7.ESS3.1
Start with the reading on how oil deposits form, then have students map why the resource sits where it does.
Oklahoma – Grade 7 Science Quick-Start Guide
Summary
This guide matches Switch Classroom lessons to the Oklahoma Academic Standards for grade 7 science, covering resource distribution (7.ESS3.1), thermal energy device design (7.PS1.6), kinetic energy and energy transfer, and the flow of energy through ecosystems. The Introduction series shares one reading level and structure, so stations and jigsaws build themselves. Everything is free and editable.
Resources
Introduction to Coal
7.ESS3.1
Run the Mining Simulation: students extract their own “coal” and confront what extraction costs.
Introduction to Geothermal
7.ESS3.1
Students connect plate boundaries to geothermal hot spots and explain the pattern with evidence.
Energy Sources Activity Stations
7.ESS3.1
Set up stations so students rotate through every major source in one class period.
Hydraulic Fracturing
7.ESS3.1
Use the computation activity to put real Oklahoma production numbers in front of students.
Powering the World
7.ESS3.1
Pair the lesson with its data set to connect resource geography to how people actually live.
Thermal Transfer Investigative Lab
7.PS1.6
Have students design a container that keeps something hot or cold. Teacher and student guides included.
Understanding Energy Transformations
7.PS3.1, 7.PS3.5
Explore the full slide deck, then use the Energy Transformations Flow Chart worksheets to check understanding.
Introduction to Bioenergy
7.LS1.6, 7.LS2.3
Trace energy from sunlight through plants to fuel, connecting photosynthesis to the energy system.
Introduction to Environmental Impacts
7.LS1.6, 7.LS2.3
Students model how energy choices ripple through living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.