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Emergency Sub Plans for Any Science Classroom is a ready-to-use resource designed for 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade students to enhance scientific literacy and reading comprehension. This collection includes 22 engaging articles covering 11 science disciplines, such as animal interactions, environmental science, health, physics, chemistry, space, and energy production. Each article is paired with a variety of comprehension questions, including knowledge-based, analytical, and application-based prompts.
Being sick is tough and the 6 am prep while you're not feeling well can be even worse. Simply download, print, or upload to your class site, and your students will stay engaged with meaningful, skill-building activities—no prep required! Each article comes with a reading and questions to keep your students engaged in whatever you're already teaching.
Your Emergency Sub Plan Bundle Includes:
✅ 22 Science Articles Across 11 Topics – Covering key concepts in animal interactions, environmental science, health, physics, chemistry, space, and more.
✅ Comprehension Questions for Each Article – Includes knowledge-based, analytical, and application questions to test students' understanding.
✅ Google Classroom & Distance Learning Ready – Assign articles digitally with just a click—works with Google Drive, Microsoft Word, and PDF formats.
✅ Perfect for Sub Plans & Extra Assignments – Great for emergency absences, early finishers, extra credit, or skill reinforcement.
✅ Answer Key Included – Easily assess student work with provided answers.
Topics & Articles Included
- Animal Interactions – Why Bees Are Important, Animal Adaptations
- Environmental Science – Oil Spills and Their Consequences, Why Leaves Change Color in the Fall
- Health & Wellbeing – How Protective Equipment Keeps You Safe, Exercise and Its Importance for Health
- Illness – The Common Cold, Coronavirus and COVID-19
- Natural Disasters – Earthquakes, Tornadoes
- Weather – How Weather Works, Thunderstorms
- Earth Science – Why is the Sky Blue?, Plate Tectonics
- Space – The Northern and Southern Lights, The Limitations of Space Travel
- Energy Production – Solar Electricity Production, Fossil Fuel Energy Production
- Physics – How Do Ships Float?, Simple Machines
- Chemistry – The Chemistry of Cooking, The Chemistry of Dyeing Hair
How They Work
- Choose the article you want your students to complete based on what you’re teaching - 22 different topics across 11 science disciplines.
- Download & Assign Digitally – Works with Google Classroom, Word, and PDF. No prep required!
- Students Read & Answer Questions – A 45-60 minute independent activity.
The following articles are included:
Animal Interactions
- Why Bees Are Important
- Animal Adaptations
Environment
- Oil Spills and Their Consequences
- Why Leaves Change Color In The Fall
Health and Wellbeing
- How Protective Equipment Keeps You Safe
- Exercise and its Importance for Health
Illness
- The Common Cold
- Coronavirus and COVID-19
Natural Disasters
- Earthquakes
- Tornadoes
Weather
- How Weather Works
- Thunderstorms
Earth Sciences
- Why is the Sky Blue?
- Plate Tectonics
Space
- The Northern and Southern Lights
- The Limitations of Space Travel
Energy Production
- Solar Electricity Production
- Fossil Fuel Energy Production
Physics
- How Do Ships Float?
- Simple Machines
Chemistry
- The Chemistry of Cooking
- Chemistry of Dyeing Hair
Why You'll Love This Resource
- Saves You Time – Ready to use in minutes, eliminating 6 AM prep stress.
- Boosts Scientific Literacy – Helps students strengthen reading comprehension and analysis skills while covering key science topics.
- Flexible Use – Assign for sub plans, early finishers, extra credit, or independent study.
- Compatible with Any Learning Environment – Works for in-class, remote learning, or hybrid settings.
Google Classroom and Distance Learning Ready
- This resource is perfect for in-class or distance learning and integrates seamlessly with Google Classroom.
- Automatically creates a copy of the reading and puts it directly into your Google Drive with a single click.
- Purchase --> Open --> Click --> Assign to your students
- The reading also includes a Microsoft Word and PDF version.
The Problems You Face
- Not having the time to properly teach scientific literacy (disciplinary literacy) or improve your students reading comprehension and analysis skills.
- Some students work faster than others and you would like an interesting extension activity for your faster-moving students to keep them learning and engaged.
The Solution
This fully editable, NO PREP reading comprehension article is composed of relevant, applicable, and engaging reading activities which can be used to:
• introduce your topic
• improve your student's literacy skills
• improve your students reading comprehension and scientific literacy skills
• improve your students' analysis skills
• provide an extension activity to students who move at a faster pace
• provide extra credit to students in need
• measure your student's literacy skills
Furthermore, this resource works very well as an emergency substitute plan as it will keep your students on task and focused while you are away.
This resource will take your students between 45-60 minutes to complete and includes a variety of questions. An answer key is also included for your reference.
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The Common Cold Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th GradeTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about The Common Cold. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:What is the common cold?What causes the
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The Coronavirus & COVID Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions 6th, 7th, 8thTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about the Coronavirus and COVID. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:What is the Coronavirus and C
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Protective Equipment Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions | 6th, 7th, 8thTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about How Protective Equipment Keeps You Safe. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.This resource covers the following t
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Animal Adaptations Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th GrTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Animal Adaptations. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- What are adaptations- The differen
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Oil Spills and Their Consequences Reading and Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th GradeTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Oil Spills and Their Consequences. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- a case study of the
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Why Leaves Change Color In The Fall - Reading Comprehension | 6th, 7th, 8thTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Why Leaves Change Color In The Fall. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- Green leaves- Pho
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Earthquakes Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th GradeTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Earthquakes. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- How earthquakes work- The dangers of eart
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Tornadoes Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th GradeTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Tornadoes. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.Buyer Comments: - "Great Resource!" - "Saved me on a sub day, than
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How Weather Works Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8thTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about How Weather Works. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- Weather- Kinds of weather- What cau
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Thunderstorms Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th GradeTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Thunderstorms. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- What is a thunderstorm?- What causes th
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Why is the Sky Blue? Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th GTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Why is the Sky Blue?. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.Buyer Comments: - "Thank you for sharing! This was eas
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Tectonic Plates Species Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions 6th, 7th, 8thTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Tectonic Plates. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- What are plate tectonics?- What are t
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The Northern and Southern Lights Reading Comprehension & Questions 6th, 7th, 8thTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about The Northern and Southern Lights. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- Northern and Souther
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The Limitations of Space Travel Reading Comprehension & Questions 6th, 7th, 8thTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about The Limitations of Space Travel. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.Buyer Comment: "Great Article! Used it for t
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Solar Electricity Production Reading Comprehension & Questions 6th, 7th, 8thTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Solar Electricity Production. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- Renewable energy- The Su
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Fossil Fuel Energy Production Reading Comprehension & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8thTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Fossil Fuel Energy Production. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.Buyer Comment: "Fantastic activity"The readin
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How Do Ships Float? Reading & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th | Buoyancy, DensityTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about How Do Ships Float?. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- Density vs mass vs volume vs weig
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Simple Machines Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8th GradeTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Simple Machines. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- What are simple machines?- Levers- In
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The Chemistry of Cooking Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th 7th 8thTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Chemistry of Cooking. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- The reason we cook food- Cooking
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Chemistry of Dyeing Hair Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions 6th, 7th, 8thTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Chemistry of Dyeing Hair. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:- Hair- How does hair dye work
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Exercise and Health Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions | 6th, 7th, 8thTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Exercise and it's Importance for Your Health. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The reading looks at:What exerc
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Why Bees Are Important Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions | 6th, 7th, 8thTackle literacy and science by having your students read and answer questions from a scientific article about Why Bees Are Important. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, application, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- The body of a bee- Bees help t
Standards
- NGSS MS-PS1-2
- Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
- NGSS MS-PS1-4
- Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
- NGSS MS-PS3-1
- Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.
- NGSS MS-PS3-2
- Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
- NGSS MS-PS3-3
- Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
- NGSS MS-LS1-4
- Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.
- NGSS MS-LS2-1
- Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
- NGSS MS-LS2-2
- Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
- NGSS MS-LS2-4
- Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
- NGSS MS-LS4-1
- Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
- NGSS MS-LS4-2
- Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
- NGSS MS-LS4-4
- Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
- NGSS MS-LS4-5
- Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
- NGSS MS-ESS1-2
- Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
- NGSS MS-ESS1-4
- Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history.
- NGSS MS-ESS2-2
- Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.
- NGSS MS-ESS2-3
- Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
- NGSS MS-ESS2-5
- Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
- NGSS MS-ESS2-6
- Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
- NGSS MS-ESS3-1
- Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
- NGSS 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.
- NGSS MS-ESS3-3
- Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
- NGSS MS-ETS1-3
- Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.
- NGSS MS-ETS1-4
- Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
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