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This video gives great examples of invasive species, a key ecological topic that students must learn about. This video gives examples from all over the world, has lots of color and cool pictures. I picked this specific video, but the TED-Ed You Tube channel is a great tool for students to acquire extra information in these video lessons. Can be used to teach about:
1. Habitat climate and limiting factors
2. Invasive species
3. Competition and predation
Source: Klos, Jennifer. May 3, 2016. The threat of invasive species. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spTWwqVP_2s.

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I really like this book because I think it can be relatable to many students. Not only does it involve an ecological story (He discovers a giant squid washed up on shore), but the main character is a teenager also dealing with liking the girl next door, worried that his parents will get a divorce, and afraid that the bay he lives by is fading away. Can be used to teach about:
1. Changing ecosystems
2. Marine ecosystems and diversity
3. Zones of marine life (ex. photic zone vs. nonphotic zone)
Source: Lynch, Jim. 2005. The Highest Tide. Holtzbrinck Publishers: Bloomsbury, NY.

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This website is filled with many poems about ecology. It also includes children's poems. I think it is a wonderful tool to help teach scientific text in a different way and allows the student to decipher the meaning in the poem using background information or context clues. There are poems about ecological problems and species all over the world. It is also offered in many different languages. Can be used to teach about:
1. Species extinction
2. Immigration and emigration
3. Habitat diversity and migration
Source: Ecology Online Sweden. 2017. Retrieved from: http://www.ecology.info/childpoems.htm.

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This is an older book, but I really like the story and think many students could relate to it. It is the story of Tomas, a boy living near the sea of Cortex (The sea between Baja California and Mexico). He loves the ocean and must make the difficult decision of quitting school to become a fisherman or staying in school and becoming a marine biologist. The ocean helps him make his decision. There is diversity in this novel and introduces a different culture that could be unfamiliar to the student. Can be used to teach about:
1. Animal marine species
2. Marine Biomes
3. Human interactions with ecosystems
Source: George, Jean Craighead. 1989. Shark Beneath the Reef. Harper Collins Publishers: New York, NY.

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This 39 minute video documents North American wolves and how they changed an ecosystem in Yellowstone. It also uses Native American music and history to tie diversity into the video. This video is also free to Amazon Prime subscribers. Can be used to teach about:
1. Competition between species
2. Keystone Species
3. Great tie in with the gray wolf children's book - show different types of media to get the same topic across
Source: Magic Play Entertainment. March 1, 1999. Wolves - As Seen in IMAX. Retrieved from: https://www.amazon.com/Wolves-As-Seen-IMAX-Theaters/dp/B018QBP6EO/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1491332840&sr=1-1&keywords=yellowstone+wolves.

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Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai - Children's Book

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Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai - Children's Book

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This book is about the ecosystem in Kenya and how important the trees are there. The main character goes to America for college and comes back to Kenya wanting to make it better preserved. Can be used to teach about:
1. Human influence on ecosystems
2. Different ecosystems across the world
3. Ecosystem diversity
Source: Nivola, Claire A. 2008. Planting the Trees of Kenya, The Story of Wangari Maathai. Francis Fisher Books: New York, NY.

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My student really enjoys comic books so I thought this would be perfect. There is humor, storytelling, and science all in one with this one. It follows the adventure of a bee (Clan Apis is latin for "bee) and tells the evolution, life cycle, and life at the hive of a bee. Can be used to teach about:
1. Animal behavior
2. Human interactions with ecosystems
3. Importance of pollination
Source: Hosler, Jay. 2000. Clan Apis. Active Synapse: Columbus, OH.

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What If There Were No Gray Wolves? - Children's Book

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What If There Were No Gray Wolves? - Children's Book

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This is a children's book about ecosystems and food chain reactions. There is also one on bees, sea otters, and lemmings. Even though we might not have these organisms in our ecosystem in Missouri, the student can still see how disruptive it would be if species went extinct here or in other areas of the world.
Can be used to teach about:
1. Keystone species
2. Populations within ecosystems
3. Competition and Food Webs
Source: Slade, Suzanne. 2011. What If There Were No Gray Wolves? Picture Window Books: Mankato, MN.

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This book is about an archaeological dig resulting in the discover of a tribe from long ago. Even though the main character is a woman, I think my reader would enjoy this book as he likes fossils, and many people said that this book made them want to become an archaeologist. It also takes place in Africa and shows diversity in another area of the world. Can be used to teach about:
1. Diversity and evolution
2. Fossils
3. Human interactions with ecosystems
Source: Dickenson, Peter. 2015 Reissue. The Bone From a Dry Sea. Open Road Media: New York, NY.

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Includes research, news articles, videos, and places all over the world. Student can research many diversity aspects all over the world with descriptions, links, and pictures exploring animal behaviors and habitats. They can also explore how humans are affecting these environments. Can be used to teach about:
1. Animal behavior
2. Animal Habitat
3. Current ecological events
Source: BBC Nature. October 2014. Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildlife/.

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Be captivated, informed and inspired by the world's wildlife, such as tigers, whales, sharks, bears and birds, their amazing behaviours and habitats.