Interactive Text

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/techbook/units/e322a724-ced1-4225-a602-

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