Animal Terraforming | Earth Science Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions

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Animals and organisms of various kinds can have a massive impact on our planet and their environment, so much so, that they can terraform the landscape around them. Animal terraforming is an incredible mechanism for changing the landscape over time and in many various ways. This article celebrates animal terraforming examples such as algae, beavers, migratory birds and many others that change the world around them.

This animal terraforming article provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about animal terraforming. For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this animal terraforming article with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking.

For many educational standards, a base level of content knowledge is needed around the relevant topics, this animal terraforming article covers that foundational knowledge for the standards: MS-ESS2-2 | HS-ESS2-7

THIS ANIMAL TERRAFORMING ARTICLE CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS:

Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
To extend students
To increase scientific literacy in your class
A weekly reading task
Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
To inspire students on a particular topic
Give a selection of these articles for students to choose from

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS ANIMAL TERRAFORMING ARTICLE:

3 page Word doc teacher version with answers
2 page Word doc student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
3 page PDF teacher version with answers
2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)
3 page Google doc teacher version with answers
2 page Google doc student version with room to fill answers (text boxes)

Please note: That the Doc versions are images with editable text boxes overlayed on top and this is the most effective way to keep the article sleek and well-designed and also that students cannot change things significantly.

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