Nelson Education - Elementary Science - Science & Technology 7

	Unit 1: Pure Substances and Mixtures
	Unit 2: Heat
	Unit 3: Structural Strength and Stability
	Unit 4: The Earth's Crust
	Unit 5: Interactions Within Ecosystems
	Unit 6: Skills Handbook

UNIT 1: PURE SUBSTANCES AND MIXTURES Unit Overview Getting Started: What Are Things Made Of?
1.1	Inquiry Investigation: Classifying Substances
1.2	Pure Substances and Mixtures
1.3	Inquiry Investigation: Filtering Mechanical Mixtures
1.4	Inquiry Investigation: Are All Solvents Alike?
1.5	How Do Solutions Form?
1.6	Case Study: Flaky Baking
1.7	Inquiry Investigation: The Rate of Dissolving
1.8	Saturated or Unsaturated?
1.9	Inquiry Investigation: Solubility and Saturation
1.10	Inquiry Investigation: Separating Mixtures
1.11	Using Gases
1.12	Products for Raw Materials
1.13	Design Investigation: Concrete for Construction
1.14	Inquiry Investigation: Solvents in the Laundry
1.15	The Importance of Water
1.16	Testing Water Quality
1.17	Inquiry Investigation: How Hard is the Water?
1.18	Household Hazardous Waste
1.19	Explore an Issue: Cleaning Up Our Water
1.20	Career Profile: Wetlands Preservation
1.21	Water Additives
Design Challenge: Design and Build a System that Separates or Purifies Materials
Summary
Review

UNIT 2: HEAT Unit Overview Getting Started: Thinking about Heat and Temperature
2.1	Inquiry Investigation: Identifying Temperatures
2.2- 2.3	Inquiry Investigation: Heating and Cooling
2.4-2.5	Measuring Temperature
2.6-2.7	Case Study: Temperature and the Tomato
2.8-2.9	Temperature, Heat, and the Particle Theory
2.10	Inquiry Investigation: Ice to Water to Steam
2.11	The Particle Theory and Changes of State
2.12	Inquiry Investigation: Heat and Convection
2.13	Heat and Weather Patterns
2.14	Design Investigation: Heat and Conduction
2.15	Career Profile: At the Scene of the Crime
2.16	Inquiry Investigation: Radiation
2.17	Heat and the Water Cycle
2.18	Heating Homes
2.19	Explore an Issue: Wasting Heat
2.20	Inquiry Investigation: Controlling Heat Transfer
2.21	Inquiry Investigation: Heating Various Liquids
2.22	Comparing Heat Capacities
	Inquiry Investigation: Using Mechanical Ways to Produce Heat
	Producing Heat
	Case Study: Heat Pollution
	Solar Heating
Design Challenge: Design and Build a Device that Controls or Uses Heat
Summary
Review

UNIT 3: STRUCTURAL STRENGTH AND STABILITY Unit Overview Getting Started: Designing Products
3.1	The Life Cycle of a Product
3.2	Product Testing
3.3	Case Study: Planning to Fly
3.4	Stability
3.5	Case Study: Stabilizing the Tower of Pisa
3.6	Career Profile: Building Sets for Television
3.7	Explore an Issue: Planned Obsolescence
3.8	Forces and Structures
3.9	Inquiry Investigation: Applying Force
3.10	Loads
3.11	Design Investigation: Determining Factor of Safety
3.12	Tension, Compression, Torsion, and Shear
3.13	Choosing Structures
3.14	Finding Stability in Symmetry
3.15	Inquiry Investigation: A Stronger Beam
3.16	Design Investigation: A Stronger Structure
3.17	Strengthening Structures
3.18	Design Investigation: Getting Under Foot
3.19	Case Study: Fasteners and Function
3.20	Design Investigation: Designing a Childproof Container
3.21	Making Bridges
3.22	Design Investigation: Bridging the Gap
Design Challenge: Design and Build a Structure for Everyday Life
Summary
Review

UNIT 4: THE EARTH'S CRUST Unit Overview Getting Started: Where Do Rocks Come From?
4.1	Earth: A Layered Planet
4.2	Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks
4.3	How Minerals are Mined and Processed
4.4	Inquiry Investigation: Mining Chocolate Chips
4.5	Explore an Issue: Mining for Minerals
4.6	Erosion and Weathering
4.7	Learning About Soil
4.8	Inquiry Investigation: Components of Soil
4.9	Soil and Plant Growth
4.10	Case Study: Farming and the Soil
4.11	Erosion: Carving the Landscape
4.12	Inquiry Investigation: Mountains to Molehills
4.13	Mountains to Rock
4.14	Fossils: Rock's Timekeepers
4.15	Case Study: Drifting Continents
4.16	Moving Plates
4.17	Inquiry Investigation: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountain Ranges
4.18	Career Profile: Cracking the Secrets of the Earth's Crust
4.19	Design Investigation: Preparing for Earthquakes
4.20	Mountains from Rocks
4.21	Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
4.22	Volcanoes: Mountains from Magma
Design Challenge: Design and Build a Model for Using the Earth Responsibly
Summary
Review

UNIT 5: INTERACTIONS WITHIN ECOSYSTEMS Unit Overview Getting Started: Environmental Issues
5.1	Bear Necessities
5.2	The Organization of Life
5.3	Case Study: Adaptations for Survival
5.4	A Landfill Ecosystem
5.5	Inquiry Investigation: What Belongs in a Landfill?
5.6	Cycling of Matter
5.7	Microbes in Ecosystems
5.8	Inquiry Investigation: Nutrient Recycling and Plant Growth
5.9	Career Profile: Field Biologist
5.10	Ecological Pyramids
5.11	Case Study: Pesticides: Poisons in the Food Chain
5.12	The Water Cycle
5.13	Case Study: Choosing a Waste Disposal Site
5.14	Rethinking Before Recycling
5.15	Explore an Issue: Garbage and the Community
5.16	Acid in the Water Cycle
5.17	Inquiry Investigation: Environmental Models
5.18	The Carbon Cycle
5.19	Case Study: Solutions for Global Warming
5.20	Case Study: Succession
5.21	Logging Old Growth Forest
Design Challenge: Design and Build a Solution to the Landfill Problem
Summary
Review

Unit 6: SKILLS HANDBOOK Unit Overview Safety in Science & Technology
Process of Scientific Inquiry
2A	Process of Scientific Inquiry
2B	Asking a Question
2C	Predicting and Hypothesizing
2D	Identifying Variables and Controls
Process of Design
3A	The Problem-Solving Cycle
3B	Identifying a Problem
3C	Selecting the Best Alternative
3D	Planning a Prototype
3E	Building a Prototype
3F	Testing and Evaluating a Prototype
3G	Patents, Trademarks, & Copyrights
Researching
4A	Research Skills
4B	Interviewing and Survey Skills
4C	Critical Thinking
Using Equipment in Science & Technology
5A	Using the Microscope
5B	Working with Scales and Balances
5C	Using Other Scientific Equipment
5D	Using Technology Equipment
5E	Fabrication Techniques
Observing and Recording Data
6A	Obtaining Qualitative Data
6B	Obtaining Quantitative Data
6C	Scientific & Technical Drawing
6D	Creating Data Tables
Analyzing Results
7A	The Need to Graph
7B	Reading a Graph
7C	Constructing Graphs
7D	Using Math in Science & Technology
7E	Reaching a Conclusion
7F	Reflecting on Your Work
Communicating
8A	Writing a Report
8B	Creating a Design Folder
8C	Multimedia Presentations
8D	Exploring an Issue
Study Skills
9A	Setting Goals and Monitoring Progress
9B	Good Study Habits
9C	Using Your Computer Effectively
9D	Working Together
9E	Graphic Organizers


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