2. Brief Explanation Short Group Activity Example of Lesson Plan

3. Engage Explore Explain Extend Evaluate

4. “Priming the Pump” Assessment of prior knowledge Example: Using props or figures that may directly or indirectly correlate with lesson http://dali.urvas.lt/forviewing/pic29.jpg

5. Describes initial investigation Lab activities Examples: ubiquity experiment, olfaction experiment, tablecloth pull experiment

6. Understanding what has happened in the Explore stage Hardest Stage/ Very Important Example: Explanation of experimental results Diving board

7. Taking the knowledge learned and relating it elsewhere Similar instances, different circumstances Example: Factors affecting bacterial survival vs. factors affecting human survival

8. Assessment 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

10. Assuming 8 th 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.

11. 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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13. Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance Start Slowly Be Patient, and allow the students to think for themselves Try to get more faculty involved