Holiday Science Fun Facts Article and Worksheet Bundle

Students read a holiday-themed science fun facts article and learn the science behind them. Every resource includes both print and Google Slides versions!

REAL SCIENCE and REAL FUN for:

• Halloween
• Thanksgiving
• Winter/Christmas (snow facts)
• Valentine’s Day
• St. Patrick’s Day

In each activity, students will:

• READ an engaging article with funny and interesting holiday-themed facts and the science that explains them.
• ANSWER text-dependent reading comprehension questions. No prior knowledge is required – all the information needed to answer the questions comes from the text.

For example, did you know?

• From Halloween Science Facts: Decorator crabs wear costumes, too! They dress themselves in materials from their surroundings to camouflage themselves.
• From Thanksgiving Science Facts: Paleontologists refer to Thanksgiving as “Dinosaur Dissection Day” because birds are the closest relatives to theropods, two-legged dinosaurs.
• From Snow Science Facts: The most people to ever participate in a snowball fight was 7681. Snowballs are considered kirn, a compacted ice.
• From Valentine’s Day Science Facts: Humans aren’t the only creatures to give partners gifts. Many species of animals give their partners gifts, too!
• From St. Patrick’s Day Science Facts: Ireland was once a part of two different continents until plate movements pushed them together.
• Plus many, many more for each holiday!

Teacher Notes:

• Answer keys are always included.
• Please note: each science fun facts article in this bundle is not editable.
• Despite being holiday-related, these resources do not include any religious references and are suitable for public schools.
• Go paperless! Use the included digital Google Slides versions!
• Find all of our holiday science resources HERE!