Short animated video describing how everything we consume is built from chemicals.

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Discipline
Physical Sciences
Grade Level
6-8
Lesson Area
Soil Chemistry
Lesson Type
Video
Lesson Keywords
Chemical
Organic Matter
Food
Protein
Carbohydrate
Fat
Nutrients
Soil Nutrient Mobility
Soil Ions
Essential Elements
Soil chemistry

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
6-8 PS1.A: Structure of matter (includes PS1.C Nuclear Processes)

The fact that matter is composed of atoms and molecules can be used to explain the properties of substances, diversity of materials, states of matter, phase changes, and conservation of matter. 
6-8 PS1.B: Chemical reactions

Reacting substances rearrange to form different molecules, but the number of atoms is conserved. Some reactions release energy and others absorb energy.