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STEM Lesson Plans

Search our growing library of STEM lesson plans. Arizona teachers are contributing their best STEM lesson plans to an archive that is aligned with Arizona Academic Standards. This repository is provided free of charge through a collaboration with the Arizona Educational Foundation.

Grades: 1st Grade
7 votes with an average rating of 0.8.
This lesson focuses on animal habitats, as well as nonstandard unit measuring and data tables! The students will research an animal of their choice and identify what it needs in its habitat, as well
Grades: 1st Grade
6 votes with an average rating of 0.9.
Students will be exploring natural resources and 10's and 1's through this hands-on engineering project! The students will create a shelter for an animal out of natural resources they have collected
Grades: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
2 votes with an average rating of 0.
In this lesson, students design, build and test model candy cars made from simple materials. They measure the changes in distance and travel by the addition of revision of design features. Students
Grades: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
3 votes with an average rating of 0.7.
This maze activity builds all sorts of skills. Students will be improving spatial skills, logic skills, problem solving skills, math skills, technology skills, and fine motor skills Mazes provide
Grades: 8th Grade
1 votes with an average rating of 1.
Using geometric transformations students will create a logo, and rotate, translate, dilate or reflect it to make new art/logos/designs.
Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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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
1 votes with an average rating of 1.
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: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
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Students will begin by brainstorm and designing a cardboard shell for a remote control car. They will practice iterating on their designs, troubleshooting the process, measuring the cardboard and
Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
1 votes with an average rating of 1.
In the Drone Light Show project, students will explore the intersection of technology, creativity, and teamwork by designing and programming their own synchronized drone light show. Utilizing DJI
Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
5 votes with an average rating of 1.
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: 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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A lesson that dives into the fusion of Art and Chemistry. Students will make their own pigments using common plants by using an acid-base reaction. They will test the effects of different solvents in
Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade
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Students will learn cardboard construction through brainstorming, planning, building, and presenting creative projects, focusing on teamwork, structural integrity, and problem-solving over three class
Grades: 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
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Students use what they know about similar triangles to create a problem. They will use laser pointers and a small mirror to create a problem requiring students to point the laser beam at the mirror to
Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
1 votes with an average rating of 1.
Students will learn the importance of clear, precise communication by directing a partner to navigate a drone through an obstacle course. This exercise will draw parallels to writing clear and
Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
4 votes with an average rating of 0.8.
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
Grades: 8th Grade
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This is a lesson plan aimed to clarify concepts about Congruence and Similarity through an Engineering designed activity after a short discussion. The students will create their own design of bridge
Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
1 votes with an average rating of 0.
Students will apply principles of design, engineering, and mathematics to create a physical or digital labyrinth inspired by the myth of Theseus. This project integrates STEM concepts with literature

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