Grade 7 Science Louisiana standards Standards

Impacts of Computing

Algorithms and Programming

Data and Analysis

Networks and the Internet

Computing Systems

Variables and Algorithms

Evaluate and use naming conventions for variables to accurately communicate the variables’ meaning to other users and programmers.

Evaluate algorithms in terms of efficiency, correctness, and clarity.

Compare and contrast data constants and variables.

Control Structures

Explain the functions of various control structures. Compare and contrast examples of control structure types.

Design and iteratively develop programs that combine control structures into advanced control structures.

Modularity

Decompose problems to facilitate program design, implementation, and review.

Create procedures with parameters to organize code and promote reusability.

Program Development

Seek and incorporate feedback from peers to employ user-centered design solutions.

Use applicable industry practices to test, debug, document, and peer review code.

Develop computational artifacts by working as a team, distributing tasks, and maintaining an iterative project timeline.

Incorporate existing resources into original programs and give the proper attributions.

Systematically test, document outcomes, and refine programs using a range of test cases.

Hardware and Software

Analyze the functions and interactions of core components within a computer system.

Explain how hardware and software components work together to perform specific tasks.

Troubleshooting

Evaluate possible solutions to a hardware or software problem.

Data Representation

Analyze and explain the connection between data sets and graphical representations.

Evaluate the most efficient and effective ways to arrange, collect, and visually represent data to inform others.

Data Collection

Compare and contrast how data is collected using computational and non-computational tools and processes.

Analyze scenarios and computing systems to determine the appropriate data entry format for specific tasks.

Data Storage

Propose methods to back up data safely and the appropriate practices for data risk management.

Describe how different representations of real-world phenomena, such as letters, numbers, and images are encoded as data.

Visualizations and Transformations

Utilize tools and techniques to locate, collect, and create visualizations of large-scale data sets.

Collect and transform data using computational tools to make functional and reliable data for use in hypothesis testing.

Inference and Models

Refine computational models based on data generated by the models.

Describe and evaluate the accuracy of a modeled system by comparing the generated results with observed data from the system the data represents.

Intellectual Achievements

Identify foundational computational advancements through the use of the technology innovation cycle.

Plan and devise new ideas and solutions for problems with inspiration from previous discoveries in computational knowledge.

Social Interaction

Develop and propose norms for informal versus formal online communications.

Analyze communication technologies and then describe how the technology’s use influences individuals and society.

Generate designs that increase the accessibility and usability of technology for various groups of users.

Laws, Safety, and Industry Practices

Identify applicable laws that impact personal, industry, or business computing practices.

Recommend and propose computing-use guidelines to maintain a user’s personal safety, privacy, and well-being.

Describe and categorize factors that affect user’s access to computing resources locally, nationally, and globally.

Hardware and Network Communication

Analyze the various structures and functions of a network.

Identify and differentiate the protocols utilized in data sharing across networks.

Cybersecurity

Analyze threats and vulnerabilities to information security for individuals and organizations.

Explain how physical and digital security practices and measures proactively address threats to users, data, and devices within and across networks.

Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Life Science

Earth and Human Activity

Earth's Systems

Earth and Space Science

Energy

Matter and its Interactions

Physical Science

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.

Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth causes patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.

Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.

Use an argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.

Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

Undertake a design project that assists in maintaining diversity and ecosystem services.

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.

Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.

Gather, read, and synthesize information about technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and the state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.