This is a fun, hands-on, and rigourous 8-week life science course (featuring the Edible Animal Cell Lab!) which is made up of pre-recorded lessons, nearpod interactive slides, interaction in the Outschool classroom, and hands-on assignments. This course is the first of 4 quarters. All 4 quarters are equal to a full year of 7th grade science standards (but 5th, 6th, and 8th graders are welcome to join, too!). This class can be taken as a stand-alone course (the learners are not required to take all 4 quarters of this curriculum). 

*Please note that I also have this class available as an ongoing, live class.

Course Structure:

1.	1-2 pre-recorded video lessons each week. Lessons and assignments will be uploaded to the classroom each Monday morning at 10am (eastern time).
2.	Homework or projects will be assigned in the Outschool Classroom and can be turned in within the classroom, or be sent to me in a private message.
3.	Most assignments consist of foldables, labs, educational tech-games, or other fun activities!

During the pre-recorded video lessons, I will teach the material using nearpod interactive slides, and any necessary props and websites. After each lesson an assignment will be given and can be uploaded in the classroom or sent to me in a private message. There will be opportunities for class interaction in the classroom and learners are free to private message me at any time.  

The workload each week in this class will be the equivalent to a full week in a regular science classroom. However, you are your learner's homeschool "administrator" and are welcome to downsize the workload as you see fit (please communicate to me your plans to do this). There will be a "non-formal", fun quiz each week. 

Course Syllabus (each week subject to change):

Week 1: Making Observations/Scientific Method

Nearpod slides and activities
Observation Activity
M&M Lab
Design your own Mini-Experiment/Lab Report
Weekly quiz


Week 2: Characteristics of Living Things

Nearpod slides and activities
Eye Dilation (homeostasis) Activity
Living Things Lab
Lipid Lab
Weekly quiz


Week 3: Light and Matter 

Nearpod slides and activities
Electromagnetic Spectrum Foldable
Show and Tell: 3 objects from your house (opaque, translucent, transparent)
Weekly quiz


Week 4: Animal Cells

Nearpod slides and activies
Organelle Pictionary
Edible Animal Cell Project
Weekly quiz


Week 5: Plant Cells

Nearpod slides and activities
Plant/Animal Cell Foldable
Cell Bingo
Weekly quiz


Week 6: Photosynthesis

Nearpod slides and activities
Photosynthesis Storyboard (Comic Strip)
Weekly quiz


Week 7: Cell Cycle (Mitosis)

Nearpod slides and activities
Mitosis Storyboard (Comic Strip)
Virtual Onion Root Cell Lab/Lab Report
Weekly quiz


Week 8: Cell Cycle (Meiosis)

Nearpod slides and activities
Meiosis Drawing
Weekly quiz

I also have Quarters 2, 3, and 4 of this class available (in FLEX option). Alternatively, this class is taught live through my ongoing levels 1 and 2 classes (which you can subscribe and unsubscribe to at any point). These are the topics covered in each of my 7th grade curriculum quarter classes:

Q1: Scientific Method, Living Things, Light and Matter, Plant/Animal Cells, Organization of Living Things, Photosynthesis, Cell Cycle.
Q2: Mendel/Genetics, Punnet Squares, DNA, DNA Mutations, Hybrid Organisms, Classification, Intro to Plants, Photosynthesis.
Q3: What is an Animal?, In/Vertebrates, Skeletal System, Circulatory System, Respiratory System, Nervous System, Digestive System. 
Q4: Rock Cycle, Fossils/Fossil Layer, Plate Tectonics, Clouds, Meteorology, Weather, and Natural Disasters.