Matter Flow in Ecosystems

This interactive e-book is a great resource for middle school teachers. It is broken down into modules to make learning about the topic easier. It has great interactive activities to go alon... See More

This interactive e-book is a great resource for middle school teachers. It is broken down into modules to make learning about the topic easier. It has great interactive activities to go along with each module as well as self-check questions to make sure you are understanding the chapter. I think the quiz at the end of each chapter is great to check for understanding. I highly recommend this e-book!

Outstanding resource for middle school educators!

This e-book is a very useful for resource for middle school educators and teacher candidates, like myself. It successfully breaks down concept scienc topics into digestible modules while ali... See More

This e-book is a very useful for resource for middle school educators and teacher candidates, like myself. It successfully breaks down concept scienc topics into digestible modules while aligning with NGSS standards, such as MS-LS1-6 and MS-LS2-3. Something I found very useful is when the ebook focuses on misconceptions. Personally, there are misconceptions that I have made regarding science topics that are still unclear to me to this day. I also really appreciate the engaging classroom activities that the e-book provides. The “Energy Pyramid Challenge” is a hands-on activity that allows students to demonstrate energy loss at each tropic level. I highly recommend this resource to educators looking for a comprehensive, classroom-ready guide to teaching foundational life science concepts, like the one in this e-book.

Outstanding resource for middle school educators!

This e-book is a very useful for resource for middle school educators and teacher candidates, like myself. It successfully breaks down concept scienc topics into digestible modules while ali... See More

This e-book is a very useful for resource for middle school educators and teacher candidates, like myself. It successfully breaks down concept scienc topics into digestible modules while aligning with NGSS standards, such as MS-LS1-6 and MS-LS2-3. Something I found very useful is when the ebook focuses on misconceptions. Personally, there are misconceptions that I have made regarding science topics that are still unclear to me to this day. I also really appreciate the engaging classroom activities that the e-book provides. The “Energy Pyramid Challenge” is a hands-on activity that allows students to demonstrate energy loss at each tropic level. I highly recommend this resource to educators looking for a comprehensive, classroom-ready guide to teaching foundational life science concepts, like the one in this e-book.

Great Information and grabs your attention!

The eBook is structured well and provides a clear explanation of key ecological concepts, such as food webs, energy pyramids, and nutrient cycles. These core ideas are presented in a way tha... See More

The eBook is structured well and provides a clear explanation of key ecological concepts, such as food webs, energy pyramids, and nutrient cycles. These core ideas are presented in a way that is easy to understand, making it a useful resource for teaching complex ecological processes. The inclusion of interactive elements, like diagrams and visual aids, enhances the learning experience by providing an easier grasp of abstract concepts. These visuals can be helpful in the classroom, supporting hands-on activities that deepen student comprehension. The eBook connects these theoretical concepts to real world examples, which not only makes the material more engaging but also helps you see the importance of understanding how energy and matter flow through ecosystems. This resource is an excellent tool for teachers and my rating is a 5/5. This resource is highly valuable for teachers as it is clear, concise, and has real world relevance making it a great tool for teaching the flow of matter and energy in ecosystems.

Very Informative!

When I started to read through this e-book, I noticed right away that it has many elements that allow for engagement as well as exploration. The interactions that are available throughout th... See More

When I started to read through this e-book, I noticed right away that it has many elements that allow for engagement as well as exploration. The interactions that are available throughout the book are really useful and allow for deeper understanding to take place. The concept checks were very helpful in assessing for comprehension and were very detailed. Overall, I really liked this book, and I will be using this as a future resource in my classroom!

Informative and Engaging!

I found this book to be very informative, yet easy to read and navigate. We do an ecosystems unit and the content will be helpful when teaching my second graders. The illustrations are clear... See More

I found this book to be very informative, yet easy to read and navigate. We do an ecosystems unit and the content will be helpful when teaching my second graders. The illustrations are clear and uncomplicated. I'm planning to use many of them to fill in gaps in our current science curriculum. There are lots of interactive opportunites that I can also use in classroom instruction. The material is presented in a way that is useful and easily understood. The quizzes that are scattered throughout the reading helped me stay focused, and ensured comprehension. I am excited to share the information I have learned with my students!

Valuable and Informative

I chose to complete this Interactive e-book over all of the others, because I love learning about this topic. This intercative e-book helped me refresh on this topic. The short quizzes throu... See More

I chose to complete this Interactive e-book over all of the others, because I love learning about this topic. This intercative e-book helped me refresh on this topic. The short quizzes throughout the book helped me prepare for the final assessment. I will be using this in my future classroom.

Valuable and Informative

I felt this was a great tool not only for the knowledge content for myself, but also wonderful ideas and tools to use for my future classroom.

Valuable and Informative

I felt this was a great tool not only for the knowledge content for myself, but also wonderful ideas and tools to use for my future classroom.

Beneficial and Informative

The Flow of Matter and Energy in Ecosystems ebook was very informative. I am currently teaching my 4th graders about Ecosystems and how energy flows through an ecosystem. This ebook gave me ... See More

The Flow of Matter and Energy in Ecosystems ebook was very informative. I am currently teaching my 4th graders about Ecosystems and how energy flows through an ecosystem. This ebook gave me new details, not provided in my school's curriculum, and wonderful visuals to use with my students. I particularly liked the interactive trophic pyramid that showed the effects of organisms increasing or decreasing on different levels of the pyramid. I enjoyed the videos and interactive experiments throughout the ebook. I also enjoyed the quiz questions throughout the ebook to test my knowledge of what I just learned. I felt this helped me to focus on the content that was introduced to me. Overall, this ebook is a wonderful resource.

Valuable and Very Informative Resource

This interactive E-Book is very informative and extremely helpful resource for a Science Teacher. It covered all the important aspects to consider while prepping to teach "The flow of energy... See More

This interactive E-Book is very informative and extremely helpful resource for a Science Teacher. It covered all the important aspects to consider while prepping to teach "The flow of energy and matter in the ecosystem" It also gives an elaborated knowledge of food chains and foodwebs via pictuces, diagrams,graphs and how they are interconnected. The interactive activities,informative video slides and review what you learned tabs were a great help to enhance and test your knowledge for better understanding of the concepts. Moreover this book consists of Common Student Preconceptions and hands on activities which are undoubtley a big help for techers while preplanning lessons and engaging their students throughout the unit.Discussion Forum and NSTA online tabs are very helpful to ask any further questions from experts and community.Overall, I highly recommend this book as it is a very valuable resource for any and to-be science teachers in planning lesson plans and assessment purpose. A must add on for your library.

Beneficial and Engaging

This resource was beneficial when creating my lesson plan for my 5th graders. It provided me with an immense amount of information on ecosystems, food chains, and food webs. In addition, thi... See More

This resource was beneficial when creating my lesson plan for my 5th graders. It provided me with an immense amount of information on ecosystems, food chains, and food webs. In addition, this book included amazing visuals and interactive activities that tested you on what you just read to ensure comprehension of the text. They also provided many videos, which were engaging and interesting, which I included in my lesson, and my kids enjoyed watching and were eager to learn more. I would definitely recommend this book to other teachers for assessment ideas and fun tools that this book includes.

Useful and Interactive

This was an incredible resource. It was engaging and fun, it reaffirmed language and content that was very useful in formulation a effective lesson plan to 5th graders. It provided me with t... See More

This was an incredible resource. It was engaging and fun, it reaffirmed language and content that was very useful in formulation a effective lesson plan to 5th graders. It provided me with the material I needed to insure I was prepare to teach such topics to my students. Since this resource was so interactive and continuous checkins for understanding I really feel that I prepared better than I would have every thought. I love how each page was filled with ample amount of information and was really engaging to the ready. This was an amazing research and I would recommend it over and over again!

Helpful and fun!

This resource is super helpful. It allows students the opportunity to learn an immense amount about the elements of the ecosystem while still having fun. The activities are extremely engagin... See More

This resource is super helpful. It allows students the opportunity to learn an immense amount about the elements of the ecosystem while still having fun. The activities are extremely engaging and relate perfectly to the content at hand. The quizzes and check what you know questions will help keep track of progress. This book is amazing science tool for both teachers and students, insuring comprehensive understanding of the material and engagement throughout.

Informative and engaging

This resoucre was very helpful and comprehensive. Within the text there are links for videos, additional models, and demonstrations. The quizzes placed along the way were very helpful to me... See More

This resoucre was very helpful and comprehensive. Within the text there are links for videos, additional models, and demonstrations. The quizzes placed along the way were very helpful to me because I could make sure I had remembered all the important information from each section. After you read the whole book, you can take an assessment on the material as a whole. This e-book was easier to learn from than a traditional textbook because of the interactive element. The only thing I miss compared to a physical book is that I can't take handwritten notes on the actual book or underline parts of the text.

Multi Purpose Source

This interactive e-book really brought science learning to life and served many purposes. This source provides not only written text, but it also creates an engaging experience for the reade... See More

This interactive e-book really brought science learning to life and served many purposes. This source provides not only written text, but it also creates an engaging experience for the reader. For each chapter within the book, there are checkpoints that test your knowledge and interactive labs that put the information into practice. The checkpoints allowed me to see which concepts of the chapter I might need to re-read and the interactive labs further deepened my understanding of the topics. I recommend this source to any science learner interested in learning more about the flow of matter in ecosystems, as this source was extremely helpful to me in planning for my lesson on ecosystems. Do not be overwhelmed by the length of the book because each page has something new and engaging to offer!

Engaging and Useful Resource

The Ebook provided great insight of how to prepare for teaching students about the flow of energy through an ecosystem! The Ebook provided visual representations of the flow of energy to be... See More

The Ebook provided great insight of how to prepare for teaching students about the flow of energy through an ecosystem! The Ebook provided visual representations of the flow of energy to best students comprehension of the material. This Ebook was super organized and helpful in finding me resources and standards to include in my planning.

Helpful and Interesting Resource

This Interactive E-book was awesome! The author did a nice job of organizing the information in a strategic way. I specifically liked the interactive labs and powerpoint throughout the chapt... See More

This Interactive E-book was awesome! The author did a nice job of organizing the information in a strategic way. I specifically liked the interactive labs and powerpoint throughout the chapters in order to give a visual of the information that was provided. It was nice to have the table of contents right in the beginning of the book that allowed us to see what exactly we would be reading in each chapter. The short quizzes at the end of each chapter were useful to test how well we understood the concepts that were presented. If you got the answer incorrect, it even provided you with an explanation as to why, as well as where in the textbook you can find the reasoning. All of these quizzes helped me feel very prepared when it was time to take the final exam. While this resource was jam packed with information, all of the information was useful, helpful, and engaging. I would definitely recommend this resource to anyone who wants to learn more about ecosystems!

Engaging and Helpful Resource

This interactive e-book was organized and laid out really well. It was super easy to follow along and the title pages before each chapter helped prepare me for the material I was about to be... See More

This interactive e-book was organized and laid out really well. It was super easy to follow along and the title pages before each chapter helped prepare me for the material I was about to be exposed to. The interactive labs and comprehension checks allowed to make sure I was really understanding the material, not just reading it. I enjoyed how the comprehension checks told you if you got an answer wrong and explained why the answer was wrong. I made sure to jot down any questions I got wrong so I could refer back to them as needed. This book covers a lot of my favorite science topics so I was eager to work through it. I thought the chapters were a great length and provided lots of details and examples. By the time I was ready to take the final test, I felt very well prepared! Overall this is a great resouce!

Informative and Helpful

This book was great! I really liked the interactive labs it has and quick knowledge checks it has along the way. I also liked that on those comprehension checks, it would explain why you got... See More

This book was great! I really liked the interactive labs it has and quick knowledge checks it has along the way. I also liked that on those comprehension checks, it would explain why you got the answer right/wrong. This really helped when it came down the the final assessment. While it was a lot of information to take in, I felt that it was all valuable to know when teaching the subject. I would not change a thing!

So Helpful!

I went into this topic knowing very little and came out feeling so much more confident in learning about the flow of matter and energy. The chapters were well written and it flowed. I was ... See More

I went into this topic knowing very little and came out feeling so much more confident in learning about the flow of matter and energy. The chapters were well written and it flowed. I was able to reinforce my learning by using the interactive pieces. These gave me a deeper understanding. Throughout the eBook, I took notes. This helped me to remember the material in detail so that I could feel successful during the mini quizzes throughout. I was thankful for those mini quizzes because I think it prepared me for the test at the end. I am excited for all of the resources to use in the classroom as well. Wonderful eBook!

Extremely Helpful for Gaining Prior Knowledge!

I really enjoyed reading this interactive book! The information that was covered was explained in a way that was easy to understand and retain. Because I enjoy learning with hands on activit... See More

I really enjoyed reading this interactive book! The information that was covered was explained in a way that was easy to understand and retain. Because I enjoy learning with hands on activities, the interactive lessons were helpful for me to learn about the concepts being taught without becoming bored. I also loved that there were many detailed lesson ideas, lesson plans, and science experiments provided throughout the book that could be used in the classroom to help students gain better knowledge about ecosystems, matter, and energy. When reading books online, I enjoy having access to a voice reader, which I feel helps me to retain information better, and the one included for this book worked fairly well. There were a few pages towards the end of the book in the Pedagogical section, where the voice reader did not work, however, for the bulk of the book it worked really well. I did feel that it was a little robotic, and would have been nice to have an actual narrator, however, this voice reader did its job well. I also enjoyed the quizzes given throughout the sections and at the end of the chapters. I was hoping to find a general link to the quizzes that I had completed so that I could go back and review them along with any information that I may have misunderstood. I did not see anything like this while reading this interactive book other than just being able to go back to retake the section quizzes. Overall, I really enjoyed reading and learning from this interactive book! I would highly recommend it!

Very Helpful Resource!

This interactive e-book really helped me build my knowledge of the concepts relating to the flow of matter and energy in ecosystems! This resource is easy to navigate and includes helpful qu... See More

This interactive e-book really helped me build my knowledge of the concepts relating to the flow of matter and energy in ecosystems! This resource is easy to navigate and includes helpful quizzes at the end of each chapter to check yourself and make sure that you're comprehending the information. The final assessment at the end of the book allowed me to ensure that I gained enough knowledge before planning my lesson regarding the flow of energy between organisms in food chains. There were many key details provided, however, I didn't feel overwhelmed with too much information. The e-book also has clear models with captions that allow readers to learn in a visual sense as well. I would definitely recommend adding this great resource to your library!

Great Resource for Lesson Preparation

I would definitely recommend this E-book for educators to either update their own knowledge of the flow of energy or to use with their students. It includes detailed but easy-to-follow descr... See More

I would definitely recommend this E-book for educators to either update their own knowledge of the flow of energy or to use with their students. It includes detailed but easy-to-follow descriptions of each topic covered, including matter, carbon, and energy. It also includes interactive models that could be used with elementary students in class. Each topic is summarized with a quiz to check for understanding and there is a final assessment provided upon completion of the book. These tools provide a way to measure progress and gave me confidence in the improvement of my knowledge of each topic. This E-book is a great resource for teachers to refresh their understanding about the flow of matter and energy in ecosystems, and to learn more about the pedagogical implications for teaching these topics to specific grade levels.

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.

Interactive E-Booke

This book was full of important and interesting information. The interactive activities added a lot to the book and helped demonstrate the concepts. The first interactive I had to skip beca... See More

This book was full of important and interesting information. The interactive activities added a lot to the book and helped demonstrate the concepts. The first interactive I had to skip because it crashed several times, but other than that I had no problems. I would recommend this e-book to anyone interested in learning more about matter or how matter changes.

Helpful and Interactive

This book had a lot of very helpful scenarios and interactive labs that helped to really helped to understand the material that was being taught in the chapters. Although it was very dense a... See More

This book had a lot of very helpful scenarios and interactive labs that helped to really helped to understand the material that was being taught in the chapters. Although it was very dense and had a lot of information. these labs and graohs helped to add understanding and usefulness. The books information also flowed very well together. The information seemed very well organized and it was easy to see links between the concepts. The quizzes helped a lot with reviewing the material and the ability to go back and look at things I needed helped on also supported my comprehension of the book. It also gave an extensive background to the topic which was super helpful to me as I was planning a lesson on food webs and food chains!

Informative and Useful Resource

This interactive e-book was engaging and very helpful for creating my lesson plan. I thought it was really well organized and provided me with all the information I needed to know about this... See More

This interactive e-book was engaging and very helpful for creating my lesson plan. I thought it was really well organized and provided me with all the information I needed to know about this content area. I really liked how the quizzes allowed me to check my understanding and gave you the correct answers if you got a question wrong. The simulations, interactive labs, and comprehension quizzes all made me feel very prepared to take the exam at the end. Along with that, I thought the chapters weren't too long or short and were very detailed to help me better understand this topic. I would definitely recommend this resource when learning about ecosystems!

Organized and Informative

This book gave was laid out extremely well and gave great information on the topic. I haven't worked with this material in years and was a bit apprehensive when I had to make a lesson plan o... See More

This book gave was laid out extremely well and gave great information on the topic. I haven't worked with this material in years and was a bit apprehensive when I had to make a lesson plan on it, however, this book was the perfect tool to help me. The interactive labs and comprehension checks were a great way to reinforce the information in each chapter. The chapters themselves were long and had so much detail so the comprehension checks were really helpful especially when it would tell you why you got a question wrong. When it came to the final test I felt well prepared and passed on my first try! Overall, this is a great resource.

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.