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Grade 5. 2019. 50 pages. Lexile range: 830-960L. Go with the Flow reader serves as an informational text resource that is incorporated into many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ module How Can We Predict Change in Ecosystems? Topics include: Weighing the Willow Tree; Up in the Air with Orchids; Hidden Helpers; The Lion's Share; Welcoming Wolves Back to Yellowstone; Stowaway Sea Squirts; and Working to Understand Ocean Invaders. Soft cover.

Grade 5. 2019. 50 pages. Lexile range: 830-960L. Go with the Flow reader serves as an informational text resource that is incorporated into the main activities of many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ 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
  • The Lion's Share: How invasive species affect an 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. Soft cover.

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