Science Methods: the 5E Learning Cycle

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this step builds interest and curiosity in the big idea or major concepts of the lesson

this step encourages students to test their predictions and hypotheses to the driving question

this step allows students to justify their ideas and definitions in their own words based upon what they have observed in their explorations

this step presents a new, but similar situation and students predict the result using newly gained knowledge

this step is where the teacher assesses the students' knowledge and skills, presented in many different forms