Fun Fungi Reading for Middle School

Engaging fungi reading for middle school!  This fungus article lets students get to know FUNGI in a high-interest way.

Includes both PRINT and GOOGLE SLIDES versions!

In this activity, students will:

• READ “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” which highlights how fungi are beneficial (medicines, decomposers, etc.), harmful (diseases, etc.), and how varied they can look.
• ORGANIZE information from the text in a simple table.
• COMPLETE a claims/evidence/reasoning section to finish the statement “The most important use of fungi is…”.
• ANSWER several text-dependent questions.

Teacher Notes:

• You may also be interested in our Get to Know Decomposers Activity.
• Answer key included.
• Perfect as a sub plan!
• Please note: this fungi reading for middle school is not editable.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-LS2-2: Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
• NGSS MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.