CommonLit
Common Lit: "Let's See What You're Made Of" by Bird Brain Science
This informational, scientific text explains how cells, the smallest unit of a living organism, make up every living thing in the world. As you read, take notes on the comparisons used in the text to explain how cells work. [Free account...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Is the Coldest Thing in the World?
Lina Marieth Hoyos explains how low temperatures give scientists a window into the inner workings of matter, and allow engineers to build incredibly sensitive instruments that tell us more about the universe.
Read Works
Read Works: Ancient Greece Greek Mythology
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Greek mythology. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works
Read Works: Food for Energy [Pdf]
This informational text passage explains how living things get energy from their food. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Half Life and Radioactive Dating
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains radioactive dating, how it works, and how carbon-14 is used to date the remains of living things.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Self Assembly: The Power of Organizing the Unorganized
From something as familiar as our bodies to things vast as the formation of galaxies, we can observe the process of self-assembly, or when unordered parts come together in an organized structure. Skylar Tibbits explains how we see...