2nd Grade | Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP)

Buttons: Where Creativity Meets Innovation!

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

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Makerspace Buttons Engineering Design Process Design

YOU Can Be an Inventor!

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

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Literature Engineering Design Process

Coding Coyotes in the Desert

Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Using the book There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea, students will participate in a lesson about desert animals, learn facts about coyotes, then work in small groups to code "coyote" robots to

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Arizona Coding Literature Ecosystems

“A Whole New World” (Soil Exploration Unit) Part 3: Compost Community

Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Teachers don't talk trash, they talk COMPOST!! Compost is the best way to teach students the value of community as they create a Classroom Compost Program. In this 3-day introductory lesson, students

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Composting Vermicomposting Worm Farms

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

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Geometry Health Measurement

Cactus Hotel and Dr. Bird to the Rescue: Birds in the Schoolyard

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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Arizona Engineering Design Process Observation

Photorealistic AI image of a food web scene in a forest

Exploring Ecosystems and Natural Disasters

Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade

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

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Biomes Natural Disasters

Save The Scraps

Grades: 2nd Grade

This lesson includes several activities for students to complete hands-on and with peers. Students will learn how to reduce food waste by composting with worms in the classroom. This lesson inlcudes

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Earthworms Measurement

3D Printing a Bubble Wand

Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

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

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3D Printing Engineering