Engage Students, Lighten the Load for Teachers, and Improve Science Achievement
From boosting student motivation and science test scores to managing teacher vacancies and supporting long-term subs, you can count on
Penda Learning to help you level up science instruction!
Our gamified digital science curriculum for grades 3–high school provides interactive activities and assessments hand crafted to NGSS and
state standards that leverage the principles of gaming and learning science to engage students and deepen learning. The simple,
intuitive platform and automated features ensure all students have access to rigorous, high-quality science instruction.
Penda Supports Rigorous Teaching & Learning
Staff Vacancies & Coverage Issues? No Problem!
Penda fills the gaps by auto-assigning gamified activities hand-crafted to standards AND custom aligned to your organization’s instructional progression calendars. Students receive immediate feedback and support to help them build their mastery without direct instruction.
Support for Differentiated Instruction, RTI & MTSS
Penda's unique activities serve multiple purposes: they offer tailored support for Tier 1 instruction and provide targeted interventions for learners requiring additional assistance. Our standards-aligned assessments yield valuable insights, enabling educators to effectively steer instruction, track progress, and pinpoint interventions within Response to Intervention (RTI) or Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS).
Educators using Penda report that their students build their knowledge faster because of Penda’s fun, gamified activities format. This sense of play and competition encourages students to practice and develop their mastery, leading to deeper learning and improved results on high-stakes tests.
Customizable avatars, interactive activities and simulations, and friendly competition between students and classes combine to make Penda both fun
and effective — and research shows that engagement is key for memory, self- motivation, and educational success. Students make significant gains with just 30 minutes of independent practice per week, which they can complete anywhere with an Internet connection.
PAS Auto-assigns Activities to Your Scope and Sequence
Penda’s scaffolded, differentiated science activities for grades 3–8 and high school biology are hand-crafted to Florida SASS, Texas TEKS and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Our one-of-a-kind Pacing Assistance Service (PAS) auto-assigns activities to students weekly based on their skill level and your district’s scope and sequence. Penda can even auto-grade the assignments and feed the scores into your Schoology or Canvas gradebook using Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI) 1.3 Advantage protocols.
Support Success for All Learners
Whether they're science wizzes or need extra support, Penda automates differentiated instruction for teachers, auto-assigning activities
based on mastery and providing students with opportunities to review and practice concepts they’re struggling with. Integration with
Immersive Reader, a Microsoft Learning tool, makes Penda’s science activities accessible to all learners, including English learners as
well as students with word-reading difficulties like dyslexia.
Insight to Guide Instruction & Intervention
Penda’s standards-aligned gamified assessments help teachers identify where students are at in their learning, target instruction, and monitor progress. Comprehensive, data-rich reports offer class, school, and district-wide insights as well as the ability to drill down to individual student achievement. Custom reports can be run at any time to dive deeper, look at certain student groups, and for real-time progress monitoring.
Seamless Integration with Ongoing Support
Implementing Penda is simple with single sign-on and automated rostering. But
support doesn’t stop there. We offer continuous professional development and
a video library so teachers always have help at their fingertips. Whether it’s on-
boarding, technical aid, or pedagogical guidance, we’re ready to assist anytime,
anywhere. With Penda, you’re supported at every step on the journey to better
science learning.
Curious How Teachers Are Using Penda? HAVE A LISTEN!
Fifth grade teacher and instructional coach Amanda Borum and elementary science specialist Christopher Linton shared how they’re using
Penda to fill science learning gaps, target standards, increase achievement, and foster their students' love for science.
