Reading Passages: Health & Applied Bioscience (FILLABLE PDF)
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Health & Applied Bioscience: Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions (FILLABLE PDF)
This very engaging and fillable collection of science reading passages about The Truth about Drinks, Green Tea, and Plastic in Medicine is designed to bridge the gap between science and literacy through strengthening reading comprehension and sparking scientific curiosity in middle school students. Each passage blends English Language Arts skills with accurate science content that supports NGSS classroom practice. Ideal for interdisciplinary learning in ELA and Science. Suitable for Grade 9 review, too!
These worksheets are designed as fillable PDFs, which means students can type their answers directly into the document on any computer or tablet. Each page includes highlighted text fields that show them exactly where to type!
What Is Included?
There are (3) informational passages:
The Truth About Drinks: Many popular drinks add a lot of sugar, caffeine, or artificial sweeteners without people noticing. Knowing what is in sports drinks, sodas, and energy drinks helps you choose water or low-sugar options more often.
Green Tea: Ancient Drink, Modern Science: Green tea comes from an old tradition, but today it is studied for its helpful plant chemicals. It can support alertness and health, but it works best as part of overall good habits, not as a magic drink.
Plastic in Medicine: From Everyday Uses to Life-Saving Care: Plastics made it easier to keep hospitals clean, since items like gloves, syringes, and IV tubes can be used once and thrown away. They also make medical tools lighter and safer, though all that single-use plastic has to be handled carefully.
Student Tasks for Each Passage:
5 multiple-choice questions targeting main idea, key details, inference, vocabulary in context, and use of evidence
5 vocabulary matching items with clear, student-friendly definitions
5 text-based questions that require citing specific lines or facts
1 summary prompt that asks students to condense central ideas accurately
Full answer key for every section
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Reading Passage Links:
Astronomy & Space Science
Volcanoes, Rocks, & Mountains
Rock Cycle, Soil, & Sinkholes
Mars, Glaciers, & Antarctica
Water Cycle, Acid Rain, & Wastewater
Insects, Animals, & Ecosystems
Bioluminescence & Insects
Animal Skin, Cats, & T. Rex
Human Body and Senses
Health & Applied Bioscience
Waves, Light, & Imaging
Electricity & Energy
Motion & Materials
Chemistry and Materials Science
How to Use These PDFs
Click on the highlighted area to start typing your answer.
Move to the next question by clicking in the next highlighted box.
When you are finished, close the document and select SAVE so your answers stay recorded.
If you want to keep a blank copy for later, choose Save As and give your completed version a new name.
Product Details
Length: 14 pages total
Grades: 6–8, also suitable for Grade 9 review
Use cases: close reading, stations, homework, intervention, test prep, and sub plans
Standards support: reinforces informational-text skills and supports NGSS-style sense making through observation, modeling, and clear use of claim, evidence, and reasoning
Why Teachers Choose This Set
Authentic science content paired with rigorous literacy practice
Consistent task structure across all passages for easier planning and smoother student routines
Clear, age-appropriate writing that builds confidence without oversimplifying
Use this set to reinforce ELA skills in science, to add literacy to your lessons, or to support independent work. The passages strengthen main idea, evidence use, vocabulary in context, inference, cause and effect, and summary writing. With ready-to-use assessments and complete answer keys, you can provide focused practice that is simple to run and fast to review.
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