7th Grade | Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP)

Practical Parabolas, Projectiles, and Google Sheets

Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Students will use projectile motion as practical example to better understand how parabolas (quadratic equations) are built. Students will also tabulate x and y values on Google Spreadsheets and graph

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Parabolas Projectiles Technology

Space for Art & Poetry in your Science classroom!

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

Middle school students love to compete. Here's a lesson idea for a competition that will appeal to your student scientists, artists, and poets alike. Standards and connections are offered for middle

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Art Earth and Space Science Writing

Halt, Who Goes [in/out] There? Structure and Function of the Cell Membrane in Different Environments

Grades: 7th Grade

The purpose of this lesson is to engage 7th-grade students in a hands-on investigation of how salt concentrations affect plant cells. By exploring the process of osmosis, students will gain a deeper

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Scientific Method Cell Membrane Model

Remote Control Car - Shell Design

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

Students will begin by brainstorm and designing a cardboard shell for a remote control car. They will practice iterating on their designs, troubleshooting the process, measuring the cardboard and

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Design Measurement Art

Penguin Protectors: Understanding Climate Change, Math, Properties of Water, Conservation of Matter and Teamwork with Penguins

Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

Most students are likely familiar with popular films like Happy Feet, Surf’s Up, Penguins of Madagascar, and classic books like Mr. Popper's Penguins. Capitalizing on this familiarity with penguins

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Habitats Natural Selection Climate Change

Animal vs Plant Cells

Grades: 7th Grade

Learning the difference between the two cells while learning the function and structure of both cells and creating an analogy and drawing on canva to help students remember.

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Microscopes Cells

Learning to Use Microscopes

Grades: 7th Grade

Students will learn the parts of a microscope, the importance of them and how to use them to view specimens.

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Microscopes Cells

Drone Racing: Design and Build an Obstacle Course

Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade

In this lesson students will work in teams to research the different parts of a drone obstacle course with the intention to build and race it themselves.

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Drones

My Drone and Me: Getting to Know Your Controls

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

In this lesson students will broaden their understanding of their drone controls learning the proper terminology and practice using that vocabulary flying mini obstacle courses as a Pilot/Co-Pilot duo

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Drones