This four-page worksheet gives students a chance to engage deeply with a rigorous nonfiction text about government funding for space exploration.

Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

Discover the science experiment that tested whether humans could survive in an isolated ecosystem in this fascinating passage!

Learn about how the satellites that orbit the Earth impact people’s lives in this informational passage!

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, students dig deeper into the poem referenced throughout the novel: Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

Visit the crashing waters of the mighty Iguazú Falls in this middle school passage!

Read all about the origins of Oregon’s fascinating Wizard Island in this engaging passage!

Explore a remarkable example of Maya engineering with this sixth through eighth grade nonfiction reading worksheet.