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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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Invasive Species: Lionfish

Grades: 6th Grade

Can one organism turn an ecosystem upside down? In this engaging lesson, students use an interactive site (hhmi biointeractive) to understand and answer how a species becomes invasive, analyze

Ecology Invasive Species Graphs Data Critical Thinking

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Using Color Sensors in Reaction to Lines

Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

For this lesson, students will be using the LEGO Spike Prime Kits and LEGO Mindstorm software. Students will write programs using the Color Sensor to make the Driving Base autonomous. A variety of

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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.

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Engineering Design Process cars Data Modeling Problem Solving Critical Thinking

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Autonomous Robot Series Lesson 2 - Using Sensors to Control Motors

Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

This is a 5E lesson plan for teaching middle school students (grades 6-8) how to use sensors to control motors and interact with objects on a field using block code with a system like LEGO Mindstorms.