Teaching with the 5E’s

How will teaching with the 5E model help you and your students?

• They allow students to get hands-on and actually do things instead of just listening
• The 5E’s push students to apply what they’ve learned to new situations
• They emphasize inquiry, critical thinking, and the process of science
• They are scientifically backed
• They’re definitely not boring!
• Because they’re awesome!
• They facilitate success by scaffolding student understanding
• They promote learning in a progressive, step-wise manner (A –> B –> C)

If you’d like to see how my 5E lessons are structured, please  Click Here to download my complete Cells and The Cell Theory 5E Lesson Package.

Why is scaffolding so important
It takes a complicated concept and teaches it in a step-wise fashion

This is what comes to mind for many students when they think of science

Everyone who knows me knows I’m not very good at drawing. To help, I use this YouTube channel called How to Draw that walks me through step-by-step.

Eventually, I ended up with this. Not bad for me

Why is scaffolding important in 5E lessons?

• Creates engagement
• Reduces anxiety
• Provides support
• Produces momentum

What are the 5E’s? Engagement

• Creates interest and excitement for your students
• Asks questions and probes their initial conceptions
• Mine generally consist of a short video with probing question or a quick activity which leads into a discussion based around current events, common misconceptions, etc.

 Here’s an example video included in my Earth’s Seasons 5E lesson. Click to watch.

What are the 5E’s? Exploration

• Students use and develop creative thinking skills, make observations, record results, and make connections
• In my 5E lessons, students get out of their seats and complete a 7-station, Lab Activity
• Each station is different and requires few if any preparation or materials

If you like the idea of using the 5E’s in your classroom, I’d like to offer my bundle at 50% off. Just fill in your name and email below and I’ll be in touch shortly.

What are the 5E’s? Explanation

• This is a lesson part
• Students develop understanding of the content, discuss ideas and learn the vocabulary
• All my lessons come in PowerPoint and .PDF formats and include videos and simulations linked right into the slides
• Each lesson also includes a student and teacher version to keep your kids focused

What are the 5E’s? Elaborate

• Students complete an activity or assignment that forces them to expand their thinking and knowledge
• Propose solutions to new situations
• Many of my 5E lessons contain a scavenger hunt which are really cool – think of regular scavenger hunts on steroids, like WWE steroids
• Other examples include mapping a route with vectors (physics), science articles with extension questions, research projects, etc.

What are the 5E’s? Evaluate

• Students demonstrate their understanding and have their progress evaluated
• The evaluation may include homework questions, a science article reading, quiz, etc.
• Although there are many opportunities to assign grades in my 5E lessons, the Evaluate portion definitely will

Evidence – In order to learn effectively

• Students must be interested and engaged in what they are learning and find it useful and meaningful
• Students must be actively involved in the process of teaching and learning
• Students need opportunities to apply what they have learned to new situations, to check the completeness of their understanding, and to evaluate their own learning for themselves.
  (NRC, 1999 blue right-pointing triangle). (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2931660/)

If you’d like to see how my 5E lessons are structured, please  Click Here to download my complete Cells and The Cell Theory 5E Lesson Package.

What do I offer?

• I have a fully-editable and growing 5E bundle You get all the current lessons plus each one I add in the future
• The lessons cover: Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, and Physics.
• I will be adding approximately 5-10 lessons per month
• The bundle will include 40-50 lessons by June and 70-80 by the end of 2017
• You’ll also get 50% off as a thank you for reading this post. Just fill out the form below letting me know you’re interested and I’ll reduce the price by half

What 5E lessons are and will be available?
Physics
• Newton’s Three Laws of Motion
• Current Electricity and Circuits
• One and Two-Dimensional Motion
• Static Electricity
• Light and its Production
• Energy, Energy Transfer, and its Forms
• Kinetic and Gravitational Potential Energy
• Electricity Production

Coming Soon:
• Sound, Sound Energy, and Speed
• Density and Buoyancy
• Uniform Acceleration
• How Planes Fly
• Refraction
• Friction

Biology
• Cells and the Cell Theory – Complete 5E Unit
• The Human Digestive System
• Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
• Mitosis and the Cell Cycle
• The Circulatory System
• Cancer
• Photosynthesis

Coming Soon:
• The Human Respiratory System
• Energy Flow In Ecosystems
• Cell Membrane and Transport
• Hearing and the Human Ear
• The Human Eye
• Genetic Material: DNA and RNA
• The Nervous System

Ecology
• The Cycling of Matter: The Water and Carbon Cycles
• Cells and the Cell Theory
• Ecosystems
• Invasive Species
• Interactions Within Ecosystems
• Photosynthesis

Coming Soon:
• The Classification of Living Things
• Photosynthesis
• Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis
• Ecological Succession
• Plant Sexual and Asexual Reproduction

Chemistry
• Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes
• Atoms and the Atomic Theory
• Introduction to Chemical Reactions
• Types of Chemical Reactions and Balancing Equations
• Molecular and Ionic Compounds
•Acids, Bases, and pH

Coming Soon:
• The Periodic Table
• Density and Buoyancy
• Atomic Theory, Atomic Structure, and Isotopes
• Types of Bonds and Intermolecular Forces
• The Mole/Avogadro’s Number

Earth and Space Science
• Climate Change and Global Warming
• The Moon and its Phases
• Our Solar System
• The Seasons
• Human Space Exploration
• The Life and Death of Stars

Coming Soon:
• Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors
• Solar and Lunar Eclipse

If you like the idea of using the 5E’s in your classroom, I’d like to offer my bundle at 50% off. Just fill in your name and email below and I’ll be in touch shortly.

Here’s that link again if you’d like to download my Cells and the Cell Theory complete 5E package. Even if you don’t teach that subject, you’ll get a full sense of how my 5E lessons are structured. If you’d like to see how my 5E lessons are structured, please  click here to download my complete Cells and The Cell Theory 5E Lesson Package.