Grades:
4th Grade, 6th Grade
After learning about the cycling of water and understanding that natural resources are limited, students use biomimicry to design their own water capturing system. Students begin by learning about the
Grades:
5th Grade
In Part 2, after students have created the blueprint, the floor plan and the budget, they will then create the blueprint using the Tinkercad application. Students must make a house following the
Grades:
5th Grade
This lesson plan explores earthquakes and how to build structures that will stay standing. After learning about earthquakes, they will make their own dream house. They must consider the facts in
Grades:
1st Grade
Students are fascinated by living creatures, including butterflies! Spring in Arizona brings many butterflies, presenting a perfect opportunity for teachers to focus on teaching the life cycle of
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
In this lesson students combine science and math standards to explore the animal adaptation: camouflage. Students engage in discussion, watch a video, complete a hands-on activity, fill out a table
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this hands-on STEM lesson, students take on the role of engineers tasked with developing an autonomous robotic solution for a complex real-world challenge. They explore the fundamentals of robotics
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This lesson helps engage student voice in developing stronger research questions and projects on topics about which they are interested, curious, and passionate. The Question Formulation Technique
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Money, creative urge, ego, desire to help others, intellectual challenge and curiosity - inventors develop ideas for all of these reasons and all are valid, according to Invention City. During this
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade
This lesson is intended to teach students where seeds come from to grow fruits and vegetables. Students will participate in a seed investigation by reading a story and then finding seeds in various
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
Grades:
4th Grade
Students use knowledge of light and shadows to create and perform a shadow puppet performance.
Grades:
4th Grade
Students learn vocabulary and learn about how light and shadows interact. Students explore using flashlights and making shadow hand puppets.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students will pick an issue that they think exists in the world and propose a solution via a presentation. This will model a TedTalk.
Grades:
2nd Grade
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
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
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade
Students will code Micro:Bits to be able to send and receive coordinates. Students will mark coordinates sent to opposing team in order to complete a game of Battleship.
Grades:
11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students will design and build eco-friendly Art Deco-inspired miniatures of party venues from "The Great Gatsby" by learning principles of geometry, engineering, and sustainability, and culminating in
Grades:
11th Grade
Students will identify and address problems from "Animal Farm" through STEM projects by collaborating in small groups to research, develop proposals, and present solutions, with tailored support and
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
In this lesson, students will learn about coding by using block coding in the Scratch Coding Interface to create their own projects. This is lesson 4 in a 4 lesson unit.
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
Grades:
5th Grade
In this fifth grade lesson plan, students extract DNA after reading about a young girl who is persistent in showing her parents she can be responsible. Students engage in identifying character traits
Grades:
3rd Grade
Students will go through the engineering design process to come up with a product that will solve a real life problem. By the end of the unit, students will design their product, make their product
Grades:
8th Grade
Students will construct an explanation of how energy can be transferred from one energy store to another, integrating STEM principles through hands-on activities and real-world applications.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This is a lesson designed for Edison Robots. Students will collaborate in small groups to complete the challenge of coding the robot to represent a train with automatic headlights. A successfully