Sciensanity

Have your class explore viruses, myths, and history in one 368-word passage while you check their reading skills! This quick read explores the intersection of mythology and reality, specifically the relationship between the werewolf, rabies, magic, and biology. the passage discusses the ancient origins of the werewolf myth, how it endures through pop culture today, how rabies may account for the myth, and how rabies spreads. (Don't worry; the passage also explains how rare rabies is today so stu

Have your class explore how viruses infect cells through a brief passage and infographic while you check their reading skills! This quick read explores the unique state of viruses between living and nonliving, then explores the details of how they infect cells through an engaging infographic. Assess multiple modes of reading, explore the unique state of viruses, and explore the mechanism of viral infection all in one brief exercise. Quick, rigorous, and engaging—it has everything you need for a

Have your class explore viruses and our immune response while you check their reading skills! This 307 word quick read explores viruses, how they pass from one organism to another, and how our own immune response makes us feel awful while we fight the infection. Quick, rigorous, and engaging—it has everything you need for a fast, authentic assessment. The assessment includes questions on main idea, literal comprehension, inference, word knowledge, and supporting details. Check out the preview! R

Teach your students about two fundamental concepts in physics (light speed and a light year) while you check their reading skills! This 378 word quick read explores the concept that every object in the night sky allows us to time travel into the past. Light can take, hundred, thousands, even millions of years to reach us from distant stars and galaxies. This lets us view them as they were long ago, and by exploring light speed and a light year, students will know why. Succinct and engaging, this

Teach your students about two keys to life floating in our atmosphere while you check their reading skills! This 268 word quick read explores air as a homogeneous mixture that contains two key gases to life on earth: oxygen and carbon dioxide. Students will also learn the chemical composition of each molecule, including a small graphic of each. Succinct and engaging, this passage is a quick way to check reading comprehension and word study while sneaking in some science concepts! The assessment

Teach your students the science of ecosystems while you check their reading skills! This short passage with food web infographic explores food webs and their role in an ecosystem. The passage serves as an introduction to the food web infographic, and students answer questions about how the sun's energy spreads through the ecosystem outlined in the food web. This resource is a great way to promote critical thinking, multi-mode reading skills (text and graphics), and science content knowledge wit

Teach your students the science of ecosystems while you check their reading skills! This 232 word quick read with mini infographics explores food chains and their role in an ecosystem. Succinct and engaging, this passage is a quick way to check reading comprehension and word study... while sneaking in some science concepts! The assessment includes questions on main idea, comprehension, and word knowledge. Check out the preview! Resource includes: 232 word reading passage5 question mini quiz tha

Teach your students the science of ecosystems while you check their reading skills! This 290 word quick read explores decomposers and their role in an ecosystem. Succinct and engaging, this passage is a quick way to check reading comprehension and word study while sneaking in some science concepts! The assessment includes questions on main idea, comprehension, and word knowledge. Check out the preview! Resource includes: 272 word reading passage5 question mini quiz that tests knowledge of suppo

Teach your students the science of ecosystems while you check their reading skills! This 290 word quick read explores producers and consumers and their role in an ecosystem. Succinct and engaging, this passage is a quick way to check reading comprehension and word study... even while sneaking in some science concepts! The assessment includes questions on main idea, comprehension, and word knowledge. Check out the preview! Resource includes: 290 word reading passage5 question mini quiz that test

Your students will love this engaging passage that answers the question, "What is light?" The article explores the electromagnetic spectrum, wavelengths, and why we see waves on the visible spectrum, but not other types of waves. The article is filled with colorful graphics and ends with an infographic about the electromagnetic spectrum. The passage and infographics are a great way to combine science content knowledge of energy and light with reading skills. The packet includes activities that

Give your students a reading check up with this 267 word quick read about the the importance of phytoplankton to life on earth in three succinct, lively paragraphs. The assessment includes questions on main idea, comprehension, and word knowledge. Check out the preview! Resource includes: 267 word reading passage5 question mini quiz that tests main idea, comprehension skills, and word knowledgeAnswer keyConvenient one page payout5th grade reading level, but appropriate for other grades, includin

Give your students a reading check up with this 277-word quick read about the black widow and brown recluse—North America's poisonous spiders. Your kids will love it! This short passage compares these two fabled arachnids in three succinct, lively paragraphs. The assessment includes questions on text structure, comprehension, and word knowledge. Check out the preview! Resource includes: 277 word reading passage5 question mini quiz that tests text structure (organizational pattern), comprehension

Do your students need a reading check up? Use this quick read (217 words) to combine science with reading comprehension. Students learn about the three laws of motion and answer five questions that review comprehension skills and word knowledge. Resource includes: 217 word reading passage5 question mini quiz that tests comprehension skills (main idea, details, text features) and word knowledgeAnswer keyConvenient one page payout5th grade reading level, but appropriate for other grades, including

Have your students practice precise lab measurement skills by finding the volume of irregularly shaped objects using the displacement method. This is a great way to tie in a math unit on the volume of rectangular prisms with lab skills and scientific thinking. This resource includes everything you need. Just collect your supplies, introduce, and go! This lab includes: Background article that defines volume and explains the length × width × height formula for rectangular prisms, including a visua

Cover language arts AND science with this content specific passage! The passage explores the importance of data, what constitutes good scientific data, and the difference between qualitative and quantitative data. Students can interact with the text in several ways; you choose how and how much. Here is what's included: 576-word reading passage that explores the importance of data and the difference between qualitative and quantitative dataInfographics that visually explain the difference between

Have your students learn how to use questioning, form hypotheses, tell the difference between independent and dependent variables, why constants are so important, and many other scientific investigation skills with this fun activity and lab Students will form hypotheses about how fast they can pass different types of balls around a circle, then actually perform the experiment as a group activity. It is a fun way to get students out of their seats and learning kinetically. Students then collect d

Have your students form hypotheses and use questioning, observations, and conclusions to see if they were correct with this simple, but rigorous lab. Students will make hypotheses about what is in each mystery box based on each box's size. Then, they will complete their observations by using all five of their senses, refining their hypotheses, and later seeing if each hypothesis was correct. Students will then use what they've learned to connect these concepts to the real world. How does observi

Have your students study science AND language arts with this introduction to matter. The passage explores the basics of matter--what is (stuff) and how atoms form its basic building blocks. The passage also touches on the structure of the atom, but this is kept to an age-appropriate level (3rd - 6th). This passage and its infographics are a great way to combine science content knowledge of matter with reading skills. The packet includes activities that explore text structure, questioning, word s

Use this short poem as a way to solidify students' knowledge of the atom, introduce or review figurative language, and think critically about language and the world of science. This short lyrical (though unrhymed) poem uses meter, alliteration, and other poetic devices to explore the atomic "family." But it primarily focuses on hyperbole, metaphor, and personification, and how figurative language can bring writing alive. And--BONUS--students can cut out and paste the figurative language definiti

Give your student a study guide they'll actually WANT to review. This matter study guide covers everything your upper elementary student needs to know about matter in an engaging, visual format with relevant text plus graphics that illustrate each concept. Here's what it covers: Atoms and the parts of an atomThe electron "cloud"Electron shells and the electromagnetic forceElements, compounds, and molecules, and what makes one element different from anotherWhat is meant by the word "particle"Solu