Do you teach grade 7 science lessons in Ontario?
Are you looking for quality resources that do not require a textbook and are more engaging than just a set of worksheets?
2 Peas and a Dog has created engaging grade 7 science lessons that are ready-to-go and require minimal teacher prep (with the exception of student labs).
The lessons are provided in both PDF and Google Slides format to meet the needs of both in-person and online learning. These grade 7 science lessons also include mp3 audio files of each student reading to make the lessons accessible to students.
Every 2 Peas and a Dog science unit includes:
- Detailed lesson plans
- MP3 audio files for student readings
- Differentiated lessons and assignments (readings, videos, graphic organizers, interactive notebook activities, group work, projects, labs)
- Detailed unit plans, answer keys, and assessment rubrics
- Lessons are divided up with title pages for easy access
- Student assignment choice and variety
- Quizzes (PDF and Self-Marking Google Forms)
- Unit Test (PDF and Self-Marking Google Forms)
- Science Labs
- Sub Plans
All 2 Peas and a Dog science units are aligned with the Ontario Science Curriculum 2022.
Engaging Grade 7 Science Lessons
Grade 7 Science Interactions in the Environment Unit
This 238-page Grade 7 Science Interactions in the Environment Unit will help you teach science without a textbook using exciting and cross-curricular lessons. Students will love this engaging and differentiated unit that uses interactive and hands-on learning to explain what ecosystems are and how they interact within their environments.
Lesson Overview:
- Unit Vocabulary QR Code Matching Activity
- Elements of Ecosystems
- Ecosystems – Examples and Interactions
- Energy Transfer and Food Chains
- Biotic Elements Quiz
- Matter Cycling
- Ecological Succession
- Ecosystem Limits
- Species At Risk & Invasive Species Assignment
- Human Interactions in the Environment
- Indigenous Perspectives
- Environmental Investigation Case Study: Electric Cars
- Environmental Protection Stations
- Ecosystem Summative Lab (3 options)
- Ecosystems Unit Test
- Bonus: Sub Plans
Here’s what teachers are saying about this unit:
“This is a fantastic resource! It was an incredible time saver as I was new to teaching intermediate and was a bit overwhelmed with where to start. This resource was very well laid out, clearly followed the curriculum, and included detailed and clear lesson outlines, relevant activities and experiments, and quizzes to check for understanding. It was also very helpful to have the digital and print options for hybrid teaching.” – Val C.
“As usual great resource! I love that there is no prep needed and easy to post on Google Classroom. Readings are explained in student friendly terms. I would highly recommend this resource.” – Andrea W.
You can find the Grade 7 Science Interactions in the Environment Unit on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD. This unit is also available in the Grade 7 Science Bundle that contains all four Grade 7 science units. You can find this bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Grade 7 Science Modified Interactions in the Environment Unit
This Grade 7 Science Modified Interactions in the Environment Unit is for classroom teachers who are required to teach the Grade 7 Ontario Science Curriculum but have students working significantly below grade level in reading, writing, and comprehension. This Grade 7 Science Modified Interactions in the Environment Unit equips teachers with 16 engaging lessons. These lessons will help teachers immerse their modified Grade 7 students in learning about space. This resource was designed to meet the needs of ELL students and/or students on a modified IEP.
You can find the Grade 7 Science Modified Interactions in the Environment Unit on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD. This unit is also available in the Grade 7 Modified Science Bundle that contains all four Grade 7 modified science units, created to compliment the regular units but for students who have a modified IEP or are modified ELL students. You can find this modified bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Grade 7 Science Heat in the Environment Unit
This 176-page Grade 7 Science Heat in the Environment Unit will help you teach science without a textbook using exciting and cross-curricular lessons. Students will love this engaging and differentiated unit that uses interactive and hands-on learning to explain what heat is, where it is found, and its functions in the environment.
Lesson Overview:
- Safety Lesson
- Unit Vocabulary QR Code Scavenger Hunt
- Introduction To Heat
- Heat Production
- Heat and Temperature
- The Particle Theory
- Heat and Volume
- Conduction, Convection, and Radiation
- Bill Nye Video: Heat
- Teacher Demonstration: Boiling Water in a Paper Cup
- Student Lab: Melting Ice Cubes
- Heating and Cooling of the Earth
- Greenhouse Gases
- Investigation: Benefits of Technology With Heat
- Stations & Project-Based Learning: Energy Types & Solar Panels Investigation
- Unit Test
Here’s what teachers are saying about this unit:
“Creative, student friendly, engaging and curriuclum based. This resource made teaching easy and exciting. I woulg highly recommend!” – Element Tree
“This resource is fantastic! The relevant concepts are reviewed and I love the fact that websites and video links are included which helps with their learning.” – Erin S.
You can find the Grade 7 Science Heat in the Environment Unit on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD. This unit is also available in the Grade 7 Science Bundle that contains all four Grade 7 science units. You can find this bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Grade 7 Science Modified Heat in the Environment Unit
This Grade 7 Science Modified Heat in the Environment Unit is for classroom teachers who are required to teach the Grade 7 Ontario Science Curriculum but have students working significantly below grade level in reading, writing, and comprehension. This Grade 7 Science Modified Heat in the Environment Unit equips teachers with 17 engaging lessons. These lessons will help teachers immerse their modified Grade 7 students in learning about space. This resource was designed to meet the needs of ELL students and/or students on a modified IEP.
You can find the Grade 7 Science Modified Heat in the Environment Unit on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD. This unit is also available in the Grade 7 Modified Science Bundle that contains all four Grade 7 modified science units, created to compliment the regular units but for students who have a modified IEP or are modified ELL students. You can find this modified bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Grade 7 Science Pure Substances and Mixtures Unit
This 231-page Grade 7 Science Pure Substances and Mixtures Unit will help you teach science without a textbook using exciting and cross-curricular lessons. Students will love this engaging and differentiated unit that uses interactive and hands-on learning to explain what pure substances and mixtures are, where they are found, and their functions.
Lesson Overview:
- Safety Rules & Unit Vocabulary
- The Particle Theory
- Pure Substances and Mixtures
- Pure Substances and Mixtures Activity
- Solutions and Mechanical Mixtures
- Solutions
- Solution Examples Activity
- Concentration of Solutions
- Saturated Solutions
- Saturation Lab
- Separating Mixtures
- Separating Mixtures Lab
- Positive and Negative Impacts on the Environment
- Tar Sands Investigation
- Unit Test
- Sub Plans: Bill Nye Video & CSI Article
Here’s what teachers are saying about this unit:
“This is an excellent inquiry based resource for the grade 7 Pure Substances unit. Combining hands on and literacy based tasks to achieve standards. Being provided with both the digital and PDF versions make it easy to assign via classroom, or print and hand out for some hands on learning. I would highly recommend!” – Diana B.
“This unit includes EVERYTHING needed. I love that I can just follow it exactly as it is laid out.” – Rachael G.
You can find the Grade 7 Science Pure Substances and Mixtures Unit on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD. This unit is also available in the Grade 7 Science Bundle that contains all four Grade 7 science units. You can find this bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Grade 7 Science Modified Pure Substances and Mixtures Unit
This Grade 7 Science Modified Pure Substances and Mixtures Unit is for classroom teachers who are required to teach the Grade 7 Ontario Science Curriculum but have students working significantly below grade level in reading, writing, and comprehension. This Grade 7 Science Modified Pure Substances and Mixtures Unit equips teachers with 16 engaging lessons. These lessons will help teachers immerse their modified Grade 7 students in learning about space. This resource was designed to meet the needs of ELL students and/or students on a modified IEP.
You can find the Grade 7 Science Modified Pure Substances and Mixtures Unit on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD. This unit is also available in the Grade 7 Modified Science Bundle that contains all four Grade 7 modified science units, created to compliment the regular units but for students who have a modified IEP or are modified ELL students. You can find this modified bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Grade 7 Science Understanding Structures and Mechanisms Unit
This 231-page Grade 7 Science Understanding Structures and Mechanisms Unit will help you teach science without a textbook using exciting and cross-curricular lessons. Students will love this engaging and differentiated unit that uses interactive and hands-on learning to explain what structures are and how they function.
Lesson Overview
- Safety Lesson, Unit Vocabulary, Unit Introduction
- Classifying Structures
- Bill Nye Video
- Centre of Gravity & Stability
- Force
- Show and Tell Assignment
- Classifying Structures Quiz
- Internal and External Forces
- Card Pyramid Activity
- Symmetry in Structures
- Structure Failure
- Manufacturing Factors
- Loads
- Structural Safety
- Design Factors
- Ergonomic Design
- Take-Out Container Lab
- Egg House Lab
- Unit Review
- Unit Test
Here’s what teachers are saying about this unit:
“Thank you for this science unit…kids were engaged and really teacher friendly for the non-science minded teacher!!” – Eva J. B.
“This resource included AWESOME hands on activities. My class loved building the egg house and are looking forward to the Transformers Video analysis. Great application- will definitely use again!” – Angela D.
You can find the Grade 7 Science Understanding Structures and Mechanisms Unit on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD. This unit is also available in the Grade 7 Science Bundle that contains all four Grade 7 science units. You can find this bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Grade 7 Science Modified Understanding Structures and Mechanisms Unit
This Grade 7 Science Modified Understanding Structures and Mechanisms Unit is for classroom teachers who are required to teach the Grade 7 Ontario Science Curriculum but have students working significantly below grade level in reading, writing, and comprehension. This Grade 7 Science Modified Understanding Structures and Mechanisms Unit equips teachers with 17 engaging lessons. These lessons will help teachers immerse their modified Grade 7 students in learning about space. This resource was designed to meet the needs of ELL students and/or students on a modified IEP.
You can find the Grade 7 Science Modified Understanding Structures and Mechanisms Unit on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD. This unit is also available in the Grade 7 Modified Science Bundle that contains all four Grade 7 modified science units, created to compliment the regular units but for students who have a modified IEP or are modified ELL students. You can find this modified bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Grade 7 Science Bundle
This 4-unit Grade 7 Science Bundle will help you teach Grade 7 Science without a textbook. Students will love these engaging and differentiated units that cover Interactions in the Environment, Heat in the Environment, Pure Substances and Mixtures as well as Understanding Structures and Mechanisms.
Curriculum Alignment: Ontario Science Curriculum 2022
In addition to the four units outlined above, the Grade 7 Science bundle also has a digital escape room for each unit. Digital escape rooms are perfect for reinforcing the science concepts your students have been learning, encouraging out-of-the-box thinking and working together while being interactive and challenging.
What teachers are saying:
“This was a great resource, the lessons and readings are really in-depth and my students absolutely loved the escape rooms as a review activity before the unit test. ” – Daryk Z.
“This was a great way to engage students. I was pulling my hair out from trying to figure out how to teach them science and this bundle saved me. It really helped me stay focused and help the students understand the material. Thank you!” – Naila S.
You can find the Grade 7 Science Bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Grade 7 Science Modified Bundle
This Grade 7 Science Modified Bundle is for classroom teachers who are required to teach the Grade 7 Ontario Science Curriculum but have students working significantly below grade level in reading, writing, and comprehension. This Grade 7 Science Modified Bundle equips teachers with 66 engaging lessons. These lessons will help teachers immerse their modified Grade 7 students in learning about interactions in the environment, heat in the environment, pure substances and mixtures, and understanding structures and mechanisms. This resource was designed to meet the needs of ELL students and/or students on a modified IEP.
You can find the Grade 7 Science Modified Bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Are you teaching a split grade?
Grade 6/7 Science Bundle
This 8-unit bundle will help you teach Grade 6 & 7 Science without a textbook. These engaging and differentiated units cover Electricity, Space, Flight, Biodiversity, Interactions in the Environment, Heat in the Environment, Pure Substances and Mixtures, and Understanding Structures and Mechanisms.
As with the Grade 7 Science Bundle, this 6/7 bundle also includes digital escape rooms for every unit – perfect for creating classroom teamwork and getting your students to work together.
What teachers are saying:
“Great resource to cover all units. I like that it also includes video links of the topics.” – MsL4
You can find the Grade 6/7 Science Bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Grade 6/7 Modified Science Bundle
This Grade 6/7 Science Modified Bundle is for classroom teachers who are required to teach the Grade 6 and Grade 7 Ontario Science Curriculum but have students working significantly below grade level in reading, writing, and comprehension. This Grade 6/7 Science Modified Bundle equips teachers with 122 engaging lessons. These lessons will help teachers immerse their modified Grade 6 and 7 students in learning about space, biodiversity, flight, electricity, interactions in the environment, heat in the environment, pure substances and mixtures, and understanding structures and mechanisms. This resource was designed to meet the needs of ELL students and/or students on a modified IEP.
You can find the Grade 6/7 Science Modified Bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Grade 7/8 Science Bundle
Save yourself hours of planning and check out this Grade 7/8 Science bundle. Teachers are provided with 150 in-depth, engaging, and cross-curricular lessons to help their students explore and understand Grade 7 and 8 science.
This 8-unit bundle will help you teach science without a textbook. Students will love these engaging and differentiated units that cover Interactions in the Environment, Heat in the Environment, Pure Substances and Mixtures, Understanding Structures and Mechanisms, Cells, Water Systems, Fluids, and Systems in Action.
What teachers are saying:
“Amazing resource! This completely takes the tough work out of creating your own units for Science. It’s a great resource to help keep your class organized throughout the units.” – Brent K.
You can find the Grade 7/8 Science Bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Grade 7/8 Modified Science Bundle
This Grade 7/8 Science Modified Bundle is for classroom teachers who are required to teach the Grade 7 and Grade 8 Ontario Science Curriculum but have students working significantly below grade level in reading, writing, and comprehension. This Grade 7/8 Science Modified Bundle equips teachers with 136 engaging lessons. These lessons will help teachers immerse their modified Grade 7 and 8 students in learning about Interactions in the Environment, Heat in the Environment, Pure Substances and Mixtures, Understanding Structures and Mechanisms, Cells, Water Systems, Fluids, and Systems in Action. This resource was designed to meet the needs of ELL students and/or students on a modified IEP.
You can find the Grade 7/8 Science Modified Bundle on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
Don’t forget the report card comments!
Grade 7 Science Report Card Comments
If you’re teaching Grade 7 science lessons, why not give yourself a hand when report card time comes around with these Grade 7 Science Report Card Comments?
These comments are:
- 100% Editable
- Google Docs™ Format
- Comment Bank
- Next Steps
- Strands B – E
- Ontario Curriculum Aligned
You can find the Grade 7 Science Report Card Comments on Shopify CAD or Teachers Pay Teachers USD.
These grade 7 science lessons are designed to save teachers time while making science relatable and engaging for students.
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