Food Webs 6-Pack


Book Description

What are food webs and how do they affect our environment? Discover the ways in which energy is transferred through interdependent living things in this engaging book! Students will enjoy learning about producers, consumers, and decomposers in this informational text. This 6-Pack provides five days of standards-based activities that support STEM education and build content-area literacy in life science. It includes vibrant images, fun facts, helpful diagrams, and text features such as a glossary and index. The hands-on Think Like a Scientist lab activity aligns with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The accompanying 5E lesson plan incorporates writing to increase overall comprehension and concept development and features: Step-by-step instructions with before-, during-, and after-reading strategies; Introductory activities to develop academic vocabulary; Learning objectives, materials lists, and answer key; Science safety contract for students and parents




Food Webs


Book Description

Whether a tiny pea plant or a vulture that snacks on carrion, all living things have a place in their habitat’s food web. Readers will learn the basics of food chains and even view decomposers in action in many locations around the world through vivid photographs. Accessible content illustrates this key science concept while detailed sidebars add additional exciting information. Exploring specific food webs in action will teach readers about food webs from the ground up.




Exploring Food Chains and Food Webs


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Explains the predator-prey relationships that all living things are a part of, represented by the food chains and food webs in a variety of habitats, how everything is connected, and how every living organism plays a role.




Food Chains and Webs


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All organisms in an ecosystem are connected. Some are predator, some are prey, and others are just there to help decomposition. What's more, food chains and food webs are a crucial part of the Earth and life science curricula. Written for struggling upper elementary readers, the main content highlights the most important points, as well as the essential vocabulary relating to food chains and webs. Full-color diagrams aid readers' comprehension.




Exploring Food Chains with Math


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Hippos might dine on veggies, but their powerful jaws can snap a crocodile in half! Readers will discover the unique eating habits of remarkable creatures at every level of the food chain in this exciting volume as they pour over fascinating photographs and devour informative fact boxes. Cool quiz questions and a helpful answer key make math problems feel like a fun game, and allow readers an opportunity for self-assessment. This cross-curricular approach to life science and math makes this book a welcome addition to any collection.




Ocean Food Webs


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The ocean is full of complex food webs made up of many different animals fighting to stay alive within this massive ecosystem. Carnivores, herbivores, and other classified creatures are introduced within the accessible and age-appropriate narrative, which is presented in a conversational tone and creative way. Popular creatures are categorized separately and given detailed descriptions, which allows readers to expand their knowledge of each animal. Helpful graphic organizers provide additional information. Full-color photographs make this an exciting learning experience for all those interested in expanding their knowledge of the science and webs of marine life.




Meadow Food Chains


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A meadow is more than just a pretty place to have picnics. It’s home to many species of plants and animals. They’re connected through food chains, and readers explore how individual food chains come together to make a meadow food web. This important science concept is presented through engaging text, as well as a colorful meadow food web that shows a variety of connections among living things in this ecosystem. Fact boxes provide additional information about the plants and animals that live in meadows, and colorful photographs put readers in the middle of this habitat.




Backyard Food Chains


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Every backyard is its own habitat for many different living things. Readers learn how these living things are connected as they pass energy to one another. Plants, insects, mammals, and other creatures are linked through backyard food chains, and, as readers will see, these food chains come together to form a large backyard food web. A helpful food web diagram is presented alongside engaging text and fact boxes. Readers see even the tiniest backyard critters up close through colorful, detailed photographs.




Food Webs


Book Description

This exciting book about the predator/prey relationship teaches readers about food webs.




Grassland Food Webs


Book Description

How do animals in the grasslands eat? Readers discover the answer to this question while learning many other fun facts related to this exciting science curriculum topic. In every ecosystem, including the grasslands, there are a number of different animals, such as carnivores, omnivores, and herbivores. Each animal is part of a specific food web, and these food webs are presented to readers in an accessible visual style and conversational tone. Informative graphic organizers and bright, full-color photographs add to this reading experience for animal lovers.