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MODULE Project Earth
5 SCIENCE CONNECTION: Conservation .........................................................304

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my Notes The Protective Power of Yellowstone National Park, formed in 1872, and animal life. The reserve also brings myNotes
Short 5 was the first nature preserve created as a tourists from all directions. People visit the
Read Nature Preserves U.S. national park. Yellowstone includes land forest to hike its trails, glide through the
that is part of the states of Idaho, Montana,
and Wyoming. It is home to bison, wolves, treetops on zip-lines, and view more than The Protective Power of Nature Preserves ............................310
500 species of animals. Other preserves
might offer the chance to escape car horns
1 All over the world, humans’ actions imperil of water are protected from damage. Within and other species that need protection. It is provide quieter pleasures. A city preserve
also home to natural features such as its
natural areas and the plants and animals in this carefully managed area, plant and animal
them. As human populations grow, people put populations can hold steady or even grow. famous hot springs. The U.S. government and sidewalks for birdsong and dirt paths.
the environment at risk by using up natural 3 Governments or private groups protect nature protects Yellowstone’s plants, animals, and 8 In nature preserves, people use natural
habitats from human destruction.
resources such as trees, water, and land. As preserves by limiting or controlling human resources in benevolent rather than harmful
people cut trees and build roads, houses, and visitors’ actions. Hunting, fishing, hiking, and Why Preserves Are ways. By protecting plants, animals, and
businesses, natural landscapes disappear. camping may be allowed in some preserves. Important to People landscapes, we are protecting nature’s
Plants and animals’ homes disappear, too. Nature preserves provide important benefits balance, which is good for all of us!
However, there’s a way to protect endangered In others these activities are prohibited. 6 for people as well as for the plants and animals
How Nature Preserves
species and natural areas. It’s called a that live there. A preserve’s trees produce
nature preserve. Are Created oxygen for us to breathe. Wetlands help
A Protected Place for 4 Nature preserves have been established in control floods by storing water. They strain out
pollutants that contaminate human water
many different countries. The first step
2 Plants and Animals toward protecting an area comes when an systems, too. INFORMATIONAL TEXT
A nature preserve is sometimes called a
reserve or a park. It is a place that is individual or group recognizes it is at risk. Nature preserves also provide scientific and
protected from harmful human development. These people work to purchase the land or to 7 recreational opportunities. In Costa Rica, the
convince the land’s owners or the government
Plants are free to thrive as they naturally to protect it. One way in which the U.S. Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve draws
would, and animals are free to roam. Natural government can protect a natural area is by scientists to study its incredibly varied plant
features such as rock formations and bodies making it a national park.
The Monteverde Cloud
Forest Reserve
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Potatoes on myNotes Potatoes on Rooftops: Farming in the City ............................312
Rooftops:
Farming in the City
by Hadley Dyer
PERSUASIVE TEXT
by Hadley Dyer
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Living Green ...........................................................................................332
myNotes
Living by Doreen Beauregard • illustrated by Tuesday Mourning
Green
by Doreen Beauregard
illustrated by Tuesday Mourning PLAY
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The Good Garden: How One Family Went from
myNotes
How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough
Hunger to Having Enough ............................................................. 340
by Katie Smith Milway • illustrated by Sylvie Daigneault
by Katie Smith Milway • illustrated by Sylvie Daigneault
REALISTIC FICTION
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Parrots Over Puerto Rico ................................................................354
myNotes
by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore • collages by Susan L. Roth
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore
collages by Susan L. Roth
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Performance Task
Write an Opinion Essay ............................................................376
Glossary ..........................................................................381
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