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Ways to help at home, from reading together to routines.
- Inside the Hive with a Beekeeper: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about beekeeping for 8th grade, 262 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Mapping the Harbor Floor With Sound: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about hydrographic surveying for 8th grade, 258 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Interpreting at the Speed of a Speaker: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about language interpreters for 8th grade, 254 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why a Type Designer Draws the O Too Tall: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about type design for 8th grade, 276 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Rescuing a Painting Without Making It New: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about art conservation for 8th grade, 261 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Surveyor and the Missing Corner: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about land surveying for 8th grade, 266 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Headset Voice Behind Every Stage Cue: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about theater stage managers for 8th grade, 263 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Spinning Balls That Steered a Steam Engine: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the centrifugal governor for 8th grade, 268 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why Your Car Wheels Need to Disagree in a Turn: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the car differential for 8th grade, 275 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Weaving a Picture with Holes in Cards: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the Jacquard loom for 8th grade, 255 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- A Crushed Hood and Why That Is Good News: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about crumple zones in cars for 8th grade, 279 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How a Screen Knows Where Your Finger Is: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about capacitive touchscreens for 8th grade, 273 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Two Metals That Bend When They Warm Up: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the bimetallic strip for 8th grade, 268 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Quiet Float That Refills the Toilet Tank: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the toilet tank float valve for 8th grade, 299 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Greek Gear Box Pulled from a Shipwreck: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the Antikythera mechanism for 8th grade, 272 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Egg-Shaped Lobes That Time an Engine's Breathing: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the engine camshaft for 8th grade, 281 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Mail Shot Through Tubes Under the City Streets: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about pneumatic tube systems for 8th grade, 282 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why a Guitar Needs an Empty Box: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about resonance and sound boxes for 8th grade, 270 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Odd Water That Saves Pond Fish: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about why ice floats for 8th grade, 254 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Gaps That Keep Bridges From Buckling: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about heat and expansion for 8th grade, 261 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How Polarized Sunglasses Tame a Shiny Lake: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about polarized light and glare for 8th grade, 259 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why a Wet Finger Makes a Glass Sing: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about friction and resonance for 8th grade, 256 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How a Copier Paints With Static Electricity: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about static electricity in copiers for 8th grade, 254 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why Water Stays in a Spinning Salad Spinner: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about inertia and circular motion for 8th grade, 258 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.