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7th grade science resources for Easel Assessments under $5
Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Reading Comprehension Passage
This easy to read, one page passage about heat transfer:defines heat as the transfer, or movement, of thermal energydescribes thermal energyexplains 3 different ways heat can move: radiation, conduction, and convection (with examples of each)It includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustrations are included to accommodate black and white printing. The passage also has a compa
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, MS-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Unit Bundle of 6 Science Lessons
Light Energy Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to understand, one page passage explains what light energy is and how it moves. It describes concepts like electromagnetic waves, the speed of light, reflection, and refraction. The passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustrations are included for your convenience. The passage also has a companion YouTube video. Show the video before or after reading the p
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
4-PS4-2
, MS-PS4-2
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: Geeta's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
Animal Adaptations Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage defines animal adaptations as features that help animals survive. It breaks down adaptations into: physical adaptations - body parts, camouflage, mimicry, and chemical defensesbehavioral adaptations - learned (like hunting) and instinctive or innate (like migration and hibernation)This download includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustrat
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, MS-LS1-4
Also included in: Keri's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
Newton's Laws of Motion Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage about Newton's laws of motion:gives some background about famed mathematician and physicist Sir Isaac Newtonexplains Newton's 3 laws of motionintroduces readers to the concepts of inertia and momentum in language that is easy to understandIt includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustrations are included to accommodate black and white print
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
K-PS2-1
, MS-PS2-1
Also included in: Keri's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
Fossils Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage about fossils explains: why paleontologists study fossils how fossils are made4 different types of fossils: mold fossil, cast fossil, trace fossil, and true form fossilThe passage comes with 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustrations are included to accommodate black and white printing. The passage also has a companion YouTube video. Show th
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS2-3
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-1
Also included in: Fossils and Paleontology Unit Bundle of 8 Science Lessons
Conductors and Insulators Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage about conductors and insulators:defines heat transfer as the movement of thermal energyexplains that some materials transfer heat and electricity better than others gives examples of thermal/electrical conductors and how they are used gives examples of thermal/electrical insulators and how they are used It includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Slides. Color and black l
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, MS-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Unit Bundle of 6 Science Lessons
Heredity and Genetics Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage about heredity and genetics: explains how traits are passed from parents to their children, or inherited, through genesexplains that genes are found in chromosomes - structures in our cells made of DNA and proteinexplores the purpose of DNAmentions the work of geneticist Gregor MendelThis download includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital version - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustr
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS3-1
, 3-LS3-1
, MS-LS4-4
Also included in: Keri's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
Sound Energy Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to understand, one page passage about sound energy explains:sound travels as mechanical waveshow sound is created when a force causes matter to vibratethat sound waves travel at different frequencieshow sound waves move faster or slower through different types of matter The passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. It includes color and black-line illustrations for your convenience.
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
4-PS3-2
Also included in: Geeta's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
The Rock Cycle Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage about the rock cycle:outlines 3 different types of rocks: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphicexplains how they are formed through erosion and cementation, volcanic activity, and heat and pressuregives examples of each type of rock The passage comes with 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustrations are included to accommodate black and white
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS2-1
Atoms Molecules and Elements Reading Comprehension Google Slides Easel MS-PS1-1
Are you looking for engaging physical science reading passages and questions? This Atom, Molecules, and Elements Reading Comprehension is the perfect NO PREP, print-off resource with three informational texts with multiple-choice questions and free-response questions to go along. It can be used as an extension activity, review, content front-loading, and practice reading strategies with science. Answer key is available. This resource includes the following:✔ Text on Atoms - with 6 multiple choi
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-PS1-1
Renewable Energy Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage explains differences between renewable and nonrenewable energy sources with examples, advantages, and disadvantages of each. Vocabulary includes: sustainable turbinefossil fuelssolar power wind power hydro powerThe passage comes with 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustrations are included to accommodate black and white printing. The passage
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
, 4-ESS3-1
Also included in: Geeta's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
Density Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage about density:uses an example of a golf ball sinking and a tennis ball floating to explain that density is how tightly packed the matter inside an object isdiscusses what mass and volume are and how they determine densityexplains that objects that are more dense than water will sink and objects that are less dense than water will floatIt includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Also included in: Keri's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
Mars Virtual Field Trip Explore the Mars Rover
Take a virtual field trip to space and to Mars and explore the Mars Rover. Perfect activities, worksheets, and tasks for middle and high schoolers for Mars and Space Science. This PRINT and Go resource is perfect for distance learning or classroom use to help students explore and take a field trip without ever having to leave the classroom. All questions and activities can be answered from exploring the virtual field trip site. Rather than just look around using the 360 view, these tasks give
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 12th
Cells and Organelles - Science Review Test Prep Task Cards - Digital and Print
It’s test prep season! Do your students groan at the sight of the item sampler? Why not use these task cards for a gallery walk, play a game of SCOOT!, or assign them with a self-checking puzzle via Google? This resource has everything you need to keep students motivated!This set of 20 task cards is modeled after item sampler and practice test questions and aligned with 5th Grade Cells and Organelles standard objectives:Identify the major parts of plant and animal cells such as, the nucleus, cel
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-1
Solar and Lunar Eclipses Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage explains solar and lunar eclipses, including:solar eclipses happen when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, casting a shadow on Earth's surfacelunar eclipses happen when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, blocking sunlight from reaching the moonvocabulary such as umbra, penumbra, total eclipse, and partial eclipseThe passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions -
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
5-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: Keri's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
Types of Waves Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage about different types of waves explains:waves are disturbances that transfer energy from one place to anothermechanical waves (like sound) must travel through matter while electromagnetic waves (like light) can travel through empty spacewaves can be described as transverse or longitudinal depending on how they move scientists measure amplitude and wavelength to determine how much energy a wave hasThe passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension qu
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
4-PS4-2
, MS-PS4-1
, MS-PS4-2
, 4-PS4-1
Also included in: Sound Energy Mechanical Waves Unit Bundle of 7 Science Lessons
Symbiosis Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage describes symbiosis and gives examples of 3 different types of symbiotic animal relationships: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. It includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustrations are included to accommodate black and white printing.The passage also has a companion YouTube video. Show the video before or after reading the passage
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
The Wright Brother's First Flight Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT & DIGITAL
This easy to read passage details the story of Wilbur and Orville Wright's first successful flight of a motor-driven airplane on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It explains the Wright brothers':background repairing bicycles in Dayton, Ohioexperiments building gliders and studying birds to learn about flighttime spend in Kitty Hawk preparing and testing their planelegacy in North Carolina and how they are honored on NC license plates, the NC quarter, and with a monument at the si
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Ecosystems and Biomes Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage defines ecosystems and biomes and explains the difference between the two terms. It describes 7 of Earth's major biomes: arctic tundra coniferous forestsdeciduous forestsrainforestsgrasslandsdesertsaquatic biomesThis download includes a one page passage with color and black line versions of the illustration, 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illu
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS3-1
Also included in: Ashton's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
Earthquakes Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage about earthquakes explains:earthquakes are waves of energy that are released when tectonic plates shiftthey usually happen along fault lines at the edges of tectonic platesthe magnitude of Earthquakes is measured using a seismograph and is ranked on the Richter scaleThe passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustrations are included
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS2-2
, 4-ESS3-2
Landforms and Bodies of Water Posters Geography Skills Vocabulary Worksheet
Give your landforms and bodies of water unit a visual boost with this set of illustrated examples! Students will get to SEE what each landform or water body looks like and better understand their features.WHAT YOU WILL GETThis resource contains 24 visuals plus a digital assessment. Each page includes an illustration of the landform or body of water along with the title and definition. Includes:archipelagobaybeachbuttecanalcanyoncavecliffdeltaduneglacierhillislandisthmuslakemesamountainoceanpenin
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Geography Landforms & Bodies of Water Types of Maps Map Elements Posters
Physical and Chemical Changes Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage about physical and chemical changes explains:what matter is and that it can be changed that matter is made of small particles, called atoms, of different elementsphysical changes affect the appearance or state of the matterchemical changes affect the materials the object is made of several examples of physical and chemical changesThe passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
5-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-5
Also included in: Keri's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
El Niño and La Niña Weather Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read comprehension passage explains the weather phenomena known as El Niño and La Niña that occur in the Pacific Ocean every few years and affect weather worldwide. The passage explores how:El Niño and La Niña are caused by changes in wind and water temperature in the Pacific Ocean that affects rainfallEl Niño happens when warm water from the equator is pushed towards the coast of South America, bringing more rainfall to North and South AmericaLa Niña happens when warm water is push
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS2-5
Also included in: Ashton's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
Electricity Reading Comprehension Passage PRINT and DIGITAL
This easy to read, one page passage about electricity explains that:electricity is created by the movement of electrons between atoms there are 2 types of electricity: current and staticcurrent electricity can only move if it has a closed circuitThis download includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension questions, an answer key, and 2 self-scoring digital versions - EASEL and Google Forms. Color and black line illustrations are included to accommodate black and white printing. The passage a
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-PS2-2
, 4-PS3-2
Also included in: Geeta's Custom Science Shorts Reading Comprehension Bundle
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