This top 10 UNSOLVED mysteries in science reading and worksheet is the perfect middle school science sub plan!
Includes both PRINT and GOOGLE SLIDES options to assign!
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In this activity, students will:
- READ an article about 10 phenomena in science that have yet to be explained.
- DEFINE key terms using context clues from the reading.
- ANSWER text-dependent questions. All answers come from the text, so no prior knowledge is required!
Examples of unsolved mysteries included:
- How do placebos work? Fake treatments heal real illnesses – proof that belief alone can change the body. But how? We don’t know!
- Where is everybody? With billions of planets out there, why haven’t we found a single sign of alien life? This is the Fermi Paradox.
- What is consciousness? Billions of brain cells fire, yet we still don’t know how they create the inner world of “you.”
- Is time travel possible? Could wormholes or black holes let us slip into the past? According to Einstein, the answer is “theothetically, yes!”
- And lots more!
Teacher Notes:
- Includes an answer key.
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- Please note that this mysteries in science reading is not editable.
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