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SCIENCE CLASSROOM POSTERS

If you’re a science teacher looking for an EASY way to jazz up your classroom, The Science Penguin’s decor set is perfect for you! It’s got posters that cover everything from the scientific method to engineering design process and science tools.

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2024 Solar Eclipse for Kids

3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade solar eclipse vocabulary freebie

TEACHING KIDS ABOUT THE 2024 SOLAR ECLIPSE

Let’s take a look at 5 ideas teachers can use to teach students about the 2024 solar eclipse.

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Everything You'll Ever Need for 5th Grade Science

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THE 3 BEST PHENOMENA FOR TEACHING EARTH’S SPHERES

5th Grade NGSS Earth Sphere Interactions Phenomena

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5 TIPS TO STRUCTURE A 30-45-60 MINUTE SCIENCE BLOCK

Ideas for structure, organization, and routine when your science class is 30 minutes, 45 minutes, or 60 minutes long

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Decomposer Consumer Producer

Decomposer: These are organisms like fungi and bacteria that break down dead matter into simpler substances. Producer: They produce their own food through photosynthesis and serve as the base of the food chain. Consumer: They’ve got to eat to gain their energy.

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The 3 BEST Phenomena for Teaching the Spheres of Earth — The Science Penguin

5th Grade NGSS

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PHENOMENAL Food Webs: Teaching the 5th grade NGSS food webs standard with a focus on keystone species — The Science Penguin

Sea otters, wolves, sea stars,dingoes, elephants, lemmings, saguaro cacti, and prairie dogs

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6 Tips for Building Circuits

4th and 5th grade electricity unit ideas

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Phenomenon-based Science and 4th and 5th Grade NGSS

As I said above, the entire process of creating a phenomena-based unit can seem like a lot of work! Teachers often tell me how getting together the materials, ideas, and resources to develop a science lesson takes a lot of time and prep that teachers rarely have time for. At The Science Penguin, we crafted 26 phenomena-based units for the 4th and 5th grade NGSS standards.