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Curriculum Map - Grade 7 Plants for Food and Fibre. Question: Why are GMOs…
Curriculum Map - Grade 7 Plants for Food and Fibre.
Question: Why are GMOs so controversial?
Relation to Earlier Primary/Elementary Science?
Grade 5
: Topic D: Weather Watch
Climate's and weather's relation to agriculture
Grade 6
: Topic D: Evidence and Investigation, Topic E: Trees and Forests
Background skills for query, and plant biology
Grade 3
: Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
Recognise how agriculture affects the environment for other organisms
Grade 4
: Topic E: Plant Growth and Changes
Background for understanding plant biology
Grade 1
: Topic E: Small Crawling and Flying Animals
Relation of agriculture to surrounding ecosystem
Relation to the everyday life
Nature of Science
Science is a human endeavour
Science addresses questions about the natural and material world
government policy, climate change, evidence and investigation
Agriculture, business, environmentalism
First & Third world countries
Relation to other science topics in later primary/elementary science?
Science 10
: Unit A, Interactions and Ecosystems, Unit C: Cycling of Matter in Living Systems
Understanding the effects of agriculture on ecoystems
Bio 20
, Unit A, Energy and Matter Exchange in the Biosphere, Unit B, Ecosystems and Population Change, Unit C, Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
Biogeochemical cycles and agriculture's effect on them. Agriculture's effects on ecosystems, changes in populations. Plant biology, specifically plant processes.
Bio 30
: Unit D, Populations and Community Dynamics
Understanding how agricultural lands are part of a larger biological community
Relation to
other subjects
in the same grade
English Language Arts 7
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent
to comprehend literature and other texts in oral, print, visual and multimedia forms, and respond personally, critically and creatively.
Learning to represent and convey your thoughts undoubtedly assists in addressing crosscurricular concerns & issues
to manage ideas and information
to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences
Math 7
Collect, display and analyze data to solve problems
Develop and implement a project plan for the collection, display and analysis of data
Describe the effect of bias, use of language, ethics, cost, time and timing, privacy, cultural sensitivity on the
collection of data
Major issues affecting large populations often require analyzing and displaying data that not only helps waive the population one way or the other, but also proves or defends the argument of one or more sides
Social Studies 7
Geographic thinking
Global Connections, Economics and Resources
Having an ample knowledge of the global network the unit of Science inevitably finds itself in gives insight into issues that are of major and global concern
Research for deliberative inquiry
Key Questions
How do we produce useful plant products?
What techniques do we use and what knowledge are they based on?
How do we apply these techniques in a sustainable way?
Key Concepts (from the POS)
Needs and uses of plants
Plant propagation and reproduction
Life processes and structure of plants
Fertilizers and soil nutrients
Chemical and Biological controls
Selective breeding and monocultures
Resource management and sustainability
Key Attitudes and Skills
Interest in Science
Provides the opportunities and the means to ask meaningful questions regarding major issues and concerns
Scientific Inquiry
Stewardship
Initiate & Plan
Perform & Record
Analyze and Interpret
Facilitates the answering of questions
Mutual Respect
Collaboration
Outcomes for Science, Technology and Society and Knowledge
OSTSK 1. 'Students will investigate plant uses, and identify links among needs, technologies, products and impacts'
Investigating the longterm effects of agriculture on an area
OSTSK 2. 'Investigate life processes and structures of plants, and interpret related characteristics and needs of plants in a local environment'
Looking at how adaptions are selected for naturally and by farmers/researchers
OSTSK 3. 'Analyse plant environments, and identify impacts of specific factors and controls'
Increasing yields for crops
OSTSK 4. 'Identify and interpret relationships among human needs, technologies, environments, and the culture and use of living things as sources of food and fibre'
History of selective breeding