EED 420 Week 3 5E Lesson Plan

Review the following resources:

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