This course is designed to demonstrate the application of the 5E instructional model in a K-4 classroom, specifically in the area of science, and develop and deepen understanding of the CCRS, ELPS, and RtI frameworks.

Vertically aligned Engage activities for Engage portion of the 5E lesson model.

Vertically aligned Explore activities for Explore portion of the 5E lesson model.

Vertically aligned Explain activities for Explain portion of the 5E lesson model.

Overview of the 5E Lesson Model

Vertically aligned Elaborate activities for Elaborate portion of the 5E lesson model.

This resources provides a grade 4 energy lesson.

Kindergarten Energy Lesson

Grade 1 Energy Lesson

Grade 2 Energy Lesson

Grade 3 Energy Lesson

This resource provides sample activities for teachers to use in helping students to identify and investigate the effects of increasing and decreasing amounts of light, heat, and sound energy on an object.

A Tier 1 life science instructional resource for grade 2

This resource provides the documents, videos, and materials to participants of the Science Academies for Grade K–4, Part 2 training. This training, previously available in Texas Courses, is now openly available but does not earn course provider credit and no certificate will be offered. 

This resource provides trainers of Science Academies K-4, Part 2 with participant guides, presentation files, documents, and videos associated with the training.

The Interactive Science Glossary is a resource that supports students who are learning the language of science. This resource includes written and spoken definitions and sentences in both Spanish and English. Students can even create, download, and print their own vocabulary cards. 

1.6 Conductors and Electric Fields in Static Equilibrium

Instructor PowerPoint slides for TEA Physics open-source instructional material.

TEA Physics Textbook PDF