Ecology and Ecosystems Coloring Book & Reading Passages | Printable & Digital

About the Product

• This a stand-alone resource - NO textbooks required.

• Passages provide a foundation and complete explanation of difficult science concepts.

• Literacy tools help students extract, organize and summarize facts from the readings.

• Coloring pages provide visualization of concepts discussed in the readings.

• Supplements help solidify understanding and provide a practical application of concepts.

• Printable and digital activities included.

• Answer keys included.

Important Notes:

Download a FREE EXCERPT from the Human Body Coloring Book Series.

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DISTANCE LEARNING - DIGITAL ASSIGNMENTS

This resource includes modified files that facilitate distance learning:

• Activities modified into fillable slides that work with Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint

• Digital interactive notebook with colorful graphics and fillable text boxes

• Digital coloring activities designed to be completed with Kleki (a FREE web-based paint application)

Important Notes about Digital Activities:

• Digital activities CANNOT be edited. Only the text boxes or forms can be manipulated.

• Each activity is saved as an individual PPTX file without the answer key for easy distribution.

• Video directions on how to convert PPTX files into Google Slide files are included.

• Coloring pages are saved as JPEG files to be opened and colored with Kleki.

All Digital resources can be shared via platforms that are password-protected or accessible only to students.

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This coloring book includes:

• 18 Reading passages (printable & digital)

• A graphic organizer and key idea flap book to accompany each passage (printable & digital)

• 14 Original coloring pages (printable & digital)

• 3 Graphing activities (printable & digital)

• 8 Quick-read passages and biomes activity (printable & digital)

• Interactive notebook activities (printable & digital)

• Vocabulary worksheets (printable & digital)

Topics Covered

Ecological Organization

Abiotic and Biotic Factors

Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Fossil Fuels

Biomes

Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems

Carrying Capacity

Ecological relationships (Commensalism, Mutualism, Competition, Predation, Parasitism)

Feeding relationships (Autotrophs, Heterotrophs, Decomposers, etc.)

Food Chains and Food Webs

Biodiversity

Carbon Cycle, Water Cycle and Nitrogen Cycle

Ecological Succession

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IMMERSIVE READER

This resource includes reading passages that can be read to a student with Microsoft’s Immersive Reader. Immersive-Reader compatible passages are read-only word documents accessed in a web browser. Internet access required. Students are provided links to the Immersive Reader compatible passages in the printable and digital versions of each activity.

Immersive reader is a FREE Microsoft educational tool. You do NOT need a Microsoft account to access this tool in a web browser. Learn more about Immersive Reader HERE.

Immersive Reader can:

• Read the entire passage to a student

• Help pronounce individual words in a passage as a student reads

• Translate the entire passage or individual words in the passage for ESL students

• Change the font, text color and background color for students with visual impairments

Additional Notes

• Written and video instructions for students are included: http://safesha.re/ppk

• Download a FREE unit of Immersive Reader compatible reading passages HERE.

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DIGITAL COLORING PAGES

• This resource includes digital coloring pages saved as JPEG files.

• JPEG files are designed to be "digitally colored" using a FREE web-based paint program - Kleki.

• Written directions for students accompany each digital coloring page.

• A 5-minute video is included to help students use Kleki: https://safesha.re/27ba

Important Notes

• Kleki works with most internet browsers including Chrome, Safari and Firefox.

• Internet access is required to use Kleki

• You do NOT need an account to use Kleki

• You MUST be able to download and upload files to your computer to use Kleki.

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TERMS OF USE

• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.

• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.

• Intended for classroom and personal use only.

• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.

• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.

• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).