A student looking in a microscope, very scientifically

STEM Lesson Plans

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.

Grades: 6th Grade
Students are to design and build a truss-style bridge out of balsa wood before testing its strength.
Grades: 5th Grade
In this lesson, students will need to obtain, evaluate and communicate the effects of gravity on objects. Students will watch an engagement video demonstrating how many objects fall to the ground
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson is focused on solar energy, students engage in a hands-on exploration of photovoltaic cells, motors, and light bulbs to investigate the correlation between light intensity and solar power
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lesson plan, high school students will explore the concepts of AC and DC currents through hands-on experimentation. The lesson begins with a brief discussion on the fundamentals of alternating
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson builds on student understanding of what how box plots summarize data sets and develops student knowledge of how to compare two sets of data using box plots and their five number summaries
Grades: 8th Grade
Using geometric transformations students will create a logo, and rotate, translate, dilate or reflect it to make new art/logos/designs.
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson supports students in physically understanding how data values are summarized and represented with a box plot. Students will also use an online tool in order to create one.