Earth’s Formation Reading and Worksheet

In this Earth’s Formation reading, students learn about the formation of Earth from a cloud of dust and are introduced to how early Earth changed over time. The middle school-level article focuses on the changes to early Earth itself, not the geologic time scale. Applicable in several units: NGSS MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS1-6.

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In this activity, students will:

• READ the article “History of the Earth”
• ANSWER 11 text-dependent questions (no prior knowledge required)
• COMPLETE a simple timeline from information in the text

This resource includes:

• 2-page informational text
• 2-page of text-dependent questions

You may also be interested in our similar Formation of the Universe and Solar System Reading.

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