Literacy in science

Here is a list of all of the skills that cover literacy in science! These skills are organized by grade, and you can move your mouse over any skill name to preview the skill. To start practicing, just click on any link. IXL will track your score, and the questions will automatically increase in difficulty as you improve!

Second-grade skills

  1. J.3 Pollinator: ruby-throated hummingbird
  2. J.4 Pollinator: Indian flying fox
  3. J.5 Pollinator: painted lady butterfly
  4. J.6 Seed disperser: Eurasian red squirrel
  5. J.7 Seed disperser: African elephant
  6. J.8 Seed disperser: common ostrich
  7. P.3 Changes to Earth's surface: earthquakes
  8. P.4 Changes to Earth's surface: volcanic eruptions
  9. P.5 Changes to Earth's surface: erosion

Third-grade skills

  1. K.5 Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou
  2. K.6 Benefits of group behavior: African wild dogs
  3. K.7 Benefits of group behavior: leaf-cutter ants
  4. U.4 Changes to Earth's surface: earthquakes
  5. U.5 Changes to Earth's surface: volcanic eruptions
  6. U.6 Changes to Earth's surface: erosion
  7. V.1 Solve problems using magnets
  8. V.2 Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding
  9. V.3 Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage

Fourth-grade skills

  1. W.1 Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding
  2. W.2 Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage

Fifth-grade skills

  1. Q.1 Science literacy: how can a community protect sea turtles?

Sixth-grade skills

  1. C.4 Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon!
  2. P.1 Organization in the human body: the heart and the circulatory system
  3. P.2 Science literacy: how does the nervous system produce phantom pain?
  4. R.1 How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim
  5. V.5 Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island
  6. W.1 Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem
  7. W.2 Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions
  8. DD.3 Use data to explain climate change

Seventh-grade skills

  1. C.4 Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon!
  2. P.1 Organization in the human body: the heart and the circulatory system
  3. P.2 Science literacy: how does the nervous system produce phantom pain?
  4. R.1 How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim
  5. V.5 Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island
  6. W.1 Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem
  7. W.2 Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions
  8. DD.3 Use data to explain climate change

Eighth-grade skills

  1. C.4 Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon!
  2. P.1 Organization in the human body: the heart and the circulatory system
  3. P.2 Science literacy: how does the nervous system produce phantom pain?
  4. R.1 How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim
  5. V.5 Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island
  6. W.1 Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem
  7. W.2 Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions
  8. DD.3 Use data to explain climate change