Grade 7 Science Interactions in the Environment Ontario Curriculum

Grade 7 Science Interactions in the Environment (Ecosystems) | PDF & Digital Formats: This 238-page unit will help you teach science without a textbook. Students will love this engaging and differentiated unit that explains what ecosystems are and how they interact within their environments.

• This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e. Google Classroom™.
• The unit also comes with Google Slides™ versions of the included lessons for 1:1 technology schools.

Curriculum Alignment: Ontario Science Curriculum 2022 - Grade 7 Interactions in the Environment Unit

Lesson Overview

1. Unit Vocabulary QR Code Matching Activity
2. Elements of Ecosystems
3. Ecosystems - Examples and Interactions
4. Energy Transfer and Food Chains
5. Biotic Elements Quiz
6. Matter Cycling
7. Ecological Succession
8. Ecosystem Limits
9. Species At Risk & Invasive Species Assignment
10. Human Interactions in the Environment
11. Agriculture and Ecosystems
12. Indigenous Perspectives
13. Environmental Investigation Case Study: Electric Cars
14. Environmental Protection Stations
15. Ecosystem Summative Lab (3 options)
16. Ecosystems Unit Test
17. Sub Plans

Resource Includes:

• Detailed lesson plans
• Differentiated lessons and assignments (readings, videos, graphic organizers, interactive notebook activities, group work, projects, labs)
• Detailed unit plan, answer keys, and assessment rubrics
• Mp3 audio files of articles
• Lessons divided up with title pages for easy access
• Student assignment choice and variety
• 5 Quizzes (PDF and Self-Marking Google Forms)
• Unit Test
• 3 Science Lab Options

Teacher Feedback

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2. “First time teaching grade 7 and this was a great resource for this unit!”
3. “I have used this in planning my lessons for my grade 7 class next year. It is a great resource to support my science lessons. Thank you.”

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