EED 420 Week 3 5E Lesson Plan

Review the following resources: 

• Ch. 5 & 6 of Teaching Science Through Inquiry and Investigation

• Ch. 5 & 6 of Teaching Children Science

• "Assessing for achievement" and "Safety: The elementary mission" in this week's Electronic Reserve Readings

Create an inquiry-based science lesson using the 5E Instructional Model.

Use the 5E Lesson Plan Template to create the inquiry-based science lesson. Include the following: 

• Title

• Grade Level

• Standards

• NGSS performance expectation

• NGSS science and engineering practices associated with the performance expectation

• NGSS DCIs associated with the performance expectation

• NGSS crosscutting concepts associated with the performance expectation 

• Materials

• List of items, including copies

• List of amounts needed for groups, individuals, or whole class

• Engage 

• Address prior knowledge

• Create interest

• Establish relevancy

• Provide driving question(s) 

• Explore 

• Interactive student activities (exploration, testing predictions, conversations with peers and facilitator, and recording evidence)

• Possible probing questions that the facilitator might use

• Clear management strategies included in planning such as grouping, pacing, and data collection

• Explain

• Discuss students' evidence

• Transfer student language and findings to the formal definitions, vocabulary, explanations, and labels

• Credible resources previewed and ready to use 

• Elaborate

• Students apply findings, definitions, explanations, and labels to new, similar situation(s)

• Interactive student activities (exploration, testing, predictions, conversations with peers and facilitator, and recording evidence)

• Possible probing questions that the facilitator might use

• Additional activities that may be used to solidify concepts

• Clear management strategies included in planning 

• Evaluate

• Pre-assessment to be completed before unit or lesson

• Formative evaluation

• Summative evaluation with at least one question from each of the Bloom's Taxonomy levels

• Differentiating Instruction

• Possible accommodations for diverse learners

• Possible modifications for diverse learners

• Safety Considerations

• Safety precautions for the teacher

• Safety precautions for the students 

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