Best Practices & Lesson Planning Tools

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Best Practices & Lesson Planning Tools

Find our list of lesson planning tools for teachers taking our professional development workshops.  We have assembled these tools here for you to use while planning your integrated, standards-based science lessons.

Science Inquiry & Activity Ideas

Planning Tools and Worksheets

Handouts that CRS has used in professional development workshops for people new to teaching science. Is your goal to plan science units that are integrated across your curriculum? This planning tool can help you map out all the different areas that your unit addresses. 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain,Elaborate Evaluate) lesson plan tools can help you plan a specific lesson or deeper unit of study. Use this tool to list all the different resources in and out of the classroom you will be using during your unit of study.

Reflection Tools and Worksheets

Reflecting on how a lesson went as a whole and for individual students is very important. Here are two tools you can use when looking at your lessons.

Technology and Instruction

Assessment Tools

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