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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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Students who have been studying logarithms can apply them using a chemistry lab to discover the pH of acetic acid (white vinegar) and even compare this to other acids.

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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Plants are the basis for nearly all agricultural production. Agricultural plant crops produce food, fiber, fuel, and aesthetically pleasing plants. Plants utilize energy from the Sun to convert water

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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Animals need food and shelter to survive, just as humans. The requirements may differ slightly, but the basic needs of humans and animals are very similar. Nutritionally, all animals need protein

Grades: 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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Let's Fly is a great lesson for those teaching forces and motion. Find some balsa wood flyers through a STEAM source (ideas included), take your students outside to play and let them observe. Then
Grades: 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade
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In this activity, students will perform a hands-on, inquiry-based investigation of the tradeoffs involved in hard rock mining. The object is to purchase and develop a mine, safeguarding the
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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In this hands-on lesson, students use the engineering design process (EDP) to create a prototype of a device that can prevent squirrels from accessing a bird feeder. This is a great way to integrate
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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Students will use SEEK or other species identification tools to create a database of biodiversity on campus. The lesson starts with a discussion of the importance of biodiversity to the functioning of

Grades: 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
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In this lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of osmosis, then investigate how solutions of various salt concentrations influence the size of plant cells.
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade
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In this lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of homeostasis with online research and then investigate how feedback mechanisms are used to maintain homeostasis during exercise during an
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: 10th Grade
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The lesson plan is about energy transfer in an ecosystem using beads. Students will participate in an interactive simulation about energy transfer. They will collect data and ultimately create a class
Grades: 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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This lesson plan includes activities for a full unit on Fission and Fusion, which are included in our state science standards. Students will create models of fusion and fission using a free online
Grades: 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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This lesson is designed to allow students the experience to move from an additive understanding in mathematics to a multiplicative understanding through this activity called Cootie Catcher. The
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: 10th Grade
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This lesson involves three scenarios where you calculate the frequencies of the dominant and recessive alleles. You will compare these frequencies for the 3 scenarios and discuss how they changed
Grades: 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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This lesson involves students calculating the density of various objects of differing sizes of the same substance. Each student group will need a balance, a ruler, and/or a graduated cylinder. They
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: 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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