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Harcourt: School Publishers: Exploring Ecosystems ActivityHarcourt: School Publishers: Exploring Ecosystems Activity
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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3rd - 8th
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Science
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Harcourt: School Publishers: Exploring Ecosystems

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Compare and contrast three very different ecosystems - the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Florida Everglades, and the Arctic Coastal Plain in Alaska. Learn what makes each of them unique, and about the adaptations plants and animals had to make to survive in each environment. Related vocabulary is highlighted, with links to photos and definitions.

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Additional Tags

swamp, arctic, arctic coastal plain, arctic coast, everglades, hrw, north slope, sonoran, sonoran desert, desert, ecosystems, biomes and habitats, north american deserts, swamps

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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