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Read Works

Read Works: Digitized Signals Are the Future of the Black Box

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the black boxes on airplanes being replaced with more reliable digital signals. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: How to Make a Better Robot

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about improvements in robotics. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Small Wonders

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the importance of vitamins and minerals and the idea of adding them to various foods. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Radiation: What You Need to Know

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the benefits and risks of radiation. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Guide/assess Nonfiction Reading

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains 47 one-page guided writing and reading guides and assessments.The reproducibles are copyrighted materials but may be copied and used for educational purposes.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Animal Farm Worksheets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These E Reading Worksheets provide supplemental questions, quizzes, tests, and projects that will help assess students' comprehension of the book Animal Farm, a novel written by George Orwell.
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Reading Passages: Atomic History

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and fill in the blanks of this passage explaining atomic history. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be displayed along with your...
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Reading Comprehension Passages

For Students 9th - 10th
Thirty-three cloze reading passages on various scientific passages including the scientific method, the water cycle, earth science, atoms, elements, cell division, body systems, and more.
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Read Works

Read Works: Jake and Alice

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about genetic traits, what they determine, and how they mutate. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Knowledge Share

Super Kids: Hangman

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this interactive site to enhance students' spelling and vocabulary while refreshing their memories in history, geography, language, science, and entertainment. It is available to use on line or you can purchase leveled apps for the...
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NASA

Nasa: Tres Pequenos Satelites Que Viajan a Cuestas

For Students 9th - 10th
A challenging and creative hangman activity where students read a short article about satellites and then proceed to play "Nanosat Flingman." A great learning activity for for reading comprehension, vocabulary, and pronunciation....
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Why Students Think They Understand When They Don't

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students often think they understand a body of material and, believing that they know it, stop trying to learn more. But come test time, it turns out they really don't know the material very well at all. Can cognitive science tell us...
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Joe Landsberger

Study Guides & Strategies for Speakers of Arabic.

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Arabic language version of a study skills site also available in English and other languages as well. Different sections teach skills in reading and writing, Internet literacy, critical thinking, math, science, dealing with...
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Animals (Animales)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Extensive site for teaching Spanish-speaking ELL. The theme of this unit is animals. Exercise follows short reading. Instructions are in Spanish; exercise in English.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Changes in Empathy Throughout Medical School and Residency

For Students 9th - 10th
This study resource from Khan Academy provides assessment practice for the MCAT's social sciences passages section. This practice resource includes the article "Changes in Empathy Throughout Medical School and Residency" with practice...
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BBC

Bbc News: Arabic Language Version

For Students 9th - 10th
World news headlines in English with Arabic introductions and target vocabulary words, with vocabulary help in Arabic. Students can also listen to an English language broadcast of the story. Very handy site for upper level...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Written Assignment Sessions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students read a scientific article, answer a quiz about it, then write a summary.
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University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Death Valley

For Students 9th - 10th
This newspaper article deals with a curious geological phenomenon which occurs in Death Valley. After you read the article, test your understanding by answering the multiple choice questions.
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University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Scrub Jay Gains Favor

For Students 9th - 10th
After reading this Tampa Tribune article by Jan Hollingsworth, respond to the multiple choice questions to see if you have understood. Immediate feedback.
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University of South Florida

Fcat Express: The Virtues of Venom

For Students 9th - 10th
Snakes scare people, but some snake poison may help prevent heart attack and some cancers. After reading the newspaper article you can assess your understanding with the self-test. Immediate feedback.
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University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Paynes Prairie

For Students 9th - 10th
Adapted from Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park brochure, this article gives an excellent overview of the nature preserve and its history. The quiz offers feedback immediately.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Your Glorious Gene Pool

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students read the books like I Am the Dog. I Am the Cat by Donald Hall and Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman and read the lyrics while listening to the song "Shallow End of the Gene Pool" by the Austin Lounge Lizards. Then students learn...
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Other

Life Long Earning: Communication Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief definitions of communication skills terms along with examples of how a student might combine these skills into projects and real-world applications.
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Other

Planet Ark: World Environmental News

For Students 9th - 10th
Welcome to Planet Ark's daily Reuters World Environment News - the most comprehensive source of environmental news on the Net. To read previous news stories, please use the search engine below to find stories relating to any...

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