STEM Lesson Plans

This is lesson 4 of the Life Science Unit. Students will evaluate and identify how the features of a young animal offspring and parent are similar (not identical) and different. They will code the

This is lesson 3 of the Life Science Unit. Students design a habitat for an organism using earth material. Links to all lessons and optional fiction read-alouds, picture sorts, STEM hands-on

This is lesson 2 of the Life Science Unit. Students learn about animal classifications. Links to all lessons and optional fiction read-alouds, picture sorts, STEM hands-on activities, journal prompts

This is lesson 1 of the Life Science Unit. Links to all lessons included! In this lesson, students engineer a bird feeder to help birds access resources to survive. Optional fiction read-alouds

In this hands-on lesson, students will have a teacher read aloud: "Rosie Revere, Engineer" and discuss the importance of perseverance and imagination while creating, building, and testing. They will

This lesson is part of a project to isolate bacteria from soil and test it for antibiotic activity. This lesson must follow Microbial Serial Dilutions. You can also use this lesson to screen for

In this hands-on lesson, students are challenged to build shelter. They will learn that everyone needs shelter. Students will learn what materials might make the best shelter. Students will test

This hands-on lesson allows students to investigate how the length of a piece of string affects the speed and centripetal force on an object moving in a circular path at a constant speed and use

In this lesson, students apply what they learn about series and parallel circuits in building their concept of electrical power. They experiment and gather evidence through PHET Circuit Construction

In this engaging lesson, students are given data and are required to graph the data, analyze the data to determine the carrying capacity of four different organisms.

Students use GIS and analyze another digital map before constructing a model to explain human impacts on different biomes across the globe.

Students play a game to model and graph the effects an invasive species on a local ecosystem before analyzing a case study and completing a research project.

This lesson integrates literature / ELA standards with Science& Engineering Practices and is designed for K-1. The lesson involves a read aloud of the story "The Little Wooden Robot and the Log

Fashion design and apparel engineering is a multidisciplinary field that combines the knowledge of engineering, technology, math, science, and the arts with the creativity of fashion design. In this

In this engaging lesson, students will research and design rhythm sticks. They will use them in music and PE class to exercise and create music with. This hands-on lesson incorporates multiple areas

This is an adaptation of an HHMI BioInteractive activity. Students use graphics of scenes from two different areas where Rock Pocket Mice are evolving due to a change in environmental conditions (ie

This is an unplugged screen free introduction to coding for Kindergarten and 1st grade students. They use colors and arrows to code a robot through a path maze. In parts 1 & 2 students learned about

This is an unplugged screen free introduction to coding for Kindergarten and 1st grade students. They use colors and arrows to code a robot through a path maze. In part 1 students will learn the

A 1st grade lesson plan asking students to create a model to classify dinosaurs into different groups according to similarities. Following the classification, a classroom discussion about the ways

Students will be read the book: "Oh Say Can You Seed?" by Bonnie Worth and Aristides Ruiz Students will learn new vocabulary for the parts of a flowering plant and identify parts together. Students

In this investigation students will explore how vibrating matter creates sound and how sound can make matter vibrate.

This lesson is part of a project to isolate bacteria from soil and test it for antibiotic activity. This can be the start of the project or you can do lesson 1 soil microbes first. Though you do have

This design challenge was open for any interested students from grades 9-12. Students met afterschool over the course of the second semester. This is the 4th sequence of lessons in a set of 4. This

Students will learn lots of information about the rainforest featuring the different layers, the animals, birds, plants, and other important concepts. Students will then use this information and