I enjoyed the 5E learning cycle lesson plan method because it's a different approach to how science is taught. In my science classes, it was usually a lecture and an exam (REPEAT). Scientific inquiry is not promoted this way, but is promoted in the 5E lesson plan method. The 5E framework promotes inquiry and allows the students to be active learners. I enjoyed that in the 5E lesson plan, the teacher doesn't give all the information away. Students are required to ask questions and then seek the answers to them. The role of the teacher is a facilitator of learning.
My biggest challenge was trying to find an Engage step that doesn't give away the topic right away. What helped me was "Googling" the subject that I was going to teach on, finding a short lab and then uncooking the lab so that it promotes investigation among my students.
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