Ecology Interactions In The Biosphere

Science for kids ages 10+ Help your 5th grade, middle school, or high school child build proficiency in biology with the activity-packed Mark Twain Ecology: Interactions in the Biosphere Biology Workbook! Science books are a great way for children to have a thorough understanding of ecology through focused lessons and practice. Why You’ll Love This Science Textbook Engaging and educational ecology lessons and activities.Students learn about environmental topics including acid rain, the greenhouse effect, and biomes, and will reflect on population studies, with opportunities for research activities and ecology projects. Tracking progress along the way. Use the vocabulary study guide and unit test to track your child’s progress. Practically sized for every activity. The 48-page science book is sized at about 8” x 11”—giving your child plenty of space to complete each exercise. About Mark Twain Books Designed by leading educators, Mark Twain Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and resources in a wide range of subjects for middle- and upper-grade homeschool and classroom curriculum success. The Mark Twain Ecology Workbook Contains: Water Cycle, Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Cycle, and Nitrogen Cycle illustrations Vocabulary study guide Research activities and ecology projects Unit test

Here is a valuable one-semester course text for non-science majors that delivers! It is concise, focused on material that will enable students to make intelligent choices about the future of the earth, and written in a style that will enable students to make connections to their own lives. Students want to know how science relates to their lives, how the biosphere works, what is wrong with it, and what they can do to make a difference. Now there is a new text that provides the information students need and gives real-life examples that make the learning process more interesting and relevant. THREE MAIN DIVISIONS OF TEXT 1. What science is and what students need to know about it 2. The biosphere, how it works, and its current problems 3. What students can do about the problems ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Sharon La Bonde Hanks teaches biology at William Paterson College in New Jersey. She holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Her 33 years in teaching have concentrated on biology and environmental science, with research focused on ecology, taxonomy and systematic palynology. She has a special interest in writing about the discipline, assessment and race/gender issues in science. Hanks is the author of a major text on how to teach biology using the process approach. In addition, she runs workshops and is a consultant, an expert perennial gardener and naturalized landscaper, and an avid student of Tai Chi. She is most proud of her memberships in the New Jersey Audubon Weis Ecology Center, Habitat for Humanity, and the Nature Conservancy.

Help your 5th grade, middle school, or high school child build proficiency in biology with the activity-packed Mark Twain Ecology: Interactions in the Biosphere Biology Workbook!

Publisher Description

Stable isotopes and physiological processes; Ecosystem scale processes; Global scale processes.

Summarises understanding of global change interactions with terrestrial ecosystems.