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** The 5 E's of Science **
The 5 E's of science are very important for today's science curriculum. The following outlines how the mealworm guided discovery in class experiment is applied.


 * 1. Engagement: **

//Materials Required://
 * Mealworms
 * Various materials required for the experiments. These materials are listed in each experiment.
 * Bran
 * Fruit

//Objective/Engaging Question://
 * What do mealworms need to survive?

//Science Process Skills://
 * 2. Exploration: **
 * Questioning
 * Observing
 * Comparing
 * Communicating
 * Predicting

//Teacher Introduction:// Mealworms were provided to groups of 4 students to conduct various experiments and to observe them. A brief description of the care of the mealworms and the type of experiments we may want to conduct was provided.

//Student Activity:// Students were to conduct 10 experiments on the mealworms to learn more about them. The students were provided with 4 weeks to design and implement their experiements.

Students were to take note of their findings to them input them into the final project.
 * 3. Explanation: **

Students were challenged to use the 5E instructional model to describe their findings.
 * 4. Elaboration: **

Students were required to provide a report on their experiments. Several choices were available: writing a report, creating a wiki space, presenting in a Notebook file, etc.
 * 5. Evaluation **