From this browse and search tool, you will find the New York State (NYS) Learning Standards statements for all seven standard areas across grades PreK - 12. The NYS Learning Standards provides the foundation for the NYS Assessments and the local core curriculum.
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Major Understandings - 3.3g :
The periodic table is one useful model for classifying elements. The periodic table
can be used to predict properties of elements (metals, nonmetals, noble gases).
Major Understandings - 3.3f : There are more than 100 elements. Elements combine in a multitude of ways to
produce compounds that account for all living and nonliving substances. Few elements
are found in their pure form.
Major Understandings - 3.3e : The atoms of any one element are different from the atoms of other elements.
Major Understandings - 3.3d : Interactions among atoms and/or molecules result in chemical reactions.
Major Understandings - 3.3c : Atoms may join together in well-defined molecules or may be arranged in regular
geometric patterns.
Major Understandings - 3.3b : Atoms and molecules are perpetually in motion. The greater the temperature, the
greater the motion.
Major Understandings - 3.3a : All matter is made up of atoms. Atoms are far too small to see with a light
microscope.