Stem Region 15 Conferenceppt

Rethinking the 5E Model
Presented by
Dr. Christine Purkiss
Angelo State University
5E Model
Engage
Explore
Explain
Elaborate
Evaluate
Revised 5 E Model
Engage
Lets design something -
Engineer
Explain
Elaborate
Evaluate
T-M-E
• Tinkering – using stuff, playful interaction,
taking things apart
– Learning about the properties of materials
– Developing fine motor skills
– Tends to lead to……
• Making – using stuff to make stuff (perhaps
more for the fun of it)
– Perhaps working with different tools
T-M-E
Engineering is:
using stuff to make stuff that does stuff
– Tinkering and making are the foundation of
engineering
– Collaboration
– Solving a problem
Let’s make a Prediction
Predict the correct order of the

Engineering Design Process.
Cut out the slips in the bottom left

and place them in the right box.
Floating and Sinking
Who Sank the Boat?
The mouse sank the boat – but why

did that happen?
Was it because he was the last one on?
What’s going on here?

Challenge: Use a 10 inch square of aluminum foil to build a
boat that floats and holds the boats’ anchor and does not sink!
1.Explore – what are the properties of the materials?
2. Design – create a diagram of your boat.
3. Create - collect your materials, make your design.
4. Try it out – see if it works.
5. Make it better – evaluate your design and see if you can
make it better.
Discussion Questions:
1.Why does something float in a liquid?
2.Did the size of the boat make a difference?
3.What would happen if you tried to float your boat in another type of liquid?
4.What other materials could you use to build your boat?
5.What size boat would you have to make to hold 2 anchors?
6.If the anchor is wet when you pull it back into the boat, would that make a
difference to the boat floating or sinking?
Design a filter
Many devices use filters. What is the meaning
of the word “filter”?
Prediction – Where’s the filter?
Question: Why do we need filters?

Design a Filter
Challenge: Create a filtering system that will take the most
amount of “dirt” out of your water.
1. Explore – what are the properties of the materials
available?
2. Design – create a diagram of your filtering system.
3. Create - collect your materials, make your design.
4. Try it out – see if it works. Record clarity of the water,
compare to others. Hold a piece of white paper behind your
filtered example. Take a photograph so that you can compare
later.
5. Make it better – evaluate your design and see if you can
make it better.
Design a Filter
1.What filter materials seemed to remove the MOST soil?
2.Why did that happen?
3.Do you think, even in the clearest containers, that soil or
dirt particles might still remain?
4.What should we do to get rid of those particles left?
5.Why do we need to filter water?
6.Where is such filtering done in the community in which we
live?
Tower Power
Rapunzel is fed up! Every time someone
wants to visit or bring her some “stuff”
she has to lower her hair over the side of
the tower and haul them (or whatever it
is) up using her hair! It hurts!
So here is the challenge – what could

Rapunzel create something to get objects
up into the tower so they won’t have to tie
everything to her hair?
Tower Power
Use the collaborative design process:
1.The problem - what could Rapunzel create to

get objects up into the tower so they won’t
have to tie everything to her hair? What
materials could you use?
2.Draw or diagram your ideas
3.Collect materials and build it
4.Test it
5.Revise
6.Share
Tower Power
1.Tell me how you made your pulley system?
2.When you pull your string, the container goes up.
Why does that happen?
3.How could you use two pulleys in your design?
Would it help?
4.Would the system you made be strong enough to
carry the prince to the top of the tower to visit
Rapunzel?
5.How could you use a small motor and batteries to
operate your design?
Catch me if you can!
• Discuss the story of The Gingerbread Man or
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
• We have to catch the thief!
• What are ways we know of to catch someone?
Use the collaborative design process:
1.The problem – we have to build a trap to catch the

thief – alive!
2.Draw or diagram your ideas
3.Collect materials and build it
4.Test it
5.Revise
6.Share
1.Why do we need to make our trap look
inviting?
2.Is there something else we could add to the
trap to make it more inviting?
3.What materials seem to work best in your trap?
4.How could you improve on your design?
TEKS
Every Grade TEK 2, 4
K.3A, 1.3A, 2.3A, 3.5A, 4.5A, 5.5A
Design a Filter
K.3A, K.7A,K.7B, 1.3A, 1.7, 2.3A, 2.7A-B, 3.7A, 4.7A
Tower Power - Rapunzel

Concepts: K.3A, 1.3A, 1.6D, 2.3A, 2.5D, 3.6B, 4.6D?, 5.6D?
Catch me if you can?

3.6A & B, 4.6A & D, 5.6A,D
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Rethinking the 5E Model

Predict the correct order of the

Cut out the slips in the bottom left

The mouse sank the boat – but why

Was it because he was the last one on?

What’s going on here?

Prediction – Where’s the filter?

Question: Why do we need filters?

So here is the challenge – what could

1.The problem - what could Rapunzel create to

1.The problem – we have to build a trap to catch the

Tower Power - Rapunzel

Catch me if you can?

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