Support your students' scientific literacy with the Natural Disasters NGSS Informational Text Guided Reading Comprehension Activity!

This guided reading activity makes it easy to integrate literacy and science while helping students understand the real-world issue of natural disasters and the technologies scientists use to predict them with an informational text titled “What is the Yellowstone Supervolcano?”

Designed for middle school science and NGSS-aligned classrooms, this activity gives students the opportunity to practice critical reading and comprehension skills while building science knowledge. After reading, students will respond to comprehension questions that reinforce key vocabulary, improve reading skills, and support mastery of science standards. These comprehension questions include:

⚗️ What is the Yellowstone Supervolcano?

⚗️ What would the Immediate and Long-Term Effects of its Eruption be?

⚗️ How can Scientists use Technology to Predict and Prepare for Disasters?

This informational text addresses the following NGSS Standards:

MS.ESS3.2 - Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.

Purchase includes a PDF Packet with a 1-page Reading Passage about Natural Disasters, 2 pages of Short Answer Questions, a 2-page Answer Key, and a 3-page Digital Version (Google Slides).

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