edHelper.com
 Making History at the PHC

Making History at the PHC
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 6 to 7
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   6.6

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    airlock, cataloged, finding, best, undertake, disprove, historic, beating, various, anticipate, cargo, conference, level, prove, docking, structure
     content words:    Permanent Human Colony

Print Making History at the PHC
     Print Making History at the PHC  (font options, pick words for additional puzzles, and more)

Quickly Print - PDF format
     Quickly Print: PDF (2 columns per page)
     Quickly Print: PDF (full page)

Quickly Print - HTML format
     Quickly Print: HTML

Proofreading Activity
     Print a proofreading activity

Feedback on Making History at the PHC
     Leave your feedback on Making History at the PHC  (use this link if you found an error in the story)

Making History at the PHC
By Mary Lynn Bushong 		  
1     The excitement level at the PHC was higher than Tim had ever seen it. Everyone was talking about the new acquisition, and everyone had an opinion. Tim had just heard about it at school that day, and he couldn't wait to ask his dad about it.
 
2     Tim's dad was the director of the PHC which was short for Permanent Human Colony. This facility was an ocean-floor living and research structure. Tim and his family had lived and worked here for a long time. Several families lived here. Most of the adults were marine biologists. They did research at the PHC so that they could learn how to protect the ocean and the animals that lived there. Some of the best marine biologists and ocean research scientists in the world worked at the PHC.
 
3     That is why, when news broke that a fossil had just been found that was believed to be a prehistoric whale, everyone was excited. Fossils similar to this had been found before, so just the fact that a new fossil was found was not such a big deal. What did cause a stir was that the fossil was being brought to the PHC in order to be studied.
 
4     Tim had heard rumors that this fossil could also be very special. It was believed to be one of the largest ever found. If that proved to be true, it could fill in some of the gaps in the fossil record and help to prove or disprove many theories.
 
5     The fossil had actually been found not far from the PHC. That was one of the reasons why the decision was made to bring it here. Also, the fact that some of the best scientists were already assembled at the PHC didn't hurt, either.

Paragraphs 6 to 13:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable
Weekly Reading Books

          Create Weekly Reading Books

Prepare for an entire week at once!

More Lessons
             Science Fiction Reading Comprehension Books

More Activities, Lesson Plans, and Worksheets


Back to School
Graphic Organizers
Alphabet Worksheets
Sight Words
Math Worksheets
Mazes
50 States

Monthly Themes
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Fractions
Place Value
Time and Calendar
Money
Earth Day
Solar System
Analogies
Nouns
Following Directions
Listening
Capitalization
Cursive Writing
Patterns and Sequencing
Dinosaurs
All About Me

Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Sixth Grade
Multiplication
Division
Main Idea
Cause and Effect
Measurement
Decimals
Rounding
Order of Operations
Verbs
Community Helpers
Adjectives
Plants
Grammar
Addition and Subtraction
Contractions
Bulletin Board Ideas
Word Searches
Crossword Puzzles
Printable Puzzles

Reading Comprehension
Reading Skills
English Language Arts



Copyright © 2011 edHelper