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Read Works: Mother Cats and Their Kittens

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about mother cats and how they raise their young. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Eco Pyramid

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares nonfiction information about ecological pyramids. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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Read Works: When Fish First Walked

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about natural selection and its role in the theory of evolution. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Gentle Giants

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about whale sharks and scientists who study them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Selective Breeding

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about selective breeding and its role in evolution. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Descendants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage discusses the roles of paleoanthropologists and how they determine whether the remains of a prehistoric species is a direct ancestor or not. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece...
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Read Works: Cutting Edge

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An biographical text about a cancer-fighting surgeon named Peter Costantino. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Inheritance of Traits

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about learned and inherited traits. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Comeback

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a conservation project designed to bring Atlantic puffins back to the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Discoveries: Mighty Mouse Bred

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about scientists who bred a mouse with increased endurance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: It Would Be Hard to Smile at a Smilodon

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Smilodon, also known as the Sabre-toothed tiger. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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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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Read Works: The Orchid's Secret

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about orchids and why they are so rare and valuable. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Memories Good and Bad

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about memories and how they react to sensory stimuli. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Through the Nose

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about dogs and their sense of smell. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Researchers Beginning to Better Understand False Memory Formation

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about research showing how the brain can create very realistic false memories. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Two Sets to Build Difference

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Charles Darwin's research on trait variations in the Galapagos Islands. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Worldwide Loss of Bees a Growing Concern

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the decreasing number of bees and the negative effects that can have on our food supply. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Busy Bird

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Carlos who watched a bird build a nest in his favorite tree. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: My Three Sisters

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text in which a little girl named Tasha tells about her family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Parts of a Tree

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how leaves, branches, bark, and roots make up the parts of a tree. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Baby Polar Bear Grows Up

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a baby polar bear as he grows and learns to be on his own. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Organelles

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] All organelles are found in eukaryotic cells, while most are not found in prokaryotic cells. Learn more about organelles in this learning module produced by CK-12.
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Arizona State University

Arizona State University: Coloring Pages and Worksheets in Life Sciences

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Collection of coloring pages and worksheets featuring different areas of biology and fun facts. Print pages out to color or download and color online.