Energy – Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Do your students glaze over during reading time?
Struggling with vocabulary retention?
Noticing shorter and shorter attention spans year after year?

If you’re nodding “yes” to any of these, this energy reading is here to save the day!

 

Reading comprehension doesn’t have to be boring or overwhelming—and it doesn’t belong only in the ELA classroom! Every teacher can support literacy with the right tools (and a little bit of fun!). Just model, read together, annotate, and let those meaningful discussions begin!

 

I created this line of reading resources to make your life easier and your students more confident readers.

 

Each passage is:

• ✔️ Clear and engaging
• ✔️ Written at a grade 6–8 reading level
• ✔️ Paired with thoughtful, rigorous questions that ask students to predict, reflect, connect, and think critically

 

Whether you’re using it for pre-reading, homework, review, or to support absent students—this resource has the flexibility you need to fit your teaching style.

 

Let’s get those students reading, writing, and building vocabulary—without all the prep stress!

 

Topics covered in this Energy Worksheet include:

• Kinetic & Potential Energy
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Heat
• Sound
• Mechanical
• Gravitational
• Electromagnetic
• Electric
• Nuclear
• Elastic
• Chemical
• Thermal

 

Who is this resource for?

This resource can be used by classroom teachers, tutors, and parents of students in grades 6-9. It comprehensively covers the mentioned topics, and includes several comprehension and extension questions that will lock in learning.

 

How Can I Use this Energy Worksheet?

• Emergency sub plans
• Flipped classroom pre-reading
• Whole/small group modeling of close reading
• Independent workstations or homework
• Extension activities for early finishers
• Choice boards
• Interactive notebooks (mini-booklet or annotation style)
• Reteaching for students needing extra support
• Make-up work for absent students

 

What’s Included?

• PDF File
• Google Slides Digital Version (for assigning through your learning management system)
• Audio Version
• Plain Text Google Doc (for translation purposes)
• Link to editable PPT/Keynote version of file (for making edits)
• Answer Key

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After your purchase, you will download a printable PDF file in color. On page 2, you will find links to all the files mentioned above.

Please look at the preview file to see more of this resource.

 

What’s Next?

If you enjoy this resource, consider checking out some of my other guided readings! Or submit a request for a topic you’d like to see in a future product.

 

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NGSS Standards covered by this Energy Worksheet:

MS-PS3-1 Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object. Emphasis is on descriptive relationships between kinetic energy and mass separately from kinetic energy and speed. Examples could include riding a bicycle at different speeds, rolling different sizes of rocks downhill, and getting hit by a wiffle ball versus a tennis ball.

MS-PS3-2 Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system. Emphasis is on relative amounts of potential energy, not on calculations of potential energy. Examples of objects within systems interacting at varying distances could include: the Earth and either a roller coaster cart at varying positions on a hill or objects at varying heights on shelves, changing the direction/orientation of a magnet, and a balloon with static electrical charge being brought closer to a classmate’s hair. Examples of models could include representations, diagrams, pictures, and written descriptions of systems. Assessment is limited to two objects and electric, magnetic, and gravitational interactions.

MS-PS3-4 Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer. Examples of devices could include an insulated box, a solar cooker, and a Styrofoam cup. Assessment does not include calculating the total amount of thermal energy transferred.

MS-PS3-5 Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object. Examples of empirical evidence used in arguments could include an inventory or other representation of the energy before and after the transfer in the form of temperature changes or motion of object. Assessment does not include calculations of energy.