Comets Space Science Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | MS-ESS1-3

Comets are icy balls of rock, dirt and cosmic ice that float through the cosmos. These dirty snowballs of space orbit the Sun and go far out in our Solar system. Learning about comets makes for a cool two-tailed adventure, so with that in mind, let's use this resource to learn about comets!

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

THIS COMETS 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 COMETS 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.

WANT MORE AMAZING ARTICLES LIKE THIS COMETS ARTICLE? MANY ARE AVAILABLE!

I am very proud of this series of science articles and they are rich with information and wonder at the majesty of science. Each science article includes a fun fact(s) to add to the knowledge gained from this article. Formatted in an easy to read and digest manner, each paragraph is numbered to help with referencing and each question answer has a paragraph reference number to point to the specific information (where applicable).