Grade 3. 2020. 76 pages. Lexile range: 560-830L. Changing Habitats reader serves as an informational text resource that is incorporated into many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ 2nd Edition module How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes? Topics include: A Roly-Poly's World; Social Survival; Anyone Can Be a Scientist; Exploring Marine Habitats; Fossil Finders; Stories From the Past, Park Pathways; and Amphibians in Danger. Soft cover.

Grade 3. 2020. 76 pages. Lexile range: 560-830L. Changing Habitats literacy reader serves as an informational text resource that is incorporated into the main activities of many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ 2nd Edition module How Can We Protect Animals When Their Habitat Changes?

Topics include:

• A Roly-Poly's World: An introduction to roly-polies (570L)
• Social Survival: The benefits of living in a group (560L)
• Anyone Can Be a Scientist: Using citizen science to learn about different habitats (760L)
• Exploring Marine Habitats: A look at marine habitats, from the open ocean to coral reefs (580L)
• Fossil Finders: Ways that paleontologists look for and collect fossils (830L)
• Stories From the Past: What fossils can tell us about the distant past (620L)
• Park Pathways: How wildlife corridors have been used to help protect animals from roads (720L)
• Amphibians in Danger: Many frogs, toads, and salamanders are endangered (680L)

The reader connects student literacy to science in the real world. Soft cover.