Smithsonian Science Stories Literacy Series™: Changing Habitats On-Grade Reader, English

Grade 3. 2018. 72 pages. Lexile range: 560–830L. Changing Habitats 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 Protect Animals when Their Habitat Changes?

Topics include:

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

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