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Life Science

Lower Dauphin School District

Curriculum Guide

Course Title: Life Science
Subject: Science
Grade Level(s):7

Synopsis of Curriculum

This is an exciting course in the life sciences that focuses on living things and their interactions with the environment. Investigation of the various topics will help build a strong science foundation.  The topics studied throughout the year include the Scientific Method, Cells, Genetics, Natural Selection, Classification, the Kingdoms of Life, and Ecology.

Units of Study Titles

Unit 1 – Life Science through Inquiry

Unit 2 – Cell Theory and Cell Processes

Unit 3 – Genetics

Unit 4 – Adaptations and Natural Selection

Unit 5 – Classification

Unit 6 – Viruses and Simple Organisms

Unit 7 – Animal Kingdom – Simple Invertebrates & Complex Invertebrates

Unit 8 – Animal Kingdom – Vertebrates

Unit 9 – Plant Kingdom

Unit 10 – Ecology and Environmental Science