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Unit Plan 31 (Grade 7 Science): Natural Selection

Natural selection acts on variation so advantageous traits become more common over generations, leading populations to adapt to their environments.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade 7 Science): Embryological Evidence

Compare embryonic development across species to reveal early similarities, later differences, and evidence of evolutionary relationships and change over time.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade 7 Science): Comparative Anatomy

Compare modern and fossil structures to reveal similarities, differences, common ancestry, and adaptations—evidence for evolutionary relationships over time.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 7 Science): Fossils & Earth’s Past

Analyze fossil data to show existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life over time, revealing patterns of Earth’s past through rock layers and fossils.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade 7 Science): Genetics — Quarter Synthesis

Grade 7 genetics synthesis unit modeling inheritance, mutations, technologies, and design solutions to explain how genes and environment shape traits and decisions.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade 7 Science): Engineering Genetic Solutions

Grade 7 unit evaluating trait-focused designs in agriculture and conservation using criteria, constraints, data, and models to recommend solutions.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade 7 Science): Artificial Selection & Technology

Humans use technologies like selective breeding and genetic tools to influence traits in crops and animals, speeding changes while weighing benefits and tradeoffs.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade 7 Science): Environmental Effects on Traits

Genes and environment work together to shape traits—students model how nutrition, light, temperature, and mutations impact proteins, growth, and variation.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade 7 Science): Probability & Punnett Squares

Grade 7 unit using Punnett squares and probability to model inheritance, showing how sexual reproduction creates genetic variation while asexual copying does not.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade 7 Science): Mutations & Trait Effects

Grade 7 unit modeling gene mutations to show how changes can alter proteins and traits, with harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects depending on environment.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade 7 Science): Genetic Variation

Grade 7 unit comparing genetic variation in asexual and sexual reproduction—students model cloning vs. mixed gene combinations to explain identical vs. varied offspring.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade 7 Science): Genes, Proteins & Traits

Grade 7 unit modeling how gene structure guides proteins and traits, showing how mutations can cause harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade 7 Science): Inheritance Basics

Grade 7 unit modeling how traits are inherited: students simulate asexual copying of genes and sexual mixing of chromosomes to explain identical offspring vs variation.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade 7 Science): Ecosystems — Quarter Synthesis

Grade 7 unit synthesizing ecosystem learning: students analyze data, model energy flow, argue human impact effects, and evaluate design solutions to protect biodiversity.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 7 Science): Engineering for Ecosystems

Grade 7 unit analyzing test data to compare biodiversity restoration designs, evaluate criteria and trade-offs, and recommend improvements using evidence.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 7 Science): Ecosystem Data & Modeling

Grade 7 unit where students interpret ecosystem graphs, food webs, and data to explain resource availability, species interactions, energy flow, and population change.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 7 Science): Human Impacts on Ecosystems

Grade 7 unit using data to show how human activities change ecosystems and populations, while defining design problems with criteria and constraints to reduce impacts.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 7 Science): Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services

Grade 7 unit where students evaluate and compare design solutions to maintain biodiversity and protect ecosystem services like pollination and clean water.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 7 Science): Ecosystem Stability & Change

Grade 7 unit where students use data to argue how physical or biological changes—like drought, pollution, or new species—impact populations and ecosystem stability.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 7 Science): Food Webs & Energy Flow

Grade 7 science unit modeling how energy flows from the sun through food webs and how matter cycles between living organisms and the environment in ecosystems.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 7 Science): Biotic Interactions

Grade 7 unit where students predict ecosystem patterns—predator–prey cycles, competition, and mutualism—to explain how interactions shape populations and community balance.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 7 Science): Ecosystems Basics

Grade 7 unit where students analyze data to explain how limited resources like food or water drive population growth, decline, and competition in ecosystems.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 7 Science): Cells & Systems — Quarter Synthesis

Grade 7 unit connecting cells, systems, growth, genes, and energy—students model how matter and energy flow through organisms and design solutions to support system health.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 7 Science): Energy in Organisms

Grade 7 life science unit where students model how food molecules are rearranged through chemical reactions to release energy and support growth in organisms.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 7 Science): Genes, Environment & Growth

Grade 7 life science unit where students use data and models to explain how genetic and environmental factors influence organism growth and variation.