10th Grade | Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP)

Variables That Impact Transport in Space: Tower of Power Part 1

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

In this engaging lesson, students explore how size, strength, weight and time constraints can impact space transportation. There are a variety of resources included with this lesson.

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Engineering Design Process Space Problem Solving Critical Thinking

Build a Space Tower: Tower of Power Part 2

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

In this hands-on lesson, students apply their understanding of the engineering design process to build a tower made of index cards that can hold an object. There is a link to a prerequisite lesson

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Engineering Design Process Space Problem Solving Critical Thinking

Let's Fly

Grades: 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Let's Fly is a great lesson for those teaching forces and motion. Find some balsa wood flyers through a STEAM source (ideas included), take your students outside to play and let them observe. Then

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Airplanes Newton's Laws Gravity Force and Motion

Cookie Mining

Grades: 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade

In this activity, students will perform a hands-on, inquiry-based investigation of the tradeoffs involved in hard rock mining. The object is to purchase and develop a mine, safeguarding the

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Geology Mining Engineering Design Process

A Campus Biodiversity Assessment

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Students will use SEEK or other species identification tools to create a database of biodiversity on campus. The lesson starts with a discussion of the importance of biodiversity to the functioning of

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Ecology Habitats Plants

2023 Summer Science Teacher Symposium Scholarships open

Thu, Jul 6 2023
9 am - Tue, Jul 11 2023
3:30 pm

Virtual

Arizona Science Teachers Association

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Science Content Coaching Session: "Digging Deeper into the 3-Dimensions of the Arizona Science Standards

Wed, May 17 2023
4 - 5 pm

Virtual

Arizona Science Teachers Association

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Pool Covers

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Students investigate options for covering a unique shaped pool with circular solar pool covers. This lesson includes using a scaled drawing to create calculations and creating a proposal.