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Standard:
1h Students know living organisms and most materials are composed of just a few elements.
Holistic Rating: In-Depth coverage of this standard.
| "Mixtures and Solutions" Science Stories pages 11-12 provide in-depth coverage. |
Aspects that help student learning:
The bar graph and pie graph with the associated illustrations of a boy and the planet help convey the major concept embodied in this standard. The millions of different kinds of things in our world are made from just 92 naturally occurring elements. Even among the 92, most of the elements are relatively rare. A small number of the elements account for the vast majority of things in our world. The California Science Framework (page 69) states this important concept very clearly: ". . . living organisms are mostly composed of the elements carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorous. The number of types of atoms used as 'building blocks' is relatively small. The way in which atoms are organized into molecules provides variety."
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