5th Grade Science TEKS Curriculum Bundle | Slides, Activities, Labs, Notebooks
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Are you using the 5th grade science TEKS? This curriculum is for you! Planning just got easier-- everything you need for a year of science (and STAAR prep) is included. You'll find science interactive notebook templates, stations, labs, digital activities, teaching slides, assessments, and more!
Using the 5th Grade Next Generation Science Standards? There's a bundle for you here.
Who is this for?
5th grade teachers, elementary principals, and elementary curriculum coordinators in Texas
What standards does this resource address?
This bundle has all of the Science Penguin materials that address the streamlined 5th grade TEKS.
What is the cost for multiple teachers?
Purchase 1 license for EACH TEACHER using the materials. The first license is at list price. All additional licenses are at a reduced cost. You can add licenses when you add the item to your cart.
Is there a guide to help with planning?
Yes! I have planning guides for each unit throughout the year to help make planning a breeze. With the planning guides and this resource, you are set! Check it out here: 5th Grade Science TEKS Planning Guide
What is included?
- Digital Interactive Science Notebook
- Printable Interactive Science Notebook
- Outdoor Learning
- Digital Inquiry for Google Classroom
- Slides and Notes
- Science Stations
- Test Prep Task Cards
- STAAR review pages and activities
- Hands-on vocabulary lessons
- Exit Slips
- Experiencing Science
- Observation Stations
- Science Articles
- Assessments
- Extensions
What specific files are included?
BACK TO SCHOOL
This file includes 57 slide PowerPoint, Student Notes Pages for PowerPoint, Skittles Experiment, and 10 Short Activities.
Teams complete 6 tasks placed in envelopes, stopping to check their lock combinations along the way.
Intro to Science Slides and Notes
Head back to school organized and ready to kick off your science explorations!
This bundle includes 4 presentations with differentiated notes for the following topics: safety, tools, measurement, and observations.
These resources can be used to introduce scientific occupations.
Science Measurement Task Cards
Science Investigations Task Cards
ASSESSMENTS
This file includes 120 printable exit slips to quickly check for understanding.
5th Grade Science TEKS Based Assessments
This file includes 19 assessments and graphing tools for students to track their data.
5th Grade Science Readiness Benchmarks
This file includes 3 benchmarks (Beginning of Year, Middle of Year, and End of Year) in both paper and Google Forms format.
These 19 quizzes (1 per content SE) will help you assess your students' understanding of new academic vocabulary.
YEAR-LONG REVIEW
5th Grade Science Spiral Review
This file includes 30 weeks of review. Each Spiral Review is aligned to the streamlined science TEKS and has four questions. There are 12 topics that each get visited 10 times over the 30 weeks. Along with vocabulary review, this helps keep content fresh. Use in Google Slides!
Matching terms and definitions is old news. For students to master academic vocabulary, they need to be exposed to terms many times in different ways. When we provide students the opportunity to review vocabulary through games and discussions, students win.
NOTEBOOK TEMPLATES
All in One Science Interactive Notebook
This file includes 250 foldable activities, cut and paste, sorts, and graphic organizers AND ideas and resources for setting up your science notebook. Activities for life, physical, and earth science are organized by topic.
Digital Interactive Science Notebook
This GO DIGITAL! Interactive Science Notebook was designed specifically to enhance online learning. It has everything you need to set your students up for success with digital learning.
BACK TO SCHOOL
Intro to Science Slides and Notes
Head back to school organized and ready to kick off your science explorations!
This bundle includes 4 presentations with differentiated notes for the following topics: safety, tools, measurement, and observations.
Nature of Science Digital Inquiry
These resources can be used to introduce scientific occupations.
MUST-HAVE CONTENT RESOURCES
Explicitly teaching 5th grade science content vocabulary just got simpler!
5th Grade Science TEKS Posters
Printable posters with science SEs
5th Grade Science TEKS Slides & Notes
16 sets of slides and notes designed for 5th grade
Out the Door to Explore: Full STEAM Ahead
Out the Door to Explore: Full STEAM Ahead contains 35 science activities that can be done outside or by using natural materials inside.
5th Grade Science Review Pages
Print or share review pages for each of the content SEs with students in Google Slides.
BIG Science Stations Units Bundle
This file includes 12 units for a total of 108 stations. Each unit has 9 stations:
Read It- Read and respond to information cards about the topic.
Create It- Use your creativity to make something new.
Tech It- Watch an online video and take a quiz.
Match It- Match concepts and determine relationships.
Analyze It- Analyze a photo, diagram, or table.
Draw It- Illustrate vocabulary or processes.
Explore It- Explore the concept with a hands-on activity.
Explain It- Explain a photo, diagram, or table.
Sort It- Sort cards into categories.
Hands-on Science Vocabulary Instruction
This file includes a guide and hands-on lessons for important science vocabulary terms.
Sometimes you just need a quick graphic organizer to explain a science concept!
Each 2-page article includes high-quality authentic text about a science topic and 11 questions. Integrate science and reading in a way that builds knowledge AND helps students practice their comprehension skills.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Relevant topics to 5th grade are included for independent review.
Physical Science Digital Inquiry Bundle
This bundle includes 10 Digital Inquiry activities for Physical Science set up in Google Classroom.
Physical Science Observation Stations
This file includes 9 sets of lab stations for Mixtures, Circuits, Mass and Volume, Relative Density, Solubility, Electrical Conductivity and Magnetism, Spring Scales, Reflection of Light, and Refraction of Light.
EARTH SCIENCE
Earth Science Digital Inquiry Bundle
This bundle includes 10 Digital Inquiry activities for Earth Science set up in Google Classroom. Students individually collect information from 5 different online sources then combine that information to answer a question. Each activity has 3 differentiation options.
This is a fun activity to do with your students to help them understand the processes that lead to the formation of sedimentary rock.
This pack focuses on the characteristics and formation of nine different landforms. There are posters, student resources, foldable pages, and a team project included.
Day and Night Interactive Diagram
Students will make an interactive diagram to show what causes day and night, the apparent movement of the sun throughout the day, and how shadows appear.
LIFE SCIENCE
Life Science Digital Inquiry Bundle
This bundle includes 10 Digital Inquiry activities for Life Science set up in Google Classroom. Students individually collect information from 5 different online sources then combine that information to answer a question. Each activity has 3 differentiation options.
Life Science Observation Stations
This file includes 5 sets of lab stations for food webs, ecosystem changes, traits and behaviors, comparing structures and functions, and fossils.
Ocean Life Supplemental Activities
This supplemental resource will enhance your upper elementary life science unit as you work your way through the required unit pacing.
This file includes a fun activity to do with your students so they can dig up fossils, measure and observe them, determine what the environment they came from was like, then compare fossils with another group.
INTERVENTION
This growing bundle will include 20 small group science lessons.
FIVE-STAR TEST PREP
This must-have resource includes:
- test prep task cards
- printables for student work
- review stations activity menu
- lockbox challenges
- a STAAR study folder
STUDENT REFERENCE NOTES
This file includes 159 mini-charts to use with absent students or to reinforce lessons.
EXTENSIONS
This file includes 10 content-based science challenges students can complete independently or in pairs.
Advanced students work on guided Google Slides activities to dive deeper into a topic.
Advanced students work on guided Google Slides activities to dive deeper into a topic.
There are 4 STEM challenges: Design an elevator, build a thermometer, build a sundial, and clean up an oil spill.
END OF YEAR
This flipbook is easy to assemble and fun to create with students at the end of the year.
PRE-RELEASE
Pre-released Units for 2024-2025 TEKS
Phenomena-based Science Units are being added in preparation for the TEKS change in August 2024. You do not need to use these resources yet, but some teachers are using them now in preparation for the switch.
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Do you need the 4th grade bundle AND the 5th grade bundle if you teach both grade levels?
While some resources are provided in both the 4th grade bundle and 5th grade bundle (e.g. All In One Notebook, Outdoor Science, Digital Inquiry, etc.), there are enough additional resources in each bundle to still save money by purchasing both bundles.
The 4th grade bundle includes these unique resources that are not in the 5th grade bundle: 4th Grade Slides & Notes, 4th Grade Assessments, Life Science Units, Digital Vocabulary Lessons, Picture Dictionary, Play Ball: Matter, Play Ball: Force, Build a Solar Oven, Texas Ecoregions, Clouds and Weather, Seasons Interactive Diagram, 4th Grade Review, 4th Grade Spiral Review, Science Measurement Observation Stations, Science Weekly Five, and future 4th grade- specific items.
The 5th Grade bundle includes these unique resources that are not in the 4th grade bundle: 5th Grade Slides & Notes, 5th Grade Assessments, STAAR Test Prep Bundle, Physical Science Observation Stations, Life Science Observation Stations, iLearn Science, some Digital Inquiries, 5th Grade Spiral Review, Vocabulary Spiral Review Games, Big Science Stations Units, Picture Dictionary, and Small Group Science.
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Product Notes
1. Please purchase multiple licenses at a discounted price if this is for more than one teacher. Thank you!
2. This file is not editable.
3. This is a VERY large file so be sure you have a strong internet connection when downloading.
4. If using the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), there's a bundle just for you: 5th Grade NGSS Bundle.
5. This file is being updated for the 2024-2025 Science TEKS.
Teachers love it!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "As a teacher in a district with a curriculum that is, let's say... lacking, I was so pleased to find this bundle. It has everything you could possibly need for a full year of teaching science. The pacing guides are especially helpful and there are even activities included for small groups!" -Heather K.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This resources was so helpful as a first year teacher in Texas teaching 5th grade Science. I 1000% recommend everyone teaching 5th grade science in Texas to purchase this resource. Your students will grow so much and enjoy doing the work provided in this package. It's worth every penny. I also appreciate how easy it is to follow and find resources for every TEK. THANK YOU!!!" -Alejandra C.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I love that it includes everything I need to teach for every unit. The lesson plan provided is easy to follow and every unit aligns to the standards and state test. I have been able to save so much time using this resource and it has been my sole curriculum this year. It is rigorous and even includes intervention material for students who are struggling." -Denise R.
