Title Information:­
Yellowstone: A Unique Ecosystem: Yellowstone: A Unique Ecosystem explores the rich and diverse life of the first national park in the world. The book focuses on the links between the sun, the weather, the terrain and the living things that call Yellowstone home. It also highlights the interaction between the park’s vast array of plants and animals and how human action has impacted on this unique ecosystem.

Content vocabulary:adaptations, alpine, ecosystem, endangered, erosion, fertile, forests, geysers, glaciers, grasslands,  habitats, hot springs, interdependence, meadows, minerals, National Park, nutrients, overgrazing,  plateau, poachers, pristine, regenerate, super-heated, temperate, terrain, thermal vent, vegetation,  volcano

Key concepts:
There is a complex web of interdependence between the natural systems and the living things in Yellowstone  Human activity can have a positive, negative or unforeseen impact on the park  Yellowstone is a unique and irreplaceable ecosystem  It is important to preserve Yellowstone for future generations

Reading Strategies: Identifying cause and effect

Related resource:Lesson Plan - Yellowstone: A Unique Ecosystem

Series Information:

WorldWise is a high-interest literacy program that encourages inquiry and questioning while extending knowledge in science and a range of STEM topics linked to the curriculum. This engaging program teaches reading strategies simultaneously with natural, earth and physical science concepts – reflecting the diversity of the world students live in.

Students will develop strategies and skills to read informative texts across a range of text types while they learn to become informative text writers. With an assortment of text types on offer, themes and concepts are introduced and revisited across the reading stages, building on initial concepts with increasing complexity.

WorldWise Lesson Plans support each Student Book, offering practical, systematic and easy-to-implement instructions. These visually appealing resources integrate oral language, vocabulary development, fluency and comprehension, writing and phonics.

WorldWise Investigations is a web-based tool that provides extension activities for titles in the program. It encourages exploration of content linked to curriculum outcomes in a deeper more hands-on way. Students are supported with a framework that encourages investigation and inquiry.

This series is supported by an array of teacher resources which can be obtained by visiting www.worldwise.com.au

Each WorldWise student book is supported by a corresponding Lesson Plan for teachers.

The following additional teacher resources are available:

• Curriculum outcomes
• Writing templates
• Correlation charts which provide title-level information about alignment to curriculum

These additional teacher resources can be downloaded from www.worldwisereading.com.au/teacher-resources