Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade
In this lesson, we will learn about different methods for growing potatoes, as the pioneer farmers would have needed to test during the time of the settlers in the United States and Westward Expansion
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson is designed to encourage students to explore their interests and pursue their passions while diving into the world of STEM. This lesson takes place in a classroom for one semester. 1 hour
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students will investigate different counting methods to find out total number of outcomes to be applied in probabilities. They will learn about fundamental counting principle, permutations, and
Grades:
8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
A lesson designed for an engineering course but that can be used in a science course where we investigate the physics of waves and how it can be applied to the world of art. Students will design and
Grades:
1st Grade
This is a first grade design challenge based on a book. The book can be used to teach a mindset of facing fears. Once the book is read, students will create a monster like the ones in the book. After
Grades:
4th Grade, 6th Grade
After learning about the cycling of water and understanding that natural resources are limited, students use biomimicry to design their own water capturing system. Students begin by learning about the
Grades:
5th Grade
In Part 2, after students have created the blueprint, the floor plan and the budget, they will then create the blueprint using the Tinkercad application. Students must make a house following the
Grades:
5th Grade
This lesson plan explores earthquakes and how to build structures that will stay standing. After learning about earthquakes, they will make their own dream house. They must consider the facts in
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will learn cardboard construction through brainstorming, planning, building, and presenting creative projects, focusing on teamwork, structural integrity, and problem-solving over three class
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
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:
6th Grade
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
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:
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
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:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this hands-on STEM lesson, students take on the role of engineers tasked with developing an autonomous robotic solution for a complex real-world challenge. They explore the fundamentals of robotics
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Students will learn about the engineering design process by working in small groups to identify a problem, then design and create a solution, inspired by the main character's creativity and problem
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This lesson helps engage student voice in developing stronger research questions and projects on topics about which they are interested, curious, and passionate. The Question Formulation Technique
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Money, creative urge, ego, desire to help others, intellectual challenge and curiosity - inventors develop ideas for all of these reasons and all are valid, according to Invention City. During this
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade
This lesson is intended to teach students where seeds come from to grow fruits and vegetables. Students will participate in a seed investigation by reading a story and then finding seeds in various
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
This lesson encourages students to use their imagination, design and construct something out of cardboard and other recyclables if you choose. Students will first be inspired by reading Pete the Cat’s
Grades:
3rd Grade
This lesson incorporates a paired reading of Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young. Students will engage in this lesson after reading the book which makes connections of the dangers and aftermath
Grades:
10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
From learning the basics of the endocrine system (organs) to creating a 3d visual model of a patient and demonstrating how hormones are released across the body, students will go from simple to
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
In this project, students practice using scale by designing and crafting items for a model bedroom using a 1:12 scale ratio. They learn how to accurately shrink real-world dimensions down to miniature
Grades:
2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade
Students learn about the gila woodpecker as well as the 5 S's of birdwatching. Students then make observations of birds in their schoolyard, summarize the findings on a graph and slideshow, and design
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1st Grade
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