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These correlations are for older materials. They do not cover the materials adopted in 2006.
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Standard:
2a Students know many multicellular organisms have specialized structures to support the transport of materials.
Holistic Rating: In-Depth coverage of this standard.
| Pages 41-50 in the "Food and Nutrition" Science Stories provide in-depth coverage with excellent examples from plants (xylem and phloem), blood circulation, digestion, and excretion. |
Aspects that help student learning:
Graphics and diagrams correlate well with the text.
Aspects that do not help student learning:
Learning is entirely from text with no active learning opportunities in the student text. Text does not convey the big idea that cells combine to form tissues that form organs that form body systems (see CONCEPT OVERVIEW).
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