5 E’s Lesson Plans to support Discovery / Inquiry: 

Link to Slide deck on 5 E's

Engage 

Introduce the phenomena.  

Let them try it in pairs or in a small group

Not an "experi-demo". 

Do it not watch it!

Explore 

Testing the phenomena

This is an organized exploration that includes data collection

Explain

Reading Science Readers & Science Read-a -Loud

Research to support finding. Using Textbook, videos, etc…

Elaborate

Expanding the topic, Crosscutting Concepts & Differentiation

Evaluate/Assessment 

Pre/Post tests

Formative - Journals

Summative - Projects, ISA, Tests

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