Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Be a part of the humanitarian effort and teach students how to create a fully functioning 3D printed prosthetic arm for a client in need. This lesson walks you through the process in a slideshow
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
The Micro:bit prototyping academy is designed to teach students the basic commands and features in order to innovate their own device. They will learn the input commands, variables and conditional
Grades:
7th Grade
The purpose of this project is to provide students with a hands-on learning experience that combines the study of human body systems with engineering principles. By investigating the interaction
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Are your students fans of Formula 1? If they are or aren't this lesson will take a look into the dominance of Red Bull Racing in Formula 1. Why is Red Bull so dominant? Is it the driver or the
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade
An overall view of mining, minerals, and their role in our everyday life. This lesson compares the past, present and future of mining and it's relativity to sustaining our way of life.
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will use Circuit Playground Express and create a DIY Burglar Alarm
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This lesson is a follow up to a previous STEM contest lesson that detailed the KIDStruction opportunity & focused on the design phase. This lesson is intended to support the building phase and is
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
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Lesson "Phoenix Reimagined: From Sun City to Solar City" ensures that students engage in age-appropriate, hands-on learning experiences that promote understanding of solar energy and its applications
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson is a whole unit on energy. It can be broken up into 10 separate lessons. I chose to put them all together so that it was easier to see how I organized them so you did not have to search
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students will pick an issue that they think exists in the world and propose a solution via a presentation. This will model a TedTalk.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students use a GIS story map and hands on investigation to analyze the urban heat island effect in Phoenix.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Calling all engineers, artists, scientists, and crafters! Our MAKER FAIRE is a venue for our “makers” to show off your talents, innovations, and creative solutions! Join the Maker Movement! Students
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade
This is a lesson that can be taught in 5 days or one week. The lesson was put together in collaboration with the Smithsonian Science Education Center. It talks about global goals (one of which is food
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Want to incorporate the Arts into your 7-12 STEM classroom? The Global Science Opera provides a way to do just that! Learn how to facilitate a STEAM collaboration with arts teachers to make it happen.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade
Students will be presented with the phenomenon of a plant that has been sealed in a bottle for over 50 years. In this lesson students will participate in investigations, conduct research, and utilize
Grades:
7th Grade
In the STEM Pine Cone Decoration lesson, students will embark on a creative and hands-on exploration of nature-inspired crafting, integrating science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
What would you do if you were dropped into the wilderness, with nothing but what you could fit into a backpack, and had to survive harsh weather, a hostile location, and possibly aggressive wildlife
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will create an engineering notebook that documents their progress through the engineering design process as it applies to their choice of project, either creating a toy from “trash” or a
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This is an introduction to exoplanets and their discovery. In the hands-on activity, students make a lightcurve for an exoplanet transit using data from the DIY MicroObservatory Telescope Network.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade
This lesson utilizes a digital level to provide real-world applications of slope and angle measurements. Making connections to careers and practical applications enables students to answer that
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Intro to MS Make Code (Eat the Food)
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
MS MakeCode is the perfect stepping stone into the world of Scratch. Students will be able to create a working video game in one class period. As we all know classic video games were not built over
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This STEAM lesson is ideal for Tucson/Pima County Middle School Students who can participate in the annual KIDStruction building contest but you can also duplicate many of the learning opportunities
Grades:
7th Grade
Creating a photosynthesis model out of clay or play-doh and making a video/podcast as an expert panel to provide information and discussionm.
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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
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Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson uses Sphero's "Rocket Payload" activity with the Outer Space Mat. The full lesson includes information on rocket payload, a Sphero coding challenge, a NASA link to read, optional questions
Grades:
1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
This lesson using Ozobot is centered around a favorite read aloud, "When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left". This story is about perseverance. After reading it, students use color code directions and