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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: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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Using the Introduction to Hydroponics lab, introduce students to the features of the Hydroponic Systems. Students will explore the different types of grow mediums and grow lights used in the systems
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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This lesson is an introduction to a unit on the light and transverse waves. It can be utilized during a unit or at the beginning as an exploration. Students m easure the speed of light in a medium
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: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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This lesson uses a Modeling Instruction approach to developing the graphical and mathematical relationship commonly known as Newton's 2nd Law for students in Grades 9-12. Students design an experiment
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: 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: 5th Grade, 6th Grade
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This is an introductory lesson designed for a robotics after-school session involving materials and equipment from VEX robotics and coding. Students explore robotics, discuss the tasks robots can
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
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.

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