1st Grade | Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP)

Buttons: Where Creativity Meets Innovation!

Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Button makers are great additions in the classroom! But first, students should learn the history of buttons, about the button machine and how to operate it. Challenge cards provided inspire students

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Makerspace Buttons Engineering Design Process Design

YOU Can Be an Inventor!

Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade

Students will learn about the engineering design process by working in small groups to identify a problem, then design and create a solution, inspired by the main character's creativity and problem

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Literature Engineering Design Process

Seed Investigation

Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade

This lesson is intended to teach students where seeds come from to grow fruits and vegetables. Students will participate in a seed investigation by reading a story and then finding seeds in various

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Counting Seeds Gardening Life Cycle

Coding Coyotes in the Desert

Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Using the book There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea, students will participate in a lesson about desert animals, learn facts about coyotes, then work in small groups to code "coyote" robots to

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Arizona Coding Literature Ecosystems

“A Whole New World” (Soil Exploration Unit) Part 3: Compost Community

Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Teachers don't talk trash, they talk COMPOST!! Compost is the best way to teach students the value of community as they create a Classroom Compost Program. In this 3-day introductory lesson, students

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Composting Vermicomposting Worm Farms

In this first grade set of lessons, students will participate in science, math, experiments, and literature questions. Read Apples by Gail Gibbons and learn about the importance of washing your hands.

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Observation Graphing

Balloon Rocket Race

Grades: 1st Grade

Engage your young learners in an exciting journey through the world of STEM with our "Balloon Rocket Race" lesson! Designed specifically for 1st-grade students, this interactive and hands-on lesson

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Literature Rockets Data Engineering

Let It Grow!

Grades: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Students plant kidney beans, observe growth, and learn about plant needs and life cycles, fostering curiosity and understanding.

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Plant Growth Plants

Force and the Pioneer Whirligig

Grades: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade

We begin with the observation of a phenomenon - the spinning pioneer button. Students make their own spinning pioneer button and experiment with different lengths of string. With teacher input and

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Simple Machines Engineering