6th Grade | Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP)

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

Forces of Flight-Straw Rockets

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

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Straw Rockets Rockets Engineering Observation Measurement Data Modeling

Cardboard Automata Tinkering - STEAM Lesson

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade

This engineering design STEAM lesson is intended to be introduced as a playful and inventive approach to learning simple machines. Students explore levers, cams, cam followers, linkages, and other

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Simple Machines Automata

Photorealistic AI image of a food web scene in a forest

Exploring Ecosystems: Where Adaptation Unveils, Human Impact Reveals, and Interdependence Prevails! (Week 4)

Grades: 4th Grade, 6th Grade

This project consists of the final part of a four-part unit for 4th and 6th-grade students exploring Arizona's science standards. Students will study how living things compete for energy and resources

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Human Impact Ecosystems Ecology Adaptations

Exploring Ecosystems: Where Adaptation Unveils, Human Impact Reveals, and Interdependence Prevails! (Week 3)

Grades: 4th Grade, 6th Grade

This project is the third of four parts involving 4th—and 6th-grade students exploring Arizona's science standards. Students will learn about how human activities impact the environment, competition

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Ecosystems Human Impact Biomes

Battlebot Spheros

Grades: 6th Grade

Students are challenged to create a battlebot that will be powered by a sphero and compete against other bots. Each bot will have an inflated balloon attached to the back. The objective is to pop

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Sphero Robotics

Ecosystem Sealed for 50 Years

Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade

Students will be presented with the phenomenon of a plant that has been sealed in a bottle for over 50 years. In this lesson students will participate in investigations, conduct research, and utilize

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Plants Matter Ecosystems Ecology

Micro:Bit Polling Station

Grades: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

Students create a polling station, using student-made buttons, a circuit, and coding a Micro:Bit, to discover and report current student trends.

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Circuits Coding

Coding a Drone to Fly on Mars: Three More Complex Missions! (2 of 2)

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

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Drones Coding