April 2022

Can This Dog Save the Forest?

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Academic Standards

 

Reading Objective:

Students will understand how dogs spread seeds to restart a burnt forest ecosystem.

Reading Level:

Lexile: 450L; GRL: K

 

Next Generation Science Standards:

2-LS2: Plant needs; animals disperse seeds

2-LS4--1: The diversity of life in a habitat

 

Vocabulary:

charred, sprout, shoots, predators