Helpful Recourse

In terms of a recourse for educators, this Interactive E-Book can be a useful tool for use in and out of the classroom setting. There are a variety of ways to use this book at many grade le... See More

In terms of a recourse for educators, this Interactive E-Book can be a useful tool for use in and out of the classroom setting. There are a variety of ways to use this book at many grade level clusters and helps students create a foundation for the flow of energy in the world or become experts themselves on the topic. Teacher preparation, while important, sometimes is hard to track and educators may not be so confident with the material they are presenting - this E-Book erases all doubt through various checks after each chapter and a final assessment a the end. I would definitely recommend this E-Book to any educator and the K-12 level; there seems to be ideas included throughout the book that could potentially benefit each level of learning.

Become an Expert with this E-Book

I would 100% recommend this E-Book to any teacher or pre-service teacher looking to refresh their knowledge of Ecosystems and Living things. It was extremely helpful and easy to follow. It i... See More

I would 100% recommend this E-Book to any teacher or pre-service teacher looking to refresh their knowledge of Ecosystems and Living things. It was extremely helpful and easy to follow. It is interactive and includes quizzes after every chapter. These quizzes help ensure that you are on track through the chapters. The final test covers all concepts and is great for teachers to take before they teach to their students. It was a great resource to rely on while I was teaching and gave me the confidence to teach my lesson to my students. I would definitely recommend this E-book!

Become an Expert with this E-Book

I would 100% recommend this E-Book to any teacher or pre-service teacher looking to refresh their knowledge of Ecosystems and Living things. It was extremely helpful and easy to follow. It i... See More

I would 100% recommend this E-Book to any teacher or pre-service teacher looking to refresh their knowledge of Ecosystems and Living things. It was extremely helpful and easy to follow. It is interactive and includes quizzes after every chapter. These quizzes help ensure that you are on track through the chapters. The final test covers all concepts and is great for teachers to take before they teach to their students. It was a great resource to rely on while I was teaching and gave me the confidence to teach my lesson to my students. I would definitely recommend this E-book!

Interactive and Informative!

I found this e-book to be very helpful to create a lesson plan for fourth grade students about the flow of energy within an ecosystem. The e-book explained everything in a way that was conci... See More

I found this e-book to be very helpful to create a lesson plan for fourth grade students about the flow of energy within an ecosystem. The e-book explained everything in a way that was concise and clear, which ultimately helped to strengthen my knowledge on the subject. The e-book had great visuals to help me better understand the concepts it discussed, such as an ecosystem, consumers, producers, and decomposers. It also included models for how energy moved within an ecosystem, and from this, I was able to figure out many different ideas on what to incorporate in my lesson plan. The book was easy to follow, and I found the interactive features to be very helpful to my own learning. Also, the e-book gave me ideas of examples to use within my own lesson plan, so it really helped me to plan a full lesson on the concept. After having read the e-book, I felt that I had confidence to teach fourth grade students about the subject, and answer any questions that they may have about the topic.

Highly recommend this E-book to all!

This interactive E-book was extremely useful and helpful. As someone who has never used a resource like this before, I found it to be user friendly and very easy to navigate. I truly learned... See More

This interactive E-book was extremely useful and helpful. As someone who has never used a resource like this before, I found it to be user friendly and very easy to navigate. I truly learned so much from reading this! I am the type of person who needs to interact with something to get a better understanding of the material. Through this interactive E-book I was able to gain more knowledge than I thought possible. This E-book specifically did a fantastic job explaining the concepts of Flow of matter and Energy in Ecosystems. The book taught these concepts in a way that were easy to understand but still full of detail and important information. I used this book while developing a fifth grade lesson plan about ecosystems and food chains. This was a great resource that provided me with necessary information to create a cohesive lesson plan. As I advance in my journey to become a teacher and when I am a teacher in the future, I will be use to reference back to this interactive E-books and others provided by NSTA. I highly recommend this resource for all to use!

Engaging and Helpful!

This interactive e-book was extremely informative and user-friendly. The way in which the information is presented is clear, concise, and provides a thorough explanation of how different org... See More

This interactive e-book was extremely informative and user-friendly. The way in which the information is presented is clear, concise, and provides a thorough explanation of how different organisms obtain energy from one another. My favorite aspect of the e-book is how each image has captions that further explained the concept illustrated in the image. The images and information provided in this e-book helped to further develop my lesson on the flow of energy throughout an ecosystem. This e-book also inspired the food chain aspect of my lesson as well as the definitions of specific words I provided to the students such as producers, consumers, and decomposers. This is a great resource that is easy to use and also checks for understanding after each chapter. This enables the reader to fully understand the main concepts presented over the course of the book. Additionally, this book provides an assessment at the end that ties up all of the conceptual ideas and demonstrates how each idea is connected in some way. Overall, this is a great resource that sparks ideas for a lesson or activity that can be great to use in a classroom.

Engaging and Helpful Learning Experience

After having the opportunity to complete this interactive e-book, I felt more knowledgeable of the content and was able to gain a deeper appreciation of how to convey this information to ele... See More

After having the opportunity to complete this interactive e-book, I felt more knowledgeable of the content and was able to gain a deeper appreciation of how to convey this information to elementary-aged students. This textbook is not only easy to use, but it provides thorough explanations of concepts that communicate the overall importance of the flow of energy in a variety of ecosystems. Its interactive aspects also allow for high engagement levels, focus, and motivation when it comes to a self-directed learning experience. All in all, reading and taking advantage of what this interesting e-book had to offer was an extremely informative experience and I look forward to continue utilizing this resource in the future as an educator.

Amazing and Useful!

Upon completion of this interactive e-book I felt more confident and knowledgeable about the content discussed. It was accessible and a great resource for recalling information I had previou... See More

Upon completion of this interactive e-book I felt more confident and knowledgeable about the content discussed. It was accessible and a great resource for recalling information I had previously learned. The e-book is easy to follow, yet thorough in explanations which would be great for students. A few of the interactive elements glitched the first time I tried to attempt them, but after refreshing the page, they worked great. Overall, this interactive e-book was an interesting and informative experience that I was glad to get to complete.