Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students pull wooden "sleds" with different masses on them over various types of surfaces with spring scales (force meters) to calculate the different coefficients of friction. Students graph the data
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students will explore the historical use of natural pigments by indigenous peoples, particularly those native to the Southwest region. They will use mathematical concepts to paint using the pigments
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
"A Solution to Plastic Pollution" – an engaging and hands-on lesson plan designed to empower students to address one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time: plastic pollution. In
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
The first rule in the chemistry lab is “don’t eat or drink or lick anything in the lab”! This lesson breaks those rules and shows students how culinary is really a practical application of chemistry
Grades:
11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lab, students will extract copper from Copper (II) Sulfate using Iron. Students will balance the equation, label the equation, calculate molar mass, calculate the limiting reactant and excess
Grades:
10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson has students create a unique graphical visual of the components of blood within a vial. These components of blood are then researched and used as a control for accomplishing two
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This STEM Argumentative Research Project engages students in exploring the scientific, ethical, and societal implications of themes in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." Students will work in groups to
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This is a 6-week lesson plan for high school students designed to measure and then increase the bat population in the field behind our school. This can be used in any area where bats populate, as long
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Want to incorporate the Arts into your 7-12 STEM classroom? The Global Science Opera provides a way to do just that! Learn how to facilitate a STEAM collaboration with arts teachers to make it happen.
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lesson students will collect data on the performance of their drone. Students will design a systematic process of data collection that will then lead to the development of a predictive model
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This is an introduction to exoplanets and their discovery. In the hands-on activity, students make a lightcurve for an exoplanet transit using data from the DIY MicroObservatory Telescope Network.
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Teachers will be introduced to the VEX V5 Robotic Platform. We will start with an Introduction to robotics and how robotics is used in industry. Students will understand the key resources they will be
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lesson students will use Tinkercad to design a puzzle piece that will be used in the Escape Room from the previous lesson. This can be used as a stand alone lesson or in conjunction with the
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lesson students will design a rough and final draft of an escape room using scale factor and ratios. Students will also create an escape plan using math at the level of the teachers choosing
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this high school lesson, students will get the opportunity to engage in scientific research, studying sustainability and fuel options, while creating models to represent their knowledge.
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson is the second lesson of a two-part series where students investigate concepts of biomimicry and apply them to the real world with issues like resource scarcity. In this lesson, students
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lesson, students will learn about desert plant and animal adaptations and the concept of biomimicry. Students will discuss examples of biomimicry in nature and in the real world and will
Grades:
8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students create a scale model representing earth's history in order to analyze how life has changed on earth over time.
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Lesson explores compounds, mixtures and solutions, defining each and what distinguishes them from each other. Students complete a lab as an introduction, use a PowerPoint to refine their knowledge and
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
A lesson to teach students how to collect, organize, interpret data, make inferences, raise awareness, and suggest possible solutions on the water quality of the waterbodies in the state of Arizona.
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson introduces the students to what are antibiotics, how they work, and why they are important. At the same time, it also talks about how an organism becomes antibiotic resistant. The students
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lesson, students use the Kepler’s Laws PhET Simulation to collect data on the period and average radius of the planetary orbits. They graph and analyze that data to derive Kepler’s 3rd Law.
Grades:
11th Grade, 12th Grade
Involving themes of biology, ecology, and conservation, this engineering lesson introduces students to the behavior of immersed bodies within the realm of fluid mechanics. Utilizing the phenomena of
Grades:
10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lesson two of four, students have to estimate and guess how much weight each of four factors has on a person's life expectancy, which often causes discomfort. They will ask you for direction
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Makey Makey Storyboards
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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
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
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Sphero Rocket Payload Mission
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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:
1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
This lesson using Ozobot is centered around a favorite read aloud, "When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left". This story is about perseverance. After reading it, students use color code directions and