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Arctic & Polar Regions Reading Passages
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Meet emperor penguins, explore astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s work on Apollo 11, and read an argument about Wisconsin cheese. Look for a detail in each passage that helps explain how animals, people, or communities do their work.
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Penguin Awareness Day invites readers to learn about penguins and the waters and habitats around Antarctica. Compare emperor penguin parenting with details about the Southern Ocean and its seasonal changes.
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Museum Selfie Day falls on the third Wednesday of January. Look closely at a museum object, then read about a curious exhibit or a conservator’s work and write a label for an everyday object.
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Open collectionUse Preserving the Past: A Conversation with a Museum Conservator as related background or for comparison.
Read passageExplore the text’s purpose and structure.
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Explore a writer’s argument about Wisconsin’s cheese-making history.
Identify the author’s claim and the evidence used to support it.
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Buzz Aldrin was born on January 20, 1930. Read how he and Neil Armstrong collected samples and set up experiments on the Moon during Apollo 11.
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Find the Apollo 11 section and explain Aldrin’s work on the Moon.
Read passageRead another account of the astronauts’ time on the lunar surface.
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Start with the Apollo 11 section in The Race Beyond Earth. List two tasks Aldrin and Neil Armstrong did on the Moon, then explain how those tasks helped scientists learn about it. For another reading activity, compare the ways emperor penguins care for their chicks. If your edition shows Museum Selfie Day, try writing a caption that draws attention to one detail in an exhibit.
