Exploring the Effects of Urban Lighting Worksheet Pack

Help your students investigate how human activity changes the natural world with this engaging Urban Lighting Worksheet Pack.

This printable Urban Lighting Worksheet Pack focuses on how artificial light changes conditions at night and analyzes the effect of light pollution on nocturnal and migratory animals. Students will read to learn how increased nighttime brightness influences animal behavior, migration, feeding habits, reproduction, and survival.

Read and Learn About The Effects of Light Pollution

This Effects of Light Pollution comprehension pack includes everything students need to build understanding, including:

• A printable reading passage explaining how artificial light changes nighttime environments
• A multiple-choice comprehension check to review key ideas and vocabulary
  A short-answer written response worksheet to encourage more thinking and analysis

The reading passage introduces students to important concepts such as interrupted migration routes, changes in predator-prey relationships, and the problems nocturnal animals encounter in brightly lit urban areas.

Download Your Urban Light Pollution Worksheets

These ready-to-use Urban Light Pollution Worksheets make it easy to bring an important environmental topic into your classroom while reinforcing reading comprehension skills.

To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button and choose the printable PDF or editable Google Slides resource file.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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