The Milky Way Space Science Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions MS-ESS1-2

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Studying and understanding the Milky Way galaxy is fascinating and essential as it offers insights into the structure, composition, and evolution of our cosmic neighborhood. By examining the Milky Way, we learn about the formation and life cycle of stars, the distribution of dark matter, and the dynamics of galactic components. This knowledge helps us understand the broader universe, informs theories about galaxy formation and evolution, and aids in the search for potentially habitable planets. With all this in mind, let's engage with this teaching resource.

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

THIS MILKY WAY 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 MILKY WAY 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)

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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).