Measurement and Data (MD) | Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP)

Finding Friction: Sleds on the Move

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

Students pull wooden "sleds" with different masses on them over various types of surfaces with spring scales (force meters) to calculate the different coefficients of friction. Students graph the data

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Friction Static Friction Kinetic Friction

Introduction to Measurement: LEGO Creatures

Grades: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

This activity is designed to give students an introductory lesson into measurement. Students will pick out a LEGO creature, measure the creature, then use 3D design software like TinkerCAD to design

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Measurement LEGOs Coding

Penguin Protectors: Understanding Climate Change, Math, Properties of Water, Conservation of Matter and Teamwork with Penguins

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

Most students are likely familiar with popular films like Happy Feet, Surf’s Up, Penguins of Madagascar, and classic books like Mr. Popper's Penguins. Capitalizing on this familiarity with penguins

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Habitats Natural Selection Climate Change

Natural Selection: Lizards

Grades: 3rd Grade

Students compare the structures and functions of traits that enable organisms to survive in a specific environment. Analyzing the traits of animals provides evidence for how those traits vary, how

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Natural Selection Graphing

EARTHY ENERGY: SOIL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

Grades: 8th Grade

Uncover the fascinating world of soil electrical conductivity with this engaging experiment. Students will measure the electrical conductivity of various soil types to identify which one boasts the

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Soil Electricity

Sheep in a Jeep: Forces and Motion

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

Learn about forces and motion while reading the book Sheep in a Jeep and doing activities to determine the average distances of objects in motion.

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Force and Motion Literature Gravity Mean Absolute Deviation

Groundhog Day: Investigating Shadows and Light

Grades: Kindergarten

In this Kindergarten STEM lesson, students explore the concepts of light and shadows using Groundhog Day as a thematic starting point. The lesson begins with an engaging introduction through a SciShow

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Holidays Groundhogs Day Shadows Math Integration

Electricity 101 - Power

Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

This STEM lesson focuses on science and math. It was written for 6th through 8th grade, but it can be adjusted to fit other grades. It was made for a whole group start, then move into groups of 3-4

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Data Electricity Energy

DNA Mutations

Grades: 8th Grade

Students will learn about DNA base pairs. As a team they will send a student to read a sequence of DNA/RNA and will have their group duplicate or sequence the complimentary base pair. Students will

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DNA Graphing Data