5E-Teacher or Student

Engage: Responds to questions

demonstrating their own entry point

of understanding

• Student

• Teacher

Engage: Taps into what students know or

think about the topic

• Teacher

• Student

Explore: Conducts activities, predicts, and

forms hypotheses or makes

generalizations

• Teachers

• Students

Explore: Acts as a facilitator

• Teacher

• Student

Explain: Uses previous observations and

findings

• Student

• Teacher

Explain: Provides definitions, new words,

and explanations

• Student

• Teacher

Elaborate: Uses previous information to probe,

ask questions, and make

reasonable judgments

• Teacher

• Students

Elaborate: Encourages students to use terms

and definitions previously acquired

• Teacher

• Students

Evaluate: Asks open-ended questions

• Students

• Teacher

Evaluate: Evaluates his/her own progress

• Teacher

• Students