Physical Science Curriculum Science Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions

Looking for a way to increase science reading comprehension and science literacy in your physical science classroom? Help your students with their physical science curriculum with these short physical science, science reading comprehension passages and questions worksheets on Chemistry, Force, Motion, Energy, Waves, and Space. They include note-taking templates that guide the students, comprehension worksheets that have leveled questions, and Task cards to extend the learning. Perfect for Common Core Literacy Science Standards and for an easy no prep sub plan.

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What students are doing with these science reading comprehension passages and questions worksheets:

✏ Analyzing text and pulling out key information

✏ Taking notes on the guided notes worksheets

✏ Reviewing and reinforcing their learning using the comprehension worksheets

✏ Extending their knowledge by answering the task card questions

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Ways to use the science reading comprehension passages and questions worksheets:

✴️ Easy No prep Sub plan

✴️ At the beginning of the unit to teach the topic

✴️ During the Explain portion of the 5E model

✴️ As a science station

✴️ For a flipped lesson

✴️ Extra reinforcement for struggling students

✴️ At the end of the unit as a review

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What is included with each topic of the science reading comprehension passages and questions worksheets:

✴️ One to two page science reading passage to teach the topic

✴️ Notes with questions to guide their reading

✴️ Comprehension worksheets to review the information using multiple levels of questioning

✴️ Task cards to extend their learning and for extra review

✴️ Digital version for more flexibility on how to use the lesson

✴️ Lesson Design to help you differentiate the lesson in your classroom

✴️ Answer keys to easily check the student knowledge

These comprehension reading passages and worksheets cover over 60 topics such as:

✅ Speed

✅ Acceleration

✅ Velocity

✅ Motion Graphs

✅ Newton's 1st law

✅ Newton's 2nd law

✅ Newton's 3rd law

✅ Kinetic Energy

✅ Potential Energy

✅ Conservation of Energy

✅ Friction

✅ Fluid Friction

✅ Air Resistance

✅ Gravity

✅ Elastic Force: Tension

✅ Elastic Force: Compression

✅ Buoyant Force

✅ Longitudinal vs Transverse

✅ types of waves

✅ how to measure waves

✅ Classification of Stars

✅ Life Cycle of Stars

✅ Galaxies

✅ Formation of the Solar System

✅ Mercury

✅ Venus

✅ Earth

✅ Mars

✅ Jupiter

✅ Saturn

✅ Uranus

✅ Neptune

✅ Dwarf Planets

✅ Comet

✅ Asteroid

✅ Acids

✅ Bases

✅ pH

✅ Atoms

✅ Isotopes

✅ chemical Change

✅ Exothermic

✅ Endothermic

✅ Chemical Equations

✅ Chemical Bonding

✅ Ionic Compounds

✅ Covalent Compounds

✅ Periodic Table

✅ Metals

✅ Nonmetals

✅ Metalloids / Semimetals

✅ Periodic Table Families

✅ Conduction

✅ Convection

✅ Radiation

✅ States of Matter

✅ Physical Change

✅ Measuring Matter

✅ Density

✅ Buoyancy

✅ Longitudinal vs Transverse waves

✅ Types of waves

✅ How to measure waves

✅ Charles's law

✅ Boyle's law

✅ Gay-Lussac's law

✅ scientific method

✅ controls and variables

✅ accuracy and reproducibility

This will guide students through reading information about chemistry, space, force, motion, and energy. They then have to apply their knowledge by answering leveled questions in the comprehension worksheets that accompany them. They are perfect for use during the explain phase of the 5E model.

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