Career Day Reading Passages – Science Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions
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What is a scientist? Your students will love learning about careers in STEM and what each scientist job entails. These informational passages provide students with an opportunity to connect science and language arts. These articles can be used all year long or with specific career day exploration activities. Increase your students interest in science careers while reading and answering comprehension questions about the text. View the preview to see more about this engaging career day activity.
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What is a scientist? Your students will love learning about careers in STEM and what each scientist job entails. These informational passages provide students with an opportunity to connect science and language arts. These articles can be used all year long or with specific career day exploration activities. Increase your students interest in science careers while reading and answering comprehension questions about the text. View the preview to see more about this engaging career day activity.
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Careers in Science Informational Text Includes:
- 14 Science Career Informational Texts
- Reading Comprehension Questions for each Career
Careers Included:
• Archaeologist
• Astronomer
• Biochemist
• Botanist
• Climatologist
• Ecologist
• Forensic Scientist
• Geologist
• Laboratory Technician
• Marine Biologist
• Neuroscientist
• Oceanographer
• Pharmacologist
• Speleologist
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Emily S. –
This resource was a great way to infuse literacy into my science classroom and the passages are engaging to students.
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Dale VanWashenova –
Thank you for this outstanding and fun activity! The kids were engaged throughout!
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Anna T. –
My students completed these for homework after STEM classes. Great resource.
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Danielle P. –
These comprehension cards were amazing! My students enjoyed reading about so many new careers and were exposed to so many possibilities for future career paths.
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Marjorie H. –
This is a great resource. It is a great addition to my classroom.
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Jessica M. –
This is helping open my daughter’s eyes to different options in her future.
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Lindsey Motl –
Used this at the end of the year to round off all the topics we had learned about all year.
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Tara Brown –
This set of readings is perfect for my ESL class! Thank you so much for creating them. Love the variety! 🙂
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Emily A. –
My students loved working on these. It helped them use skills and strategies that they learned in class.
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Luz W. –
Some of my students are really interested in Science, this was a fun resource to add to their work. Thank you.
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Elementarywithjalyn –
So cute. Love discounted resources. Works wonders. Thank you!
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Tammy F. –
This is a great way to show students the many different careers in STEM.
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Alyssa B. –
Students and I enjoyed learning about some unique jobs within the field of science. Thank you!
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Judy F. –
My special needs student loves all things science. Se knows about some careers in science, but this resource exposes her to many she hasn’t encountered yet. Really nice resource.
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Surviving While Having Fun –
I love the idea behind these! It is great to expose the students to these types of careers! The students enjoyed learning about them!
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Morna F. –
Interesting reading passages and informative. My students are enjoying reading the passages. Thank you.
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Catherine R. –
Students enjoyed using this resource. They had a lot of fun while completing this resource.
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Caitlin M. –
My students enjoyed learning about the different careers in Science and STEM for our after-school program.
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Modern Language Academy –
I’m looking forward to using this resource with my students this fall!
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Cori W. –
This was perfect to expose students to multiple careers that involve science and stem
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Crystal W. –
Sometimes Science can be hard to get students to connect with. However, my students really enjoyed learning about different careers and how much you can actually do in the Science and STEM field.
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Two Love Bugs –
This is prepped and ready to be our introduction to STEM and its uses. I can’t wait to use it.
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Stacie O’Toole –
A great resource to leave as emergency substitute plans.
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Regina S. –
This is a great resource for students as they work on math.
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Jill C. –
Great resource. I usually leave these for substitutes. It’s an easy assignment, but the kids still learn something new.
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Lyn C. –
My parents loved this as much as their students. (This was used for homework).
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Made by Maddie –
Great resource to use with the kids for ELAR! They were engaging and students enjoyed them.
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Cynthia Vautrot – My Kind of Teaching –
This was a great addition to our homeschool.
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Sue A. –
My students enjoyed learning about the different careers.
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Wendy S. –
I used these with 3rd graders that needed a more of a challenge.
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melissa F. –
Very informative. Enjoyed how it describes various occupations in the science field
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Patricia B. –
This product was just what we needed for our classroom.
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Teaching on Caffeine and Hope –
These are super informative. I use them for homework.
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Amberly M. –
This was a great resource for students to be able to research careers within Science, quickly with the right amount of information
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KARRINA S. –
Left these as part of sub plans, it was easy for the sub to give out and for the students to complete. A fun way to tie in careers 🙂
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Amber R. –
this product is amazing.
my students had a blast with this.
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Traci D. –
This is a great resource to teach 5th graders. Low prep for me is a bonus!
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Amy C. –
I used this when I had to substitute for a fellow teacher’s reading class. It was very helpful, since I’m a math teacher!
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Meagan’s Corner –
This is a great product for third grade and up. I love the questions and this really is a great way to start Career Day and get students thinking about what kind of questions they would like to ask presenters.
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Kathryn C. –
I love this set! Most students don’t know about all of these jobs. It’s important to educate students of the options in the STEM world.
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Kristina P. –
I loved that there were plenty of careers that I was able to let my students choose what they wanted to learn about.
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