Engage

This stage is designed to help students understand the learning task and make connections to past and present learning experiences.

 

Explore

In the Exploration stage students have the opportunity to get directly involved with the key concepts through guided exploration of scientific, geographic, economic, and other datasets.

 

Explain

In this stage, students are introduced more formally to the lesson’s science concepts. Through readings and discussions, students gain understanding of the major concepts and can verify answers to questions or problems posed earlier.

 

Elaborate

In the Elaborate stage, students expand on what they have learned and apply their newfound knowledge to a different situation.

 

Evaluate

We have provided traditional assessments in the form of quizzes and ideas for alternative assessments such as using concept maps or having students create summary projects and reports.

The above is a summary taken from the SAGUARO 5E Learning statement (400Kb).