Enhanced Differentiation Health / Medicine Reading Comprehension 35 Passages | 30 Topics

This set of 35 science articles (30 topics and 5 more accessible passages for younger / lower lexile level readers) on loads of different health / medicine topics and physical education as well. The science articles help teach science literacy and more importantly health / medicine literacy.

Specifically the topics covered are: Pacemakers, insulin and diabetes, scurvy and pirates, aspirin, vaping, mouth & teeth, IV fluids, asthma, allergies, organ transplants, resuscitation, general anaesthesia, vaccines, blood types, sugar, blood pressure, alcohol, the immune system, blood, hydration, bones, muscles, tendons & ligaments, hair, cancer, sleep, nutrition, concussion, Alzheimer's disease and antibiotics. 

These 35 health / medicine science reading passages on 30 topics provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about health / medicine and scientific vocabulary. For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In these articles with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking.

THESE HEALTH / MEDICINE ARTICLES 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 THESE HEALTH / MEDICINE ARTICLES:

Single Reading Passages

• 25 - 3 page Word doc teacher version with answers
• 25 - 2 page Word doc student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
• 25 - 3 page PDF teacher version with answers
• 25 - 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)
• 25 - 3 page Google doc teacher version with answers
• 25 - 2 page Google doc student version with room to fill answers (text boxes)

Dual Reading Passages (2 passages on these topics for differentiation)

• 5 - 2 x 3 page Word doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers
• 5 - 2 x 2 page Word doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
• 5 - 2 x 3 page PDF teacher version with answers
• 5 - 2 x 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)
• 5 - 2 x 3 page Google doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers
• 5 - 2 x 2 page Google doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill answers (text boxes)

The Dual Reading Passages topics are: Diabetes Type I & II, What were scurvy pirates?, What is asthma?, How do vaccines? and What does vaping do to humans?

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 THESE HEALTH / MEDICINE ARTICLES? MANY ARE AVAILABLE AND IN OTHER TOPICS!

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).