Women's History Month Reading Passages Women in Science Biographies & Questions

Celebrate Women's History Month with these Women in STEM biographies! There are 28 women highlighted in this no-prep resource, each with a set of questions attached to the non-fiction text. These science reading comprehension passages and questions are the perfect way to connect science, social studies and reading. 

With 28 articles in these high interest, non-fiction resource, you will have science reading comprehension passages and questions to last you the entire month!

The Females in Science Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions set includes:

• 28 Non-fiction Articles or Women in Science Biographies
• 28 Question Pages (one for each woman)
• 2 Versions:
  • Full page text with a separate half page of questions
  • One page with article and questions together

The following people are included in this set:

• Ada Bryon Lovelace
• Alice Ball
• Annie Easley
• Betty Holberton
• Chien-Shiung Wu
• Diana Trujillo
• Evelyn Boyd Granville
• Grace Hopper
• Hayat Sindi
• Hedy Lamarr
• Hypatia
• Julia Bowman Robinson
• Katherine Johnson
• Elise Meitner
• Mae Jemison
• Maggie Gee
• Margaret Hamilton
• Margaret Mead
• Marie Curie
• Martine Rothblatt
• Mary Sherman Morgan
• Rachel Carson
• Rosalind Franklin
• Sally Ride
• Sau Lan Wu
• Shirley Ann Jackson
• Vera Rubin
• Wang Zhenyi

Pair these biographies with the matching bulletin board set!

Spark a love of science with these high interest, science based reading passages.  A great way to meet multiple standards with one activity. 

Ways to implement:

• Woman's History Month: Read one article a day throughout the month. Display the bulletin board set, too!
• Woman of the Month: Create a place in your classroom (bulletin board, wall, door, etc.) to display the woman scientist of the month. Students can read the information on the female and complete one of the info sheets provided in this resource. There can be designated time for this, such as morning work or when students finish classwork early.
• ELA or Science Workstation: Students can read about each scientist, discuss with teams, then complete the information sheets provided.
• Articles can be printed and put together as a book, displayed around the classroom, or put in small groups for station activities!
• Encourage students to ask questions about the scientists and later research them. This will increase a love for science in students, while allowing the students to think critically about the text.

Whatever you choose, students will LOVE learning about famous woman scientists! :)

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