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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: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
5 votes with an average rating of 0.8.
This lesson is centered around the book, The World's Best Class Plant. It is intended for 1st-3rd grade. Ideally, teachers would use this lesson at the beginning of the year so they can have their
Grades: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
2 votes with an average rating of 0.
In this lesson, students design, build and test model candy cars made from simple materials. They measure the changes in distance and travel by the addition of revision of design features. Students
Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
4 votes with an average rating of 0.8.
In this lesson, K-2 students will plant seeds and use technology to track the growth of their plants. Through hands-on activities and observation, students will learn about the basic needs of plants
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: 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
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The lesson objective is to develop an enduring understanding of desert plants (especially cacti), conduct photosynthesis, and how their structures function to help them survive in the desert. An
Grades: 2nd Grade
1 votes with an average rating of 1.
This 2nd grade lesson incorporate the book, We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, and Ozobots. Students will discuss the beginning and ending of the story and discuss how characters respond to
Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
2 votes with an average rating of 0.5.
Students will use projectile motion as practical example to better understand how parabolas (quadratic equations) are built. Students will also tabulate x and y values on Google Spreadsheets and graph
Grades: 4th Grade, 5th Grade
1 votes with an average rating of 1.
This lesson on nanotechnology for 4th and 5th graders introduces students to the concept of scale by exploring the incredibly small measurements used in nanotechnology. Through engaging activities
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
1 votes with an average rating of 1.
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: 7th Grade
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Learning the difference between the two cells while learning the function and structure of both cells and creating an analogy and drawing on canva to help students remember.

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