Seventh Grade CurriculumSEVENTH GRADE CURRICULUM Our online and text based curriculum provides interactive lessons integrating mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies. Offline projects developed by OHDELA encourage students to synthesize concepts learned online. Lesson plans are provided to parents online to guide them through the curriculum. Workbooks in mathematics, language arts and social studies are also provided to each student for supplemental needs, along with high-quality literature geared to the student's grade level. Language Arts - Writing process; personal, descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive writing; grammar, usage, mechanics, vocabulary development; literature; reading comprehension Mathematics - Arithmetic with whole numbers; place value; operations with fractions and decimals; U.S. Customary System; exponents, square roots, using geometric tools; ratios; probability; metric system; geometric solids, volume, and area; distributive property; solving one- and two-step equations; word problems Social Studies - Tools of geography; map skills; geography of the Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes, Plains, Southwest, Mountain, and Pacific regions; national landmarks; federal, state, and local government; constitution and amendments; branches of government; political parties; civil rights; state notebook Science - Science safety and skills; motion; energy; electricity; matter; atoms, chemical changes; cells and cell theory; mitosis; water; simple forms of life; human body; green plants; ecosystems; biomes; weather; changing Earth; astronomy Technology - Weekly activities using Internet Resources |