Biology Module 1 7E Lesson Template Water/Photosynthesis

7E Planning Worksheet
Topic: Date:

Standards:

Elicit: Find out what the students already know or think about the topic. Phrase an interesting opening question.

Engage: Use a follow-up question or an appropriate discrepant event to arouse their interest. For example,
based on their first responses, pose a what-if question or use a brief demonstration that exemplifies the
question but not the answer.

Explore: Identify an investigative technique and the science process skills to be used in the exploration.
Describe the exploration activity the students will complete.
Investigative Technique: Process Skills:

Explain: List the terms to be introduced and concepts to be explained. Summarize the results of the
Explore phase using the terms introduced during the discussion.

Elaborate: Pose a similar but different question or provide another activity in which the students can
apply what was done in the Explore and Explain phases in a new situation.

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Biology Module 1 7E Lesson Template Water/Photosynthesis

Evaluate: Indicate whether you will use formative or summative assessment. Formative evaluations
enable you to make instructional decisions about whether to provide additional clarification, reteach, or
move on. Summative evaluations are used to measure achievement and assign a grade. Briefly
describe your evaluation plan.
Formative Assessment Summative Assessment

Extend: Provide an example or opportunity for students to explore the concept outside the classroom.
What applications of this concept might they look for? In what situations might they find evidence of
this concept or principle at work?

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