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Read Works

Read Works: News Shorts Tomb Raiders

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about archaeologists who found a burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: News Shorts: Tomb Raiders

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about American archaeologists who discovered an Egyptian tomb. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Not Scared, Prepared

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about different people and organization that help during an emergency. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Lake of Fire

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about scientists who study the inside of a volcano. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Finding Fault

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage describe different active tectonic plates around the globe. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works

Read Works: Lightning and Fire

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the positive and negative effects of fire caused by lightning. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: What Is Heat?

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about heat and how it is transferred from one object to another. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Dirty Job

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about different types of waste disposal. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Wonders of Flight

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Maria who is afraid to fly. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Big News About Old Rocks

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about rocks in the Grand Canyon and how they give clues about the past. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: First Life

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains the pressure-bomb experiments of Robert Hazen and the origins of life. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills...
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: Star Child

For Students 3rd - 8th
StarChild from NASA defines and describes the Solar System in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. The website is broken down into two versions for the student, grade school and junior high.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mission to Mars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Mission to Mars curricular unit introduces students to Mars-the Red Planet. Students discover why scientists are so interested in studying this mysterious planet. Many interesting facts about Mars are revealed, and the history of...
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Other

Lunar and Planetary Institute: Explore! Marvel Moon

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A variety of hands-on activities designed to engage children in learning about the moon.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Educator Resources: Extreme Weather on Other Planets

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Find lesson plans, worksheets, photo galleries, and related links for teaching about the weather systems of planets in our solar system.
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Paper Plate Education: Serving the Universe on a Paper Plate

For Students 3rd - 8th
Excellent resource for "paper-plate" activities that help simplify various astronomy topics. Learn how to build a "Moon Finder" and "Planet Pointer," and create a paper-plate model that explains the Transit of Venus.

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