7th Grade | Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP)

Biotechnology and Food

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

This is a lesson that can be taught in 5 days or one week. The lesson was put together in collaboration with the Smithsonian Science Education Center. It talks about global goals (one of which is food

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Gardening Human Impact Food Future Sustainability

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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Programming Coding LEGOs Problem Solving Critical Thinking Robotics

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

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

Global Science Opera: STEAM in Your Classroom!

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

Want to incorporate the Arts into your 7-12 STEM classroom? The Global Science Opera provides a way to do just that! Learn how to facilitate a STEAM collaboration with arts teachers to make it happen.

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Space Opera Music

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

Bumper Cars

Grades: 7th Grade

Students design and build a bumper car to test Newton's third law of motion.

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Newton's Laws cars Engineering

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

Engineering Meteorology Tools

Grades: 7th Grade

Students design and build tools for collecting meteorology data. Then students will collect data to make predictions about future weather moving into the area.

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Weather Meteorology Engineering