5E Lesson Plan Template S2 Science - The UTeach Institute

Paige Evans, Perri Segura,
Tonya Jeffery
UTeach Institute - NMSI Annual Conference
Austin, TX / May 25 – 27, 2010
students’ understanding to
make sure that students will
be able to demonstrate the
performance objectives.
Relate the activity and results
to the science and/or
mathematics concept(s).
Include the hoped-for
correct responses that
students might give.
[Give correct responses
in brackets.]
Transition Statement
What will you say to transition students from the Explanation Section to the Elaboration?
Important questions to answer:
(a) What is the purpose of the next activity?
(b) Why do students need to know the information?
(c) How does the next activity connect to the engagement?
ELABORATION
Time: Minutes
What the Teacher Will Do
and Student Misconceptions
Provide students with the
opportunity to transfer and
extend (apply) the concepts
and skills they have just
learned to new situations.
Probing/Eliciting
Questions and Student
Responses
Connect and apply the
lesson to students’
interests outside the
classroom (not intended
as a homework
assignment).
What the Students Will Do
Describe student actions.
Include the hoped-for
correct responses that
students might give.
[Give correct responses
in brackets.]
List any potential
misconceptions students
might have and the
possible incorrect
responses that students
might give due to
misconceptions.
EVALUATION
What the Teacher Will Do
Time: Minutes
Probing/Eliciting
Questions
What the Students Will Do
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