What Are Black Holes | Space Science Reading Comprehension 2 Passage & Questions

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Learning what black holes are is a powerful way to build middle and high school understanding of gravity, energy, motion, and how scientists use evidence to study objects we cannot see directly. This resource teaches black holes through two science reading passages with questions, one higher level and slightly more complex and one lower level and more accessible, making differentiation simple while keeping the whole class focused on the same big ideas.

Students explore how black holes form, what an event horizon is, why nothing can escape once it crosses that boundary, and how astronomers detect black holes using effects on nearby stars, hot gas, and powerful radiation. The paired texts, comprehension questions, vocabulary support and critical thinking prompts strengthen scientific literacy, address common misconceptions, and help students connect black holes to stellar life cycles, galaxies, and real discoveries in modern astronomy.

This 2 article set of What Are Black Holes? reading passages with questions provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about What Are Black Holes? For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this What Are Black Holes? article 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 WHAT ARE BLACK HOLES? 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 WHAT ARE BLACK HOLES? 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)

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.

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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).