Level 3 |
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Topic |
Reading Skill |
*Science* |
*Social Studies* | |||
Unit 1
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Metal Detectors |
Main Idea |
Metal detector & Scanners: How they work |
How CT scans help the military | ||
Unit 2
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Respiration |
Facts & Details |
How the human body breathes |
Breathing problems in large cities | ||
Unit 3
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Ships |
Sequence of Events |
Ship design |
America's Cup: Cutting- edge boat design | ||
Unit 4
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Avalanches |
Cause & Effect |
Anatomy of an avalanche |
How to stop avalanches | ||
Unit 5
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Alternative Fuel |
Compare & Contrast |
Choosing between alternative fuels |
Hybrid cars vs. Electric cars | ||
Unit 6
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Forensics |
Inference |
Examining forensic evidence |
The C.S.I effect | ||
Unit 7
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Continent |
Analyzing Language |
Continental drift: How the Earth moves |
One giant continent | ||
Unit 8
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Inventions |
Writer's Purpose |
Inventing the post-it note |
The secret of Velcro | ||
Unit 9
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Mummy |
Recognizing Coherence |
How Egyptian mummies were made |
The mummy's curse | ||
Unit 10
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Clouding Seeding |
Drawing Conclusions |
How to make it rain |
Criticism of cloud seeding |