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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.

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Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
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This lesson was for 2nd/3rd graders in an after-school class. Students were not familiar with 3D printing or Tinkercad. We spent 3 days to complete. Day 1 was learning about 3D printing, opening
Grades: 8th Grade
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Students will understand the relationship between physical movement and energy production, and apply this knowledge to determine how much physical activity is required to power various household items
Grades: 10th Grade
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Students will design a floor plan for a house and use area and volume to calculate the dimensions of their floor plan. They can also have the option to create a wooden model of their design.
Grades: 9th Grade
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This is a lesson plan for an activity that is used to teach meiosis. Students learn about various stages of meiosis and how it leads to variation.
Grades: 3rd Grade
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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: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
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Students will research a biome around the world, including 3 animals, 3 plants, and 3 nonliving parts of the ecosystem. Students will construct a diorama of the biome and illustrate a natural disaster
Grades: 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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In this engaging and interactive lesson, high school students (grades 10-12) will explore the fascinating world of molecular geometry using the PhET "Molecule Shapes" simulation. The lesson is
Grades: 4th Grade
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Dive into adaptations and an intro to evolution through activities, readings, analyzing data, and a virtual lab to determine what happens to a species over time. There are plenty of extensions and is
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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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: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade
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A lower elementary (Kindergarten through 4th grade) lesson plan to explore what the robot can and can not do, to program the robot to complete a task, and to collaboratively work as a team to complete

Grades: 2nd Grade
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This is a week long review activity to be done outdoors on student devices. Students will complete physical/ outdoor activities and see how math fits into their daily life. This is meant to be done in
Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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Students will pick an issue that they think exists in the world and propose a solution via a presentation. This will model a TedTalk.
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
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Button makers are great additions in the classroom! But first, students should learn the history of buttons, about the button machine and how to operate it. Challenge cards provided inspire students
Grades: 6th Grade
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Students discover how plants and soils interact by observing root growth, considering the function of a plant’s roots, modeling the movement of water into the roots, and investigating the movement of
Grades: 6th Grade
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In this activity, students will work together to discuss what they know about frogs and what a frog's tongue is like. Students will be engineering a frog's tongue and discussing it's adaptations.
Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
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Students will learn the importance of clear, precise communication by directing a partner to navigate a drone through an obstacle course. This exercise will draw parallels to writing clear and
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
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This lesson plan is an introduction to basic coding for students in 3rd - 5th grade. There is an activity that involves no technology before they go on a computer to practice their coding skills!
Grades: 1st Grade
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Students are fascinated by living creatures, including butterflies! Spring in Arizona brings many butterflies, presenting a perfect opportunity for teachers to focus on teaching the life cycle of
Grades: 4th Grade
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What is a tessellation? How do you know if an image is a tessellation, truly? In this lesson, 4th grade students will engage in an examination of images to identify whether or not they are

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Grades: 6th Grade
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