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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: 5th Grade
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In this lesson, students will create a model of the solar system by shrinking the dimensions of the distances. Students will read an informational text about the features of the planets and view a
Grades: 5th Grade
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Students will be learning about honey bees, what they need to survive, and how amazing they are! They will learn about the structure of the honeycomb and then they will engineer their own!
Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
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Students will create their own cut-out stop motion animation videos using the iMotion app. Students will learn about stop motion animation, plan and create a storyboard, and then actually engineer the
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
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Students discover kite-making in this hands-on lesson! They create a kite with a variety of materials and test out the final product. This lesson can be adapted to fit different grade levels.
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade
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This lesson plan focuses around 4 key topics, with activities for each. The plan covers renewable energy, solar energy, why solar energy is important, and what the children can do to conserve energy
Grades: 5th Grade
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Students will use the engineering design process to design, build, and test three different paper airplane designs. The goal will be to create one that can fly the fastest, one that can fly the
Grades: 5th Grade
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In this STEM lesson, 5th grade students will apply what they have learned about the affect gravity and friction have on an object’s mobility by engineering simple machines to change the ending of the
Grades: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
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In this engaging lesson, students use LEGOs to create a working seismograph. Included are all the materials you will need, video links, a pre and post assessment and rubric. Students will enjoy this
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
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An alternative way of farming to encourage people in a community that does not have agricultural land. Vertical farming is often a suggested solution for urban gardening and farming. It's also a great
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
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Students will be learning and practicing the concepts of reflection and refraction through this engaging STEM activity.
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade
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In this lesson plan, students make use of their knowledge about homoestasis, osmosis, and types of solutions to design their own science investigation that will enable them to prove and answer: Why it

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