Weird & Wonderful Jellyfish - Facts & Activities

Weird & Wonderful Jellyfish - Facts & Activities

Black and white, great for science class, summer/nature camps, or environmental studies.



Students explore fun facts about jellyfish—how they move, eat, and help scientists monitor ocean health—through an interactive reading passage, comprehension questions, and fill-in-the-blank activities. Perfect for science centers, literacy stations, sub plans, or cross-curricular lessons.

• Coloring
• Fill in the Blank - with Word Bank
• Maze
• Fun Facts about how they are important to the ecosystem, how they travel, and more

Why Teachers Love It:

• Combines life science and reading comprehension
• Quick prep; print and go
• Works great for grades 3–5, but easily adaptable for younger or older learners

Standards Alignment

NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards):

• 3-LS4-3: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
• 3-LS4-4: Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there change.
• 4-LS1-1: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
• 5-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth’s resources and environment.

CCSS (English Language Arts – Informational Text):

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1 / RI.4.1 / RI.5.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2 / RI.4.2 / RI.5.2: Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.4 / RI.4.4 / RI.5.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4 / RF.4.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.