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Ecosystem Readers and Passages

The Great Barrier Reef - reading educational content
The Great Barrier Reef
This passage introduces the Great Barrier Reef, a magnificent underwater ecosystem off the coast of Australia. It descri...
RI.3.1RI.4.1
How Corals Build the Reef - reading educational content
How Corals Build the Reef
This passage explains the fascinating process of how coral polyps build the Great Barrier Reef. It details the life cycl...
RI.3.8RI.4.8
Ecosystems: Communities of Living Things - reading educational content
Ecosystems: Communities of Living Things
This comprehensive reading passage introduces elementary students to the concept of ecosystems as communities where livi...
What is Deforestation? - reading educational content
What is Deforestation?
Deforestation is the large-scale removal of forests, primarily caused by human activities like agriculture, logging, and...
RI.5.3RI.6.3RI.7.3
Snow Leopard's Ecosystem Role - reading educational content
Snow Leopard's Ecosystem Role
Snow leopards help keep mountain ecosystems healthy. As top predators, they control populations of animals like blue she...
MS-LS4.DRI.6.5RI.7.2RI.8.3
Limestone Caves: Nature’s Underground Wonders - reading educational content
Limestone Caves: Nature’s Underground Wonders
This passage explains limestone cave formation through carbonation, aligned with NGSS MS-ESS2-1 (Earth’s systems) and L...
MS-ESS2-1LS2.CRST.6-8.7
How Rainforests Help the Planet - reading educational content
How Rainforests Help the Planet
This NGSS-aligned reading passage for middle school students explains how rainforests help regulate Earth’s climate and ...
MS-ESS2-6MS-LS2-5
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