Grades:
4th Grade
This is a lesson that allows students to investigate sound waves moving from one place to another. By using simple materials, students can have significant influence on large-scale variables of
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STEM Tank! Part 2
Grades:
3rd Grade
Students will go through the engineering design process to come up with a product that will solve a real life problem. By the end of the unit, students will design their product, make their product
Grades:
3rd Grade
In this 45-minute lesson, 3rd graders will design and build LEGO marble mazes, learning engineering and math concepts. They experiment, design, test, and present their mazes, fostering creativity
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Design a Course with Friction
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade
In the second part of this lesson, students will now test how friction can change the speed of a RC car. Students will first test the RC car on three different surfaces of their choice and time them
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade
In this part one of two lessons, students will test the pull force of a RC car on three different surfaces. Students will learn about friction in a hands-on activity and practice calculating the mean
Grades:
4th Grade
This lesson focuses on teaching 4th-grade students the fundamental concepts of force and motion through the hands-on activity of designing, constructing, and launching paper rockets. The lesson
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Eggcellent Car Race
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will design and build a car using STEM principles to safely transport a raw egg down a ramp, applying their knowledge of physics, engineering, and problem-solving.
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
In this lesson, students will explore the forces of flight in rockets. They will construct a rocket using straws, clay, and index cards. Students will then use a launcher to launch their rockets and
Grades:
1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
We begin with the observation of a phenomenon - the spinning pioneer button. Students make their own spinning pioneer button and experiment with different lengths of string. With teacher input and
Grades:
7th Grade
Students design and build a bumper car to test Newton's third law of motion.
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:
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:
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:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
The purpose of this project is to have students use their knowledge of series and parallel circuits to create an electronic greeting card or an electronic game. This lesson should be given after
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
The students in this lab activity will play a competitive game with a small bouncy ball. The students will analyze the motion of the ball and apply projectile motion concepts. This activity requires
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This lesson shows how to use VEX IQ robots in your classroom. There are links to the VEX free resources that can be used to help new or experienced robotics teachers.
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
Students will determine the best materials to use to build their school budget. They will create several garden models and determine which garden they ultimately want to build. Students will then
Grades:
6th Grade
My lesson plan is entitled: Popsicle Stick Catapult. This lesson focuses on making a catapult out from popsicle sticks. This can be done inside the classroom where the students will be having fun
Grades:
7th Grade
In this lesson, the students will use the Sphero bots and the data they collected in previous lessons to create block-code to navigate a course for the Sphero Bolt to travel. The block code used is
Grades:
Kindergarten
Students will explain how the apples are changing numbers through stem challenges and physical tests in this early childhood lesson.
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Makey Makey Storyboards
Grades:
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