This reading comprehension activity, ‘Aliens in Lake Victoria’, asks students answer comprehension questions on a text about Lake Victoria.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Dino Eggs by the Dozen’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the discovery of dinosaur eggs.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Dino Eggs by the Dozen’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the discovery of dinosaur eggs.
This science article, ‘Exploring the Oceans’ features oceanographers and the different ways to explore the ocean. It provides factual information about submersibles, scuba diving and glass-bottom boats. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and geographical awareness in an engaging manner.
This short nonfiction text ‘F: Fossil’ features important factual background information relating to fossils and an important fossil discovery in South Africa in 2012. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of significant artefacts and discoveries associated with South Africa and also features an activity for students to practise their handwriting.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Hello! Anybody Out There?’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about aliens from outer space.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘See Africa by Bike’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a bike trip across East Africa.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘See Africa by Bike’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a bike trip across East Africa.
This reading comprehension activity ‘Shipwrecked in Antarctica’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on Ernest Shackleton’s trip to Antarctica.
This history article, ‘The Bone Wars’ features the two American paleontologists Othniel C. Marsh and Charles Drinker Cope. It provides factual information about the intense rivalry between these two scientists, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Fossil Finder’, is available at three different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to read a story and answer comprehension questions about a palaeontologist.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘The Man Who Dreamed Questions’, features a poem about the American scientist and botanist George Washington Carver. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about cause and effect, figurative language, making a judgment, characteristics of poetry, word meaning, comparison/contrast, and reasoning. Answer sheet …More
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