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2) Ecosystems
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Learn about ecosystems around the world and how animals compete to survive in them, who the producers and consumers are, and learn about the endangered species.
3) Ecosystems
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Living and nonliving things all interact in an ecosystem. Fish swim and breathe in water. Trees take root in soil. Ecosystems looks at the important roles of living and nonliving things in an ecosystem.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 21 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The krill is gone: shows us how burning fossil fuels is impacting the world's fragile underwater ecosystems. 3 mins. Trees: a comic warning about the devastating effects of clear-cutting our rainforests. 2 mins. Green graphics: 8 Vignettes by Pascal Campion illustrating tips for reducing one's carbon footprint. 8 mins. Includes a short teaching module on Climate science for middle school. 8 mins.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 16 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Deep in Southern Mexico's jungle, the Villa Luz limestone caves support an ecosystem that thrives in a highly poisonous, acidic environment. This rare type of cave is found in few spots on Earth. The Villa Luz, is known for the bacteria in its thermal sulphur springs that produce hydrogen sulfide gas. When the gases form bonds with oxygen, the result is sulfuric acid. The acid eats away at the cave walls, constantly altering the patterns in the cretaceous...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Nature of Nature explores how the natural world works, outlines the consequences of its unraveling by our activities, and offers practical solutions-with a description of societal and economic benefits. The first ten chapters of this book are a step-by-step crash course in ecology-you might call it "ecology for people in a hurry": what species do, how they co-exist, and how the natural world self-assembles and works, compared to our human-built...
10) The nature girls
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A troupe of girls explores different biomes--the ocean, the desert, the tundra, the grasslands, the forest--and meets the animals that inhabit them.
11) Beavers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
This title proves that beavers are true survivors.
12) Mountain goats
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beginning readers will learn all about the adaptations that help mountain goats flourish in their rocky biome, from hard hooves to shaggy fur.
13) Wood ducks
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Introduce readers to the colorful wood duck and how they use their adaptations to thrive in the wetlands biome.
14) Brown bears
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Engaging photos, easy-to-read text, and colorful features highlighting the bears' adaptations to the mountain biome bring brown bears up close in this low-level title.
15) Snow leopards
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young readers will learn about one of the world's most mysterious mountain predators, the snow leopards.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The event showcases marine life along America's West Coast. It documents the rejuvenation of the once endangered and now thriving ecosystem of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in California. Some of the world's most charismatic marine creatures, humpback whales, blue whales, sea lions, dolphins, elephant seals, sea otters, great white sharks, shearwaters, and brown pelicans, convene in this once a year confluence.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Part science, part carnival--this winding adventure down the Amazon River with award-winning author Sy Montgomery and photographer Keith Ellenbogen explores how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve not only the rainforest and it's often misunderstood inhabitants, but the fate of our entire environment."--
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1140L
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth is an illustrated tour of the planet that reveals ecosystems large and small, from reefs, deserts, and rain forests to ponds, backyard gardens, and even a drop of water. Through exquisite drawings, maps, and infographics, author Rachel Ignotofsky makes earth science accessible and entertaining, explaining how our planet works, from its diverse ecosystems and their inhabitants, to the levels of ecology, the importance...
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