Inquiry (5E) Lesson Plan Template

Teacher: Topic & Title: Grade Level:

AZ Science Content & Inquiry Standards / Next Generation Science Standards:

Objective (Explicit & Measurable):

Evidence of Mastery (Measurable):
Include a copy of the lesson assessment.
Provide exemplar student responses with the level of detail you expect to see.
Assign value to each portion of the response.

Sub-objectives, SWBAT (Sequenced from basic to complex):

How will you review past learning and make connections to previous lessons?
What skills and content are needed to ultimately master this lesson objective?
How is this objective relevant to students, their lives, and/or the real world?

Lesson Summary (Detailed narrative description):

Lesson Justification (Reason(s) lesson is being taught follow Reinforce, Introduce, Prepare format):

Background Knowledge (Content students need to know to successfully complete the lesson and master the
objective):

Misconceptions (Possible misleading thoughts students might have):

Process Skills (Skills are you introducing or reinforcing; ex. observation reinforcing;
prediction introducing):

Safety (Safety rules and procedures that need to be addressed):

Management Technique (How will you get students attention and keep them on task?):

Essential Question: (at least 1 overarching question to introduce topic.)

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Inquiry Questions (Testable in the here and now):

1. (to explore)
2. (to elaborate)

Key vocabulary (List and define): Materials (All items and quantities):

Engage
How will you activate student interest?
How will you hook student attention?
What questions will you pose, based on your objective, that students will seek to answer in Explore?
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Teacher Will: (Hook) Student Will:

Explore
How will you model your performance expectations? Remember, you are not modeling what you want students to discover
but need to model expected behavior or required procedures.
How will students take the lead and actively use materials to discover information that will help them answer the Inquiry
question posed?
What questions or prompts will you be prepared to use with students while they are exploring?
Teacher Will: (Pose IQ #1) Student Will:

Best Teaching Practice/Differentiation Strategy

What best practices will you incorporate?
What accommodations/modifications will you provide for specific students?
How will you anticipate students that need an additional challenge?

Explain
How will all students have an opportunity to share what they discovered?
How will you connect student discoveries to correct content terms/explanations?
How will all students articulate/demonstrate a clear and correct understanding of the inquiry question posed?
Teacher Will: Student Will:

Best Teaching Practice/Differentiation Strategy

What best practices will you incorporate?
What accommodations/modifications will you provide for specific students?
How will you anticipate students that need an additional challenge?

Elaborate
How will students take the learning from Explore and Explain and apply it to a new circumstance or explore a particular
aspect of this learning at a deeper level?
How will students use higher order thinking at this stage? (e.g. A common practice in this section is to pose a what If
question)
How will all students articulate how their understanding has changed or been solidified?
Teacher Will: (Pose IQ #2) Student Will:

Best Teaching Practice/Differentiation Strategy

What best practices will you incorporate?
What accommodations/modifications will you provide for specific students?
How will you anticipate students that need an additional challenge?

Evaluate
How will all students demonstrate mastery of the lesson objective?
How will students have an opportunity to summarize the big concepts they learned (separate from the assessment)?
Teacher Will: Student Will:

Best Teaching Practice/Differentiation Strategy

What best practices will you incorporate?
What accommodations/modifications will you provide for specific students?
How will you anticipate students that need an additional challenge?

Closure
How will you specifically review your lessons objectives?
How will students summarize and state the significance of what they learned?
How will you make real world connections?

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Teacher Will: Student Will:

Reflection
Discuss what went well, what challenges arose, what modifications were made, and what changes would be implemented
next time.
How did this lesson address your researched pedagogy, content, or strategy/technique? Incorporate research into reflection.