The Engage phase is all about capturing the interest of students.

Engage also:

• Introduces aspects of the scientific concepts under consideration
• Seeks to explore what the students already know about these concepts
• Seeks to establish links between past learning experiences

Engagement activities can be open ended and challenge pre-exisiting conceptualisation for example:

Press the palm of your hand flat on a table Spread your fingers a little Roll your middle finger under your palm so that the first two joints are flat on the table While your other fingers are pressed firmly on the table try lifting each one finger independently Which finger is impossible to lift? Why do you think this is so?		Get a glass or plastic cup and a ping pong ball Put the ping pong ball into the cup Put your lips against the edge of the cup With a firm breath blow across the top of the glass What did you notice happen? Why do you think this happened?

  Engagement can take other forms eg via movies or other multi-media content.

You can also probe the student's understandings for example: