Is There a Fertility Crisis? Biology Reading Comprehension 2 Passage & Questions

Understanding human fertility and the factors that can affect reproductive health is an important part of middle and high school science because it connects biology, genetics, hormones, reproductive systems, environmental science and changing patterns in human health. This resource explores the question “Is There a Coming Fertility Crisis?” through two science reading passages with questions, one higher level and slightly more complex and one lower level and more accessible, making it easier to differentiate learning while keeping students focused on the same core scientific ideas.

Students investigate how fertility works, what infertility means, factors that can affect male and female reproductive health, and why scientists are studying reported changes in fertility and reproductive outcomes. The paired passages, comprehension questions and critical thinking tasks encourage students to distinguish established evidence from proposed explanations while developing scientific literacy and responsible reasoning around a complex topic. This makes the resource a useful addition to middle and high school biology, human reproduction and health science lessons.

This 2 article set of is There a Fertility Crisis? reading passages with questions provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about is There a Fertility Crisis? For digital, you can provide a Google doc or a HTML copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this is There a Fertility Crisis? articles with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking.

The accessible version is geared towards approximately 5th / 6th / 7th grade science students, while the more advanced version is geared towards approximately 8th / 9th / 10th grade science students. This range for both could be extended with prep work or additional materials.

THIS IS THERE A FERTILITY CRISIS? 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 IS THERE A FERTILITY CRISIS? READING PASSAGE WITH QUESTIONS:

• 2 - 3 page Word doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers
• 2 - 2 page Word doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
• 2 - 3 page PDF teacher version with answers
• 2 - 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)
• 2 - 3 page Google doc image - textboxes teacher version with answers
• 2 - 2 page Google doc image - textboxes student version with room to fill answers (text boxes)
• 2 - 2 page HTML - textboxes student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes) including JSON Download and upload buttons - NEW (UPDATED)

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.