Ecosystems are all around-from a small pond to a vast forest and everything in between. This book shows kids the components of ecosystems as well and describes some of the world's most common ecosystems.
This book will help kids understand why animals' offspring look like their parents, as well as why they may share traits with their parents and other family members. The science behind heredity is explained in simple, age-appropriate text, while graphic organizers help to show how genes and heredity work.
As people, we have a huge impact on our environment, and sadly this impact is not always a positive one. This incisive volume explores concepts such as pollution, habitat loss, and climate change in age-appropriate language.
Readers will learn about the food chains and food webs in a variety of habitats in this volume, how everything is connected, and how every living organism plays a role.
This book explains how scientists classify living organisms, how the science of classification has changed over time, how the natural world continues to evolve, and where everyday living things fit into the classification system.