Curriculum Map - Grade 7 Plants for Food and Fibre. Question: Why are GMOs so controversial?
Relation to Earlier Primary/Elementary Science?
Relation to the everyday life
Relation to other science topics in later primary/elementary science?
Relation to other subjects in the same grade
English Language Arts 7
Math 7
Social Studies 7
Grade 5: Topic D: Weather Watch
Grade 6: Topic D: Evidence and Investigation, Topic E: Trees and Forests
Key Questions
Key Concepts (from the POS)
Grade 3: Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
Grade 4: Topic E: Plant Growth and Changes
Grade 1: Topic E: Small Crawling and Flying Animals
How do we produce useful plant products?
Needs and uses of plants
Nature of Science
What techniques do we use and what knowledge are they based on?
How do we apply these techniques in a sustainable way?
Plant propagation and reproduction
Life processes and structure of plants
Fertilizers and soil nutrients
Chemical and Biological controls
Science 10: Unit A, Interactions and Ecosystems, Unit C: Cycling of Matter in Living Systems
Selective breeding and monocultures
Resource management and sustainability
Geographic thinking
Global Connections, Economics and Resources
Research for deliberative inquiry
Collect, display and analyze data to solve problems
Bio 20, Unit A, Energy and Matter Exchange in the Biosphere, Unit B, Ecosystems and Population Change, Unit C, Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
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.
to manage ideas and information
to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences
government policy, climate change, evidence and investigation
Agriculture, business, environmentalism
Bio 30: Unit D, Populations and Community Dynamics
Science is a human endeavour
Science addresses questions about the natural and material world
Climate's and weather's relation to agriculture
Relation of agriculture to surrounding ecosystem
Background for understanding plant biology
Background skills for query, and plant biology
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
Recognise how agriculture affects the environment for other organisms
Understanding the effects of agriculture on ecoystems
Biogeochemical cycles and agriculture's effect on them. Agriculture's effects on ecosystems, changes in populations. Plant biology, specifically plant processes.
Learning to represent and convey your thoughts undoubtedly assists in addressing crosscurricular concerns & issues
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
Understanding how agricultural lands are part of a larger biological community
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
Key Attitudes and Skills
Outcomes for Science, Technology and Society and Knowledge
OSTSK 1. 'Students will investigate plant uses, and identify links among needs, technologies, products and impacts'
OSTSK 2. 'Investigate life processes and structures of plants, and interpret related characteristics and needs of plants in a local environment'
Interest in Science
Scientific Inquiry
Stewardship
OSTSK 3. 'Analyse plant environments, and identify impacts of specific factors and controls'
Initiate & Plan
Perform & Record
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'
Analyze and Interpret
Provides the opportunities and the means to ask meaningful questions regarding major issues and concerns
Facilitates the answering of questions
Investigating the longterm effects of agriculture on an area
Looking at how adaptions are selected for naturally and by farmers/researchers
Increasing yields for crops
History of selective breeding
Mutual Respect
Collaboration
First & Third world countries