Engineering Reading Passages + Google Forms - Rockets, Batteries, Starlink 9-12

Five original nonfiction reading passages on the engineering behind five technologies in the news: rockets that land and fly again, lithium-ion batteries, satellite internet, re-entry heat shields, and batteries for the power grid. Each passage explains the physics and includes one calculation question, and where a passage uses a company's cost or performance figure, it says who reported it. Each passage has eight questions, and a full answer key is included. Print the passages, or assign them in Google Forms.

• 5 original nonfiction passages, each on its own page

• 8 comprehension questions per passage (40 total): recall, main idea, vocabulary in context, cite-evidence, and inference

• Combined answer key + a standards page

• Hand out the reading first, then the questions (or print two-sided)

• PDF, US Letter, low-ink, two-sided printable; Grades 9-12