APPLYING THE 5E INQUIRY MODEL Stage Activities What the teacher does What the student does Engage © Concept map Creates interest © Ask questions © Reading Generates curiosity ‘© Shows interest in topic © Activity Raises questions © Discusses ideas * Readings Elicits prior knowledge # Discrepant events Explore * Collect data Encourages students to © Thinks freely ‘© Design experiment work together ‘© Tests predictions Observes and listens to ¢ Forms new predictions students. a a © Tries alternatives a date ‘¢ Records observations: Provides time Serves as consultant Explain © Present findings to Encourages students to © Explains solutions class explain concepts ‘Listens critically to one © Discuss findings in Asks for justification another ‘groups Formally provides ‘© Questions explanations * Video or books may definitions Listens and comprehends be used Draws upon students? «© Refers to previous * Overheads/PPT experiences meine © Uses recorded observations Elaborate | Collect data Expects students to use new | © Applies new labels ‘© Design experiment labels ‘© Uses previous information = toexplore Encourages students to to ask questions, propose concept apply or extend concepts solutions Reminds students of © Draws conclusions alternative explanations «© Builds on knowledge Refers students to existing | ¢ Records observations data Evaluate | ¢ Open-ended Assesses students’ ‘© Answers open-ended questions knowledge or skills questions Rubrics Looks for evidence of # Demonstrates # Concept maps learning understanding, # Quizzes Allows students to assess | « Evaluates progress Ape their own learning # Asks related questions R, W, Bybee, Achieving Scientific Literacy: From Purposes to Practices, Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1997. Adapted with permission. \