Post complete 5E Lesson Plans here. If we all post 2 or 3, there will be over 60 to chose from.
Lesson Plan Model
The BSCS 5E model was developed by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) and takes a constructivist view of learning. In this view of learning students are provided with experiences that give them opportunities to identify and reconsider their conceptions. Next, students redefine, reorganize, elaborate, and change their initial concepts through self-reflection and interactions with peers and their environment. (Bybee, 1997, p. 176).
The 5E model places students at the center of the learning experience where they are given experiences and questions that are rich, varied, and challenging which allows them to construct their own understanding of scientific concepts and relate those to other (old and new) concepts.
The 5 steps of the 5E Instructional Model are Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate. (More Picture Perfect Science, by Karen Ansberry & Emily Morgan)
Engage
• Experience the concept to start to build mental programs
• Introductory stage
• Capture Students’ Interest
• Uncover student understanding and misconceptions
• Readings, demonstrations, or other activities that get students excited and interested
Explore
• Delve into the concept and create more mental programs based on concrete experiences
• Give common concrete experiences that help to begin to construct understanding of concepts and skills
• Purpose is to provide hands on experiences you can use later to formally introduce a concept, process, or skill.
• Delve into the concept and create more mental programs based on concrete experiences
Explain
• Introduce correct standards based language
• Students explain their current understanding in their own words and listen critically to one another.
• You can clarify misunderstandings and introduce scientific terminology and skills.
• Needs to be related back to Engagement and Exploring Inquiries and Activities.
Elaborate
• Students are challenged to elaborate, expand on, and to apply concepts and skills to new situations.
• The application more opportunities to create metal programs and to find patterns and connections of previous experiences to new concepts.
• This can help students clear up any remaining misconceptions and give students opportunities to generalize the concepts in a broader context. This allows for a deeper understanding of concepts and skills and to take the new information to long term memory.
Evaluate
• Used to evaluate students’ understanding of concepts and skills.
• Use informal and formal assessments.
• Also provides an opportunity for students to test their own understanding and skills.
The roles of teacher and student are virtually reversed from the traditional roles. In the 5E model the teacher acts a guide, providing learning opportunities and asking questions, while students take on the primary responsibility by constructing knowledge from rich, challenging, and varied experiences. The teacher becomes a facilitator and the students become the “teacher” of themselves and others.
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