Download 5 E`s Lesson Components

5 E’s Lesson Components
Plant Cell Parts and Functions
Engagement: The activities in this section capture the student’s attention, stimulate their
thinking and help them access prior knowledge.
Review plant cell parts and functions: Bring in a jello snack. Use a clear pyrex dish (cell wall).
Line the dish with slices of banana (cell membrane). Fill with green jello (cytoplasm). Add one
orange slice (nucleus), one green grape (chloroplast), and one apple slice (vacuole). Then chill.
Have the class discuss each of the parts of the dessert and relate them to the parts of a plant cell.
Eat and enjoy.
Exploration: In this section students are given time to think, plan, investigate, and organize
collected information
Display a transparency showing the floor plan of the school building. In groups, have the
students decide which parts of the school function in a similar way to the parts of a plant cell.
(For example, the cafeteria may be the chloroplast because it feeds the school.)
Explanation: Students are now involved in an analysis of their exploration. Their
understanding is clarified and modified because of reflective activities
The students may now share how they labeled their floor plan explaining why they chose a
particular part of the school to represent a part of a plant cell.
Extension: This section gives students the opportunity to expand and solidify their
understanding of the concept and/or apply it to a real world situation
Students choose one of the following ways to make their own plant cell:
Make a diagram of their own home relating the parts to a plant cell
Make a diagram of their city or town relating the areas to a plant cell
Make a model of a plant cell
Evaluation: Discern what students know and can do
Students label a plant cell and explain their functions.