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Here is some general information about our class for 2019 including course descriptors from the Department, general science department procedures at MDJH, information about Science projects, exams, labs, expectations and lots of other goodies you should know about.

Textbook

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Our textbook is Discovering Science 7 and there is an online version.  Some parts ask you for a password to access these files. The username is disc7_se and the password is studentED
The text itself can be found under the link marked Course-Wide Content, the chapters contain supplemental materials.
 

Safety

Grade 7 Science Safety Workbooklet and Answers
Grade 7 Science Safety Presentation

Unit 1 Ecosystems

Crash Course Kids - a great introductory video on Ecosystems, Habitats, Food Chains and Food Webs.
​More Crash Course Kids
  • Decomposers
  • Carnivores, omnivores and herbivores

Chapter 1
NEW
 Notes booklet and completed booklet.
The old Slideshow and old Notes Booklet are still good for review.
Quiz review and Answers.
Quizlets: Chapter 1 Review #1, Chapter 1 Review #2 - contains a few terms that we did not cover in class.
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Chapter 2
NEW Notes Booklet and Answers
New Review Sheet and Answers
OLD Slideshow, Chapter 2
OLD Notes Booklet
Dichotomous Key for Bugs website 
Seabirds! Identification Key BLM 1-6
Case study: Pond Ecosystem
​Food Web Worksheet
Variables worksheet and answers
Salty Seeds Core Lab
Chapter 2 Review 
Quizlet Review 
More Chapter 2 Review and answers

Chapter 3
NEW Notes booklet and Answers - Includes Unit 1 Review
Slideshow, Chapter 2
OLD Notes Booklet
Chapter 3 Fake Review Quiz and Answers
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Unit Review
NEW Unit 1 Review, (includes Chapter 3) Notes booklet and Answers 
Unit 1 Review Sheet  and answers
More Quizlets... Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3.
Unit 1 Fake Review Quiz and answers

Unit 2 Heat


Chapter 4
NEW Notes booklet and answers
Slideshow
OLD Notes booklet 
Quiz review and Answers
Chapter 4 Quizlet
Chapter 4 review BLM -10 and answers.

​Chapter 5
NEW Notes booklet  and answers
Slideshow
OLD Notes booklet 
PhET "States of Matter - Basics" Simulation 
Heating Curve of Rubbing Alcohol
Changes of State Worksheet
Plateau Problem Lab
Chapter 5 Quizlet​
​Quiz review
Chapter 5 Review BLM-21 and answers

​Chapter 6
NEW Notes booklet and answers
Radiation lab
Heat insulators and conductors activity and Labels
Slideshow
OLD Notes booklet
Review quiz Ch 6 BLM 2-31 and ANSWERS 

Unit Review
NEW Unit 2 review
Unit 2 Review sheet and answers
Unit 2 Review Quiz BLM 2-32 and Answers
Chapter 6 Quizlet
Chapter 5 Quizlet
​Chapter 4 Quizlet
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Unit 3 Mixtures and Solutions

Chapter 7
NEW Notes booklet and answers
Slideshow Part 1 Particle Theory
Slideshow Part 2 Homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures
OLD Notes booklet
Quiz review overview
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Update! Quiz review and answers
Tyndall Effect Lab
Classifying mixtures and pure substances worksheet
Type of mixtures worksheet
Chapter 7 Review Quiz and Answers
Quizlet Review - NL Science
Quizlet Review - MDJH Science

​Chapter 8
NEW notes booklet and answers
Slideshow Part 3 Solutions
Slideshow Part 4 Concentrations of Solutions
Slideshow Part 5 Solutions and Solubility
OLD Notes booklet

Chapter 8 review sheet and answers
Quiz review sheet  and answers
Chapter 8 Quizlet
Chapter 8 Review Quiz
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Chapter 9
NEW notes booklet for 2019 and answers
Slideshow Part 6 Slideshow Part 2 Separating Solutions
OLD Notes booklet
Chapter 9 Quizlet
​BLM 3-29 Simple Distillation worksheet answers

Unit Review
Unit 3 Review Sheet and Answers
​Mixtures and solutions Unit Review Quizlet
BLM 3-34 Unit 3 Review fake quiz answers

Unit 4 The earth's crust

NEW! Notes booklet for Chapter 10 and 11 and the answers 
NEW! Review for Chapters 10 and 11
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Notes booklet and review sheets (for all three chapters)

Chapter 10 - Earth's crust is made up of Rocks and Minerals
Slideshow Part 1 Minerals
Slideshow Part 2 Rocks
​Slideshow Part 3 Rock Cycle
Slideshow Part 4 Rocks and Minerals Resources

Chapter 11 - Earth's crust is constantly changing
Slideshow Part 5 Structure of the Earth
Slideshow Part 6 Plate Techtonic Theory 
Slideshow Part 7 Earthquakes and Volcanoes and Mountains
Slideshow Part 8 Geological Time Scale (Students are not responsible for this section on the test)

Unit review
Chapter 10 and 11 only and answers for the Unit Review Sheet 
Quizlets for Chapter 10 and Chapter 11 

Exam Review

Exam review materials for Units 1-4 and answers.
Sc7.1 Ecosystems Quizlet
Sc7.2 Heat Quizlet
Sc7.3 Mixtures and solutions Quizlet
Sc7.4 Earth’s Crust Quizlet
​Rock Cycle Interactive Diagram
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