The 5 E's: Engage, Explore, Explain, Evaluate, and Elaborate Oh My!

 This week we are learning about our science inquiry unit and our 5 E's which are:

1. Engage

2. Explore

3. Explain

4. Evaluate

5. Elaborate

Engage:

For the engage section, we were to look at a video in which Neil DeGrasse Tyson talks about his thoughts on science literacy. The main message of his talk was to inspire people to want to become scientifically literate, he wants people to both learn and teach science. From this video, I learned science is a crucial part of the way our world functions today, and I never really thought about it that way until now.

Another activity we did was read an article provided to us called "Why Scientists Do Science?" and the article discussed the reasons as to why different people wanted to become scientists. If I was to write a "Scientific Me" essay I would probably write about what led me to want to pursue science. I would want to share that part of my life with my readers, and have them understand why I chose the career that I did. Knowing more about someone makes me feel more comfortable around them, and I want my students to be comfortable with me.

Explore:

For the explore section, we were given a bunch of resources to explore to answer the following questions given to us.

Q1: What are and how many forms of inquiry used in inquiry-based classrooms?

There are 4 forms of inquiry and they are:

1. Confirmation Inquiry

2. Structured Inquiry

3. Guided Inquiry

4. Open Inquiry

Q2: What is discovery learning? Who is the founder of this movement? 

Discovery Learning is learning that takes place in the hypothetical rather than the expository mode. In the expository mode, the student is the listener and the teacher is the expositor. In the hypothetical mode, the teacher and student are in a more cooperative position, meaning they are more likely to collaborate, the student may even play the principle role. The founder of this movement is Jerome Bruner.

Q3: What is 5 E's Inquiry-Based Learning Model/ 5 E's Learning Cycle?

1. Engage

2. Explore

3. Explain

4. Evaluate

5. Elaborate

Explain:

Q1: Watch the video-lecture about 5Es Learning Cycle and preparing 5E lessons below and explain how 5Es model is connected to the process of inquiry and scientific method.

5 E's model is connected to the process of inquiry and scientific method. When you use the 5 E's model you have to think and explain why you believe what you believe. This is related to inquiry and the scientific method because in both we ask questions, make observations, and come up with conclusions. The 5 E's model let's us dive a little deeper into what we're learning thus giving us an immense grasp on the topic. 

Q2: Reflect on how you understand the parts of the 5E inquiry learning cycle and how you will plan science lessons with 5 Es, in your blogs.

Engage, explore, explain, evaluate, and elaborate are the 5 E's inquiry learning cycle. Each one of these allows us to dig deeper into a topic we are learning about. I will use the 5 E's to plan science lessons by: including activities that will allow my students to engage with the topic we are learning about, I will provide them with different resources so they are able to explore the topic, I will give them activities to do that will allow them to explain how they feel about the topic, they will then be allowed to evaluate the conclusions they drew with the whole class, and finally I will give them the opportunity to elaborate as much as they can on any assignments given to them by having them create something fun like a blog!

Learning science is fun and we should always encourage it in our own classrooms. That is all I have for you all today. I wish you all a good week!