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Grade 5. 2024. 54 pages. Go with the Flow reader is an informational text resource incorporated into many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ 2nd Edition module How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems? Topics include: Weighing the Willow Tree; Up in the Air with Orchids; Hidden Helpers; A Growing Panda at the Zoo; A Watery Web; Welcoming Wolves Back to Yellowstone; Stowaway Squirts; and Working to Understand Ocean Invaders. Available in English and Spanish. Soft cover.

Grade 5. 2024. 54 pages. Go with the Flow 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 Predict Change in Ecosystems?

Topics include:

• Weighing the Willow Tree: Investigating where matter in a growing tree comes from
• Up in the Air with Orchids: How some plants can grow without soil
• Hidden Helpers: Why decomposers are important in an ecosystem
• A Growing Panda at the Zoo: Follow a young giant panda as he grows
• A Watery Web: Dive into the deep, mysterious world of a pond ecosystem
• Welcoming Wolves Back to Yellowstone: A case study of reintroducing wolves to a habitat
• Stowaway Sea Squirts: How sea squirts travel long distances
• Working to Understand Ocean Invaders: The work of a marine ecologist

The reader connects student literacy to science in the real world. Available in English (on-grade-level or below-grade-level) and Spanish, and as single copies or in packs of 8. Soft cover.