NGSS Middle School Life Science Biology Reading Passages | Printable & Digital

About this Product

• This bundle supports the essential topics in a NGSS Middle School Life Science classroom.

• Each resource includes one reading passage with comprehension questions.

• Each reading passage covers a manageable amount of content.

• Fillable Slides included for electronic distribution and collection included.

• Answer key included.

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DISTANCE LEARNING - DIGITAL ASSIGNMENTS

This resource includes modified files that facilitate online - distance learning:

• Fillable slides designed to work with Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint

Important Notes about Fillable Slides:

• Digital assignments CANNOT be edited. Only the text boxes or forms can be manipulated.

• Each assignment is saved as an individual file with the key removed for easy distribution.

• Digital assignments work in both Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides

All Digital resources can be shared via platforms that are password-protected or accessible only to students.

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Why are these reading passages included in this bundle?

This bundle of reading passages was put together in response to the growing number of schools that are implementing remote or distant learning strategies. The passages can be used by educators and parents so to provide teaching materials for students while homebound.

This bundle also works well for:

• Educators who want to provide assignments to acutely or chronically absent students

• Parents who want to help their children with activities that integrate science and reading

• Tutors who provide at-home instruction and require text that supports NGSS concepts

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How to Use This Resource

• Parents can create a routine with their children by assigning one passage daily.

• Educators can assign reading passages and questions as part of distance learning.

• Educators can use the passages for quality and concise education for ill or absent students.

• Educators can use the passages as test prep for 2-3 weeks before a cumulative assessment.

• Tutors can use the passages and questions for formative or summative assessments.

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IMMERSIVE READER

This resource includes reading passages that can be read to a student with Microsoft’s Immersive Reader. Immersive-Reader compatible passages are read-only word documents accessed in a web browser. Internet access required. Students are provided links to the Immersive Reader compatible passages in the printable and digital versions of each activity.

Immersive reader is a FREE Microsoft educational tool. You do NOT need a Microsoft account to access this tool in a web browser. Learn more about Immersive Reader HERE.

Immersive Reader can:

• Read the entire passage to a student

• Help pronounce individual words in a passage as a student reads

• Translate the entire passage or individual words in the passage for ESL students

• Change the font, text color and background color for students with visual impairments

Additional Notes

• The video preview provides a brief overview of Immersive Reader's capability

• Written and video instructions for students are included: http://safesha.re/ppk

• Download a FREE unit of Immersive Reader compatible reading passages HERE.

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This bundle includes the following reading passages:

From Molecule to Organisms

• Unicellular vs Multicellular (MS-LS1-1)

• Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes (MS-LS1-1)

• Animal Cells (MS-LS1-2)

• Plant Cells (MS-LS1-2)

• Comparing Animal vs Plant Cells (MS-LS1-2)

• Cell Receptors and Communication (MS-LS1-2)

• Cell Transport (MS-LS1-2)

• Levels of Organization (MS-LS1-3)

• Organ Systems Work Together (MS-LS1-3)

• Life Cycles Adaptations (MS-LS1-4)

• Flowering Plant Life Cycles (MS-LS1-4)

• Angiosperm Reproduction (MS-LS1-4)

• Leaf Adaptations (MS-LS1-4)

• Stem Adaptations (MS-LS1-4)

• Responding to the Environment (MS-LS1-5)

• Nature vs Nurture (MS-LS1-5)

• The Environment and Gene Expression (MS-LS1-5)

• Photosynthesis (MS-LS1-6)

• Fueling the Body (Cellular Respiration( (MS-LS1-7)

• Responding to Sensory Information (MS-LS1-8)

Ecosystems

• Carrying Capacity (MS-LS2-1)

• Ecological Relationships (MS-LS2-2)

• Symbiotic Relationships (Plants) (MS-LS2-2)

• Carbon Cycle (MS-LS2-3)

• Food Chains (MS-LS2-3)

• Energy Pyramid (MS-LS2-3)

• Ecological Succession (MS-LS2-4)

• Endangerment and Extinction (MS-LS2-4)

• Biodiversity (MS-LS2-5)

• Why is biodiversity important? (MS-LS2-5)

Heredity

• Mutations (MS-LS3-1)

• Punnett Squares (MS-LS3-2)

• Pedigrees (MS-LS3-2)

• Forms of Reproduction (MS-LS3-2)

• Asexual Reproduction (MS-LS3-2)

• Sexual Reproduction (MS-LS3-2)

Biological Evolution

• Fossil Record (MS-LS4-1)

• Evidence for Evolution (MS-LS4-2)

• Comparative Anatomy (MS-LS4-2)

• Comparative Embryology (MS-LS4-3)

• Variation and Species Diversity (MS-LS4-4)

• Artificial Selection (MS-LS4-5)

• Genetic Technology (MS-LS4-5)

• Frequency of Traits (MS-LS4-6)

• Theory of Natural Selection (MS-LS4-6)

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS

These reading passages support ALL Middle School Life Science Next Generation Science Standards and Disciplinary Core Ideas. Other materials should be used to integrate science and engineering skills and practices so to meet the standards.

TERMS OF USE

• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.

• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.

• Intended for classroom and personal use only.

• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.

• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.

• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).