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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: 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
9 votes with an average rating of 0.9.
This lesson takes students through the process of creating an interactive storyboard using a Makey Makey circuit board. This lesson can be adjusted for any grade level with examples given in the 4th
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
7 votes with an average rating of 0.8.
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: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
30 votes with an average rating of 0.9.
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: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
43 votes with an average rating of 1.
Learn how to train your own Artificial Intelligence neural network without the complexities of coding. Google's (free) Teachable Machine is a web-based tool that makes it easy to train your computer
Grades: 5th Grade
2 votes with an average rating of 1.
In this lesson, students will need to obtain, evaluate and communicate the effects of gravity on objects. Students will watch an engagement video demonstrating how many objects fall to the ground
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
2 votes with an average rating of 1.
This lesson is focused on solar energy, students engage in a hands-on exploration of photovoltaic cells, motors, and light bulbs to investigate the correlation between light intensity and solar power
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
2 votes with an average rating of 1.
In this lesson plan, high school students will explore the concepts of AC and DC currents through hands-on experimentation. The lesson begins with a brief discussion on the fundamentals of alternating
Grades: 5th Grade
1 votes with an average rating of 1.
Students will be able to identify the planets in our solar system, describe the difference between rotation and revolution, and engineer a three dimensional model of our solar system.
Grades: 5th Grade, 6th Grade
2 votes with an average rating of 1.
This is a lesson that has two parts. The first is a lesson is using the design process to create a simple stethoscope using various materials and defining which would give the best results. Part two
Grades: 5th Grade, 6th Grade
3 votes with an average rating of 1.
A glider is a great physical science/STEM challenge for fifth/sixth grade students. This project allows students to use a Cricut cutting machine to build and modify a glider that will travel as far as
Grades: 5th Grade
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In China, kites have a history of more than two thousand years. Initially made of wood and shaped like birds, they later evolved to use bamboo and paper. In the 13th century, Marco Polo introduced
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: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
3 votes with an average rating of 1.
Students will work in small groups to create a water filtration system to demonstrate understanding of water purification systems and human influences.
Grades: 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
1 votes with an average rating of 1.
This lesson plan is on how to make agar plates to grow media on. This teaches the students how to measure out the agar and water and mix properly and plate the agar properly.
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
1 votes with an average rating of 1.
Harvesting “Apache Tea”-Thelesperma: How to harvest pick and boil to enjoy a herbal tea found in Northern Arizona

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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
9 votes with an average rating of 0.9.
This lesson takes students through the process of creating an interactive storyboard using a Makey Makey circuit board. This lesson can be adjusted for any grade level with examples given in the 4th