Why are some people fascinated by space?
Close Reading Pack, Grade 6, Informational Text
In this Close Reading Pack, students read nonfiction passages about how telescopes and space probes have expanded and changed our understanding of objects in space. Students must read closely to locate evidence to support an answer to the Key Question.
Student Resources
Student Passages
Jupiter: King of the Solar System
Low
The Helix Nebula
Medium
It's a Galaxy, Not a Nebula
Medium
Life on Mars?
High
Connecting Passage
Here Comes Halley's...Again
Medium