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“Looking for a clear and engaging way to teach students about how Earth’s surface moves and changes? These science reading comprehension passages help students build a strong understanding of plate tectonics, including how tectonic boundaries like convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and transform boundaries form mountains, earthquakes, and ocean trenches, and how seafloor spreading and fossil evidence support the theory of continental drift.
They’re a great resource for any teacher looking to support student learning in Earth and Space Science. With easy-to-understand explanations, note-taking templates, leveled comprehension worksheets, and task cards, this resource helps students deepen their understanding of Earth’s internal processes through reading, writing, and discussion. Perfect for integrating Common Core Literacy into your NGSS MS ESS2 Earth’s systems curriculum!
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These MS-ESS2-3 plate tectonics, tectonic boundaries, seafloor spreading, and continental drift science reading comprehension passages and worksheets cover topics such as:
✅ How the theory of plate tectonics explains movement of Earth’s crust
✅ Types of tectonic boundaries and how they cause earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation
✅ How seafloor spreading and fossils support continental drift
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✎ Print and digital versions included
What is included in these MS-ESS2-3 plate tectonics, tectonic boundaries, seafloor spreading, and continental drift science reading comprehension passages and worksheets:
3 Expository reading passages (Print and digital):
- Plate Tectonics: Types of Boundaries
- Seafloor spreading, subduction, and plate tectonics
- Fossils, Continents, and Plate Tectonics
3 Note-taking templates for each passage (Print and digital)
3 Worksheets to assess student comprehension (Print and digital)
Answer keys for all worksheets
4 Task cards to extend learning beyond the readings (Print and digital)
Lesson design guide with tips for differentiation in your classroom
Students will explore how the movement of tectonic plates reshapes Earth’s surface, what happens at convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries, and how geological evidence like rock patterns and fossils proves that continents have moved over time. After reading, students apply their knowledge with leveled comprehension questions and extend their learning with task cards. These resources are perfect for the Explain phase of the 5E model.
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