Science Readers: Life and Non-Life in an Ecosystem

Life and Non-Life in an Ecosystem is an expository text that explains the interdependence of living and non-living things, including the importance of soil and of the oxygen and nitrogen cycles. An activity invites students to explore the ideas in the text. 

The book is divided into sections with some subsections.  Sentences vary in length and structure.  Labeled photographs, charts, and diagrams support and extend the text. Fact boxes add interest. Italics are used for emphasis and dashes are used to expand on an idea. A table of contents, glossary and index are provided.

Glossary words are bold faced throughout the text.

This title is from the Science Readers: Content and Literacy in Science series from Teacher Created Materials. Build literacy skills and science content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately levelled information texts.