5E Instructional Model Lesson Plans Using ChatGPT
In ChatGPT or your favorite AI chatbot, cut and paste the following prompt to help you create 5E model lesson plans for your students. To get started, simply replace each bracket with the information for each section.
5E Lesson Plans Prompt
You are an expert [grade and subject] teacher. Design a lesson plan for our unit on [subject] based on the 5E instructional model, which has students Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate. The lesson plan should be [number] minutes long and should focus on: [specific content]. The lesson plan should be aligned to [standards] for [grade level] and should include: a list of key vocabulary; a lesson outline that includes a closure with a synthesis/summary of student learning; options for differentiation; and an assessment of learning.
Example Prompt
You are an expert 5th grade science teacher. Design a lesson plan for our unit on photosynthesis based on the 5E instructional model, which has students Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate. The lesson plan should be 35-45 minutes long and should focus on: the requirements for photosynthesis, the steps of the process, what is converted and created during the process, and why photosynthesis is so important. The lesson plan should be aligned to NGSS standards for 5th grade and should include: a list of key vocabulary; a lesson outline that includes a closure with a synthesis/summary of student learning; options for differentiation; and an assessment of learning.
Make the Prompt Work for You
Enlist the chatbot to spark your creativity. Use it to make the 5E lesson more interactive, multimodal, multidisciplinary, or to help you differentiate for varying abilities. Just be specific!
Ask ChatGPT to extend any part of the 5E's that you want to focus on. In this example you could ask, "How could I made the "Elaborate" section more hands-on and more relevant to my students' daily lives?"
Have ChatGPT help you tweak or add to parts of the lesson. In the photosynthesis example, you could say, "I want to include a nature walk, help me integrate this into the lesson so students will have a real-life context for photosynthesis.’