Planets & Moons | 7 Space Science Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions

Looking to the planets and moons has never been so enjoyable with this batch of 7 fantastic comprehensive short form articles with answers. From going to the Moon, to looking at the moons of Jupiter and even planets outside our Solar System. This planets and moons exploration bundle has you covered. The exact topics covered are: Apollo 11, Exoplanets, Jupiter's Moons, Mars Rovers, Planetary Rings, Jupiter's Red Spot and Dwarf Planets.

This set of 7 science articles provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can supplement lessons. It is a set of articles with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking. 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).

WHY / WHEN TO USE:

• 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:

Single Reading Passages

• 4 - 3 page Word doc teacher version with answers
• 4 - 2 page Word doc student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
• 4 - 3 page PDF teacher version with answers
• 4 - 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)
• 4 - 3 page Google doc teacher version with answers
• 4 - 2 page Google doc student version with room to fill answers (text boxes)

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

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

The Dual Reading Passages topics are: Jupiter's red spot, Planetary rings and Dwarf planets.

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.