Yearly Overview

Abu Dhabi City Campus

MYP Year: 2
# Unit

2013 - 2014
Subject Group: Science
Unit questions Content
1. All living things are made up of cells. 2. An organism may consist of a single cell (unicellular) or many different numbers and types of cells. 3. Within cells, special structures are responsible for particular functions.

Grade: 7
Key and Related concepts, Global context

Subject: General Science

Assessment and Extension

Levels of organization of living organisms The form of organelles, cells and organs determines its function. The interaction of different body systems is required to maintain homeostasis.

Key: Form Related: Function and Interaction Global context: Relationships Identities and

Which cells, tissues and organs make up animal and plant organ systems? How does the ultimate function of a body system affect the structure of cells, tissues and organs? To what extent are plants and animals the same/different?

4. In multicellular organisms, the body is a system of multiple interacting subsystems. These subsystems are groups of cells that work together to form tissues and organs that are specialized for particular body functions. 5. Cellular respiration in plants and animals involve chemical reactions with oxygen that release stored energy. 6. Within individual organisms, food moves through a series of chemical reactions in which it is broken down and rearranged to form new molecules.

Lab reports: microscopy of plant and animal cells. Building a 3-D model of a plant, animal or prokaryotic cell. Modeling the chemical reactions that take place during photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Lab report: Dissection of heart & lungs.

Time Line: 8 weeks Interdisciplinary Links

Learner Profile: Inquirer

Approaches to Learning: Organization

MYP Year 2: Grade 7 Subject Group: Science Yearly Overview 2013 - 2014

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1. Organisms reproduce, either sexually or asexually, and transfer their genetic information to their offspring. 2. In sexually reproducing organisms, each parent contributes half of the genes acquired by the offspring. Individuals thus have two of each chromosome, and hence two alleles of each gene, one acquired from each parent. 3. Animals engage in characteristic behaviours that increase the odds of reproduction. Transmission of genetic information Patterns of inheritance can be modeled in different ways. Changes in the environment can lead to mutation, which could affect the development of offspring. How are genetic traits transmitted from one generation to the next? What is the relationship between an organisms environment and the expression of genes? To what extent does a persons lifestyle affect the expression/mutation of certain genes? 4. Plants reproduce in a variety of ways, sometimes depending on animal behaviours and specialized features for reproduction. 5. Genes are located in the chromosomes of cells, with each chromosome pair containing two variants of each of many distinct genes. 6. Each gene controls the production of specific proteins. 7. Changes (mutations) to genes can result in changes to proteins. 8. Variations of inherited traits between parent and offspring arise from genetic differences that result from the subset of chromosomes inherited.

Assessment and Extension

Key: Development Related: Patterns and Environment Global context: Personal Cultural Expression and

Paper based modeling sexual reproduction Presentation of pedigrees of the transmission of traits through a family

Time Line: 3 weeks Interdisciplinary Links

Learner Profile: Open-minded Social studies

Approaches to Learning: Collaboration

MYP Year 2: Grade 7 Subject Group: Science Yearly Overview 2013 - 2014

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# Unit Key and Related concepts, Global context Unit questions Content
1. The chemical reaction by which plants produce sugars require and energy input to occur. Carbon dioxide and water combine to form carbon-based organic molecules and release oxygen. 2. Plants, algae, and many microorganisms use sunlight to make sugars during photosynthesis. 3. Food webs are models that demonstrate how matter and energy is transferred between producers, consumers and decomposers. The flow of energy through living systems Energy can be transformed as it moves through ecosystems, but the total amount of mass and energy in a system is always conserved. Key: Systems Related: Transformation Global context: Relationships Energy Identities and How does energy flow through ecosystems? and To what extent do human activities affect the flow of energy and the cycling of matter through an ecosystem? What are the similarities and differences between photosynthesis and cellular respiration? 4. Decomposers cycle nutrients from dead plant or animal matter back to the soil. 5. The atoms that make up the organisms in an ecosystem are cycled repeatedly between the living and nonliving parts of the ecosystem.

Assessment and Extension

Modeling energy flow through ecosystems food chains & food webs. Lab report: conservation of mass experiment

Time Line 4 weeks Interdisciplinary Links

Learner Profile: Knowledgeable

Approaches to Learning: Thinking

MYP Year 2: Grade 7 Subject Group: Science Yearly Overview 2013 - 2014

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1. Earth and its solar system are part of the Milky Way galaxy, which is one of many galaxies in the universe. 2. When two objects interact (sun and a planet), each exerts a force on the other that can cause energy to be transferred to or from the object. 3. Weather and climate are influenced by interactions involving sunlight, the ocean, the atmosphere, ice, landforms, and living things. 4. These interactions vary with latitude, altitude and local and regional geography, all of which can affect oceanic and atmospheric flow patterns. 5. Because these patterns are so complex, weather can only be predicted probabilistically. 6. The ocean exerts a major influence on weather and climate by absorbing energy from the sun, releasing it over time, and globally redistributing it through ocean currents.

Assessment and Extension

Weather and climate Changes in environmental system could lead to changes in weather and climate.

Key: Systems Related: Environment and Balance Global context: Globalization and sustainability

Which factors affect the weather and climate of a certain area? How can climate changes be predicted? Global warming: coming catastrophe, or fabulous fable?

Lab report: Simple pendulum experiment. Research on climatology how weather is predicted. Research on the impact of Global warming on weather patterns.

Time Line: 5 weeks Interdisciplinary Links

Learner Profile: Communicator Social studies

Approaches to Learning: Reflection

MYP Year 2: Grade 7 Subject Group: Science Yearly Overview 2013 - 2014

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# Unit Key and Related concepts, Global context Unit questions Content
1. Patterns of the apparent motion of the sun, the moon and stars in the sky can be observed, described, predicted and explained with models. 2. The planet's systems interact over scales that range from microscopic to global in size, and they operate over fractions of a second to billions of years. These interactions have shaped Earth's history and will determine its future. 3. All Earth processes are the result of energy flowing and matter cycling within and among the planet's systems. 4. This energy is derived from the sun and Earth's hot interior. 5. The energy that flows and matter that cycles, produce chemical and physical changes in Earth's materials and living organisms.

Assessment and Extension

Third rock from the sun The solar system, and transformation in Earths surface over time can be modeled in different ways.

Key: Perspective Related: Transformation Global context: Space and Time Models and

What changes have occurred to the surface of Earth over the last 4 billion years? How has our knowledge of the structure of the Earth, and its place in the Universe changed over the last 500 years? Is there anyone out there?

Building an accurate 3-D model of the solar system. Research into the prediction of Earthquakes, volcanoes, meteor impacts

Orientation in

Time Line: 5 weeks Interdisciplinary Links Social studies

Learner Profile: Caring

Approaches to Learning: Information Literacy

MYP Year 2: Grade 7 Subject Group: Science Yearly Overview 2013 - 2014

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# Unit Key and Related concepts, Global context Unit questions Content
1. Mapping the history of natural hazards in a region, combined with an understanding of related geologic forces can help forecast the locations and likelihoods of future events. 2. When light shines on an object, it is reflected, absorbed or transmitted through the object, depending on the object's material and the frequency of the light. Light Reflection and refraction of light is evidence of the wave nature of light. The wave function of light can be utilized in communications technologies to send and store information. What are the basic characteristics of light? Key: Communication Related: Evidence and Function Global context: Scientific and Technical Innovation How can these characteristics be used for technological advances? How much truth is there to the claim that cell phone radiation, microwaves, etc. can cause cancer in users of the technologies? 3. The path that light travels can be traced as straight lines, except at surfaces between different transparent materials, where light is refracted. 4. A wave model of light is useful for explaining brightness, colour and the frequency-dependent bending of light at a surface between media. 5. Because light can travel through space, it cannot be a matter wave, like sound or water waves. 6. Digitized signals, sent as wave pulses, are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information. Time Line: 5 weeks Interdisciplinary Links Learner Profile: Thinker Mathematics Approaches to Learning: Transfer Lab report: Reflection, refraction and diffraction of light. Research into the use of electromagnetic radiation in communications technologies (TV, Radio, cell phones, etc.)

Assessment and Extension

MYP Year 2: Grade 7 Subject Group: Science Yearly Overview 2013 - 2014