All 5E resources
Reports Article
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, November 12, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
Journal Article
Patterns are Everywhere: Exploring the schoolyard to facilitate thinking about science phenomena
After realizing the difficulty educators face with integrating the crosscutting concepts (CCCs) from the Next Generation Science Standards into their ...
By Brandon Davis, Ingrid Carter, Lisa Dispense
Journal Article
The Framework and NGSS emphasize using lines of evidence to construct explanations and develop arguments that demonstrate understanding about scientif...
By Kenneth Huff
Journal Article
In this article, we use the strategies listed above to engage students in a 5E lesson on static electricity (partially addressing MS-PS2-3). We start ...
By Jesse Wilcox, Stephanie Zavalza Flores, MacKenzie Bruns, Sarah Nolting
Journal Article
Promoting Sensemaking Through an Impactful Instructional Sequence
A valuable framework for promoting sensemaking includes the convergence of two independent ideas: (1) the focus of modern education on teaching for un...
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Journal Article
Although argumentation is a critical historical component of scientific literacy, the recent coronavirus pandemic and associated issues have highlight...
By David C. Owens, Noah P. Sheridan, and Amanda L. Townley
Journal Article
Growing Students' Meaning-Making
In this sensemaking lesson, K–2 students explore how different factors influence seed germination and explain the elements necessary to sprout. Note...
By Patrick Brown, Jessica Fries-Gaither, and Kathy Renfrew
Journal Article
Promoting Sensemaking Through an Impactful Instructional Sequence
By Patrick L. Brown and Rodger W. Bybee
Reports Article
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, June 27, 2023
By Debra Shapiro
Journal Article
Using Popular Fiction to Inspire Scientific Inquiry
Many teacher educator preparation programs do not provide opportunities for preservice teachers (PSTs) to experience and examine the use of popular fi...
By Kristin Cook and Winn Wheeler
NSTA Press Book
Activating Students' Ideas: Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence, K-5
Science teachers face an incredible challenging task of combining research on how students learn best, the three-dimensions of the Science Education F...
By Patrick Brown, Page Keeley
Journal Article
The Birds and the Bees, the Flowers and the Trees
By Laura Wheeler, Rita Hagevik, Kathy Cabe Trundle, Michelle Parslow, and Katherine Vela
Blog Post
Science Trade Books and the 5E Model: A Mix of the Right Ingredients
By Christine Anne Royce