Science Vocabulary Posters

Do your students love to learn about science? Many students favor this subject due to the interesting topics and real-world connections that can be made. When you begin to look at the standards addressed in your organisms and environments unit, you may be looking for something that will help your students with the many different vocabulary terms they are expected to learn. 

Teach Starter has designed a beautiful set of 13 vocabulary posters you can use in your classroom today. The words chosen for this poster pack cover areas typically addressed with 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade students. These mini-posters are formatted to print two words per page and include a picture and definition of each term. A page is also included with all of the vocabulary terms and definitions.

Some of the words included are: 

• Carnivore
• Decomposer
• Producer
• Food Web

And more!  

How to Make the Most of Your Food Web and Food Chain Vocabulary Posters

1. Print the posters and display them in your classroom for students to reference when doing independent work.
2. Print the posters, slip them into a clear sleeve, and use them in your guided groups as a reminder.
3. Print the posters, slide them into a clear sleeve, and hang them on a ring as a reference tool for a learning center. 

We’ve also come up with bonus ways to turn posters into interactive tools that really make your lessons stick!

📝 Create a fill-in-the-blank worksheet by removing selections of text.  

📂 Place copies in students’ homework folders for reference. 

💻 Provide posters as digital resources for virtual students. 

🧠 Test students’ memories by showing them the poster, then hiding it and having them tell you what they remember.

✅ Incorporate posters into your lesson wrap-up: students write on a sticky note what they learned from the lesson and place it on the poster. 

Before You Download

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the PDF or editable Google Slides version of this resource.

Fill your classroom with more posters and interactive displays!

This resource was created by Madison Evans, a teacher in North Carolina and Teach Starter Collaborator. 

Spend more time lesson-doing and less time lesson-planning when you grab these activities and teaching resources too!  

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Food Webs vs. Food Chains – Instructional Slide Deck

Learn the difference between a food chain and a food web with this 18-slide instructional slide deck.

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Producer, Consumer, Decomposer - Poster

A poster explaining the roles of the Sun, producers, consumers, and decomposers in the food chain.

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Food Chains – Worksheet

Use this worksheet to identify and describe the flow of energy in a food chain.