Thanksgiving Science Reading: Fun Facts Explained

This Thanksgiving science reading is the perfect NO PREP activity to have some holiday fun while still covering science!

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Includes both print and Google Slides versions!

In this activity, students will:

• READ an engaging article with interesting facts related to Thanksgiving themes and the science behind them.
• ANSWER text-dependent reading comprehension questions.

For example, did you know?

• Paleontologists refer to Thanksgiving as “Dinosaur Dissection Day” because birds are the closest relatives to theropods, two-legged dinosaurs.
• We might not have squash on the Thanksgiving table if it weren’t for mastodon poop in the Pleistocene epoch.
• Eating too many sweet potatoes can turn your skin orange! It’s called carotenemia.
• Plus many more!

Teacher Notes:

• No prior knowledge required! All needed info is included.
• Answer key included.
• Please note: this Thanksgiving science reading is not editable.
• Go paperless! Use the included digital Google Slides version!
• Search all of our Thanksgiving science HERE!