The 5 E’s Lesson Plan

Brief Explanation

Short Group Activity

Example of Lesson Plan

Goals

Engage

Explore

Explain

Extend

Evaluate

The 5 E’s

Engage“Priming the Pump”

Assessment of prior knowledge

Example: Using props or figures that may directly or indirectly correlate with lesson

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ExploreDescribes initial

investigation

Lab activities

Examples: ubiquity experiment, olfaction experiment, tablecloth pull experiment

ExplainUnderstanding what

has happened in the Explore stage

Hardest Stage/ Very Important

Example: Explanation of experimental results

Diving board

Extend/ ElaborateTaking the knowledge

learned and relating it elsewhere

Similar instances, different circumstances

Example: Factors affecting bacterial survival vs. factors affecting human survival

EvaluateAssessment of

Understanding

Example: Test students knowledge in some form, to determine if they grasped the concept.

How it’s done can make a world of difference

Group Activity

Assuming 8th graders have just completed a lesson on the periodic table, create an introductory lesson of a unit on atoms using the 5E’s

Focus on introducing basic atomic components: proton, neutron, electron.

Activity

Lesson Example INTRODUCE BACTERIA DAY: ENGAGE: -Ask students what they remember

from the lesson about the growth conditions of Bacteria. (clicker activity or short matching exercise)

  EXPLORE: (Talk about the

importance of sterility) -Provide the students with sterile

swabs and allow them to investigate their environment. (the greenway, areas around the school, themselves)

-Have students document where swabbed

-Materials needed: Sterile swabs, agar plates, petri dishes, incubator, and hydrogen peroxide.

EXPLAIN: -Explain to the students how

scientists determine what they find. -Explain growth media and fit the

needs of the type of organism they want to grow.

-Explain the importance of sterility. Have the students explain ways that scientist can prevent contamination.

  EXTEND: -Before growth media, what did

scientist do to grow bacteria?   EVALUATE: Test students on the importance of

sterility and the practices that they can do to prevent contamination.

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Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance

Start Slowly

Be Patient, and allow the students to think for themselves

Try to get more faculty involved

Tips for Success

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