Can This Dog Save the Forest?

Extend the Lesson

Academic Standards

Reading Objective:

Students will understand how dogs spread seeds to restart a burnt forest ecosystem.

Reading Level:

Lexile: 450L; GRL: K

Next Generation Science Standards:

2-LS2: Plant needs; animals disperse seeds

2-LS4--1: The diversity of life in a habitat

Vocabulary:

charred, sprout, shoots, predators