Grades:
3rd Grade
Students will use math and technology to create and interpret scaled picture graphs and bar graphs. Students will learn how to create scaled picture graphs and bar graphs to represent a data set with
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:
8th Grade
The students will come up with what is sound and how it is produced. Then in the next two lessons explore with a signal generator to explore amplitude and frequency.
Grades:
4th Grade, 6th Grade
This project consists of the final part of a four-part unit for 4th and 6th-grade students exploring Arizona's science standards. Students will study how living things compete for energy and resources
Grades:
4th Grade, 6th Grade
This project is the third of four parts involving 4th—and 6th-grade students exploring Arizona's science standards. Students will learn about how human activities impact the environment, competition
Grades:
6th Grade
Students are challenged to create a battlebot that will be powered by a sphero and compete against other bots. Each bot will have an inflated balloon attached to the back. The objective is to pop
Grades:
1st Grade
Welcome to an exhilarating journey of problem-solving and exploration with Bee-Bots! In this captivating adventure, students will embark on a thrilling quest to navigate through challenging mazes
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students create a polling station, using student-made buttons, a circuit, and coding a Micro:Bit, to discover and report current student trends.
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
On the second day students use more complex coding, the built in camera for taking pictures and experience FPV. It has 3 missions total in this lesson. This lesson also uses yaw to keep the camera
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Coding and flying drones what a match! Students will have the chance to experiment with flying a drone in a simulator. The lesson includes 4 missions incorporating forces of flight acting on a drone.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This lesson integrates technology (microbits), engineering design, and career exploration for middle school students. It encourages hands-on learning and critical thinking through the creation of
Grades:
Kindergarten
Kindergarten students will be given a STEM case to solve! The goal is to build a bridge for two different sized/weight of vehicles. Students will research types of bridges and decide which bridge will
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lesson, students will explore the key physics principles that govern the design and operation of street lighting systems. Through a hands-on engineering design challenge, students will apply
Grades:
4th Grade
Students will conduct research about different types of severe weather and how to prepare for it, then share their research with classmates via slideshow presentations.
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Slow Sustainable Fashion T-Shirts combines art, design, math, and technology. Student will gain and understanding of sustainable slow fashion design by deconstructing a recycled printed t-shirt and
Grades:
7th Grade
The emphasis of this lesson is for students to see that their heart rate will increase after 1 minute of jumping jacks because the cells need additional oxygen while exercising, making their heartbeat
Grades:
6th Grade
Students will be designing a shade structure to fit a mini-raised garden bed in order to help it adapt to the increasing sunshine in summer.
Grades:
6th Grade
Students will track and collect data on the growth of micro-greens. They will also make a time lapse animation of the growth of the micro-greens.
Grades:
10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This is part 2 of a two-part series. This lesson looks deeper into early electronic encryption tools and how they relate to cryptography today. The tools discussed are: Hebern Rotor Machine, Enigma
Grades:
1st Grade
Students will experiment with light and shadows, learn the values of coins, and then perform a puppet show combining their knowledge of light and shadows with their knowledge of coin values to tell
Grades:
5th Grade
In this lesson, your students will be engaged in learning about forces and motion while using fractions in line plots. Students will record the spin time of different objects, they will display data
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson is a follow-up to the lesson titled "Creating Sustainable Solutions with Bioplastics Part 1". In this lesson, students evaluate different ingredients for bioplastics and create a minimum
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lesson students evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of conventional, petroleum-based plastics, bioplastics, and their different varieties. The lesson is driven by class/group research
Grades:
5th Grade
Biologists have noticed that the saguaro mortality rates have increased in Central and Southern Arizona. They don’t know why - but they have some ideas. In this unit, students will learn more about
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Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
Students will gain knowledge about Arizona's geography, culture, and history through the book "Santa is Coming to Arizona." They will develop basic programming and problem-solving skills by
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Grades:
5th Grade
This is a simple and effective lesson that explores the science behind pendulums. Students make a basic pendulum to explore the variables of mass and string length and compare results to their
Grades:
2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
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