Forests is a fascinating nonfiction reader for students in Grades 2-4 that explores what makes forest biomes unique, from towering trees to tiny decomposers, showing how diverse life cycles interact and how energy flows through the ecosystem.
- Explains the forest energy pyramid and how producers, consumers, and decomposers support one another.
- Highlights life cycles of forest plants and animals, including growth, reproduction, and decomposition.
- Describes natural and human threats to forests and how ecosystems recover and survive.
- Builds science comprehension with diagrams, vocabulary, and real-world conservation examples.
- Includes teacher prompts and extension activities aligned to NGSS, perfect for life science units, ecosystem lessons, or at-home discovery.