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Nelson Science and Technology Perspectives 7
Program
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Nelson Science & Technology Perspectives 7 Student
e-Source
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The Grade 7 science program consists of the following topics:
Interactions in the Environment (Life Systems)
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understanding how ecosystems are made up of biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) elements,
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Section 4.1: What Is an Ecosystem?
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Section 4.2: The Needs of Living Things
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Section 4.4: Interactions Among Living Things
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Section 4.5: How Do Humans Fit Into the Ecosystem?
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Section 5.1: The Roles of Organisms in an Ecosystem
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Section 5.2: Food Chains and Food Webs
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Section 5.4: Energy Flow in an Ecosystem
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Section 5.5: Matter Cycles
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Science Project for Unit B: Chapter 6 Science Lesson
Pure Substances and Mixtures (Matter and Energy)
- exploring the particle theory of matter and using it to differentiate between pure substances and mixtures
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Section 1.1: What Is Matter?
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Section 1.2: More About Matter
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Section 1.4: Pure Substances and Mixtures
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Section 1.6: Mechanical Mixtures and Solutions
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Section 2.1: Solutes and Solvents
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Section 2.2: Dissolving and the Particle Theory
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Section 2.3: Concentration and Solubility
Form and Function (Structures and Mechanisms)
- investigating how the form of a structure is dependent on its function
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Section 10.1: Structures All Around Us
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Section 10.2: Forces
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Section 10.3: Classifying Structures
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Section 10.4: External and Internal Forces
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Section 11.1: Stability of Structures
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Section 11.2: Making Structures Strong - The Beam
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Section 11.4: Making Structures Strong - The Truss, Arch, and Dome
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Section 11.6: Structural Failure
Heat in the Environment (Earth and Space Systems)
- understanding that heat is a form of energy that can be transformed and transferred
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Section 7.1: Warmth and Coldness
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Section 7.2: Explaining Hot and Cold
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Section 7.3: Kinetic Energy, Heat, and Temperature
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Section 7.5: Living with Thermal Expansion and Contraction
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Section 8.1: Thermal Energy Transfer
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Section 8.3: Conduction
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Section 8.4: Conduction and Geological Processes
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Section 8.5: Convection
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Section 8.6: Convection in the Environment
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Section 8.7: Radiation
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Section 8.8: Managing the Transfer of Thermal Energy
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Science Project for Unit C: The Amazing Coffee Keeper (Section 8.10)