7th Grade Science Guide

7.1: Field Forces 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 2

magnetic field of several different magnets.

●​ Research how animals use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate. Possibly have students read one of the following and do some further research: ○​ Sharks use Earth’s magnetic field as a GPS, scientists say ○​ How do Birds Navigate? ●​ Students could also read this article about Magnetic Levitation vehicles, Flying trains. Each school should have a mag lev track, and students could build some mag lev vehicles and race them.

Extension

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

SEEd 7.1.3 Formative Assessment

ELA CONNECTIONS ●​ RST.6-8.3: Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks. ●​ WHST.6-8.7: Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration. MATH CONNECTIONS ●​ Use variables to represent quantities in a real-world or mathematical problem and construct simple equations to solve problems.