Grades:
8th Grade
Students will learn about DNA base pairs. As a team they will send a student to read a sequence of DNA/RNA and will have their group duplicate or sequence the complimentary base pair. Students will
Grades:
2nd Grade
This is a year long measurement unit. Students will learn about different tools to measure height, discuss and review what they need to grow, and create a growth over time graph for their height. They
Grades:
7th Grade
This project transforms students into solar power investigators! They'll construct miniature solar power plants (model houses) and test methods to combat dust, a real-world challenge for solar panels
Grades:
2nd Grade
Students will complete a shadow activity where they will learn what happens to shadows throughout the day. They will create a hypothesis, collect observable data, and come to a conclusion about a
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
In the Drone Light Show project, students will explore the intersection of technology, creativity, and teamwork by designing and programming their own synchronized drone light show. Utilizing DJI
Grades:
8th Grade, 9th Grade
In this lesson, the phenomenon of soap making will be used to teach the chemical reactions and physical and chemical properties to middle school students.
Grades:
3rd Grade
The lesson plan addresses the real world problem of forest management that affects the environment and the communities. The students will build awareness of global issues related to natural resources
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade
This lesson integrates mathematics when designing a garden tool. Students will be tasked with building a functional garden tool to use in the school greenhouse.
Grades:
4th Grade
Students will come up with and perform an investigation for the phenomenon that dropping a rock into a puddle makes a different reaction than throwing it. Students will drop a ball into a cup or
Grades:
8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
A lesson that dives into the fusion of Art and Chemistry. Students will make their own pigments using common plants by using an acid-base reaction. They will test the effects of different solvents in
Grades:
2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
Groups of students will create a stable tower with a paper towel roll and other materials. They will test it with the force of a fan on its highest speed. Groups should have time to modify and retest
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade
In this lesson, we will learn about different methods for growing potatoes, as the pioneer farmers would have needed to test during the time of the settlers in the United States and Westward Expansion
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson is designed to encourage students to explore their interests and pursue their passions while diving into the world of STEM. This lesson takes place in a classroom for one semester. 1 hour
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students will investigate different counting methods to find out total number of outcomes to be applied in probabilities. They will learn about fundamental counting principle, permutations, and
Grades:
5th Grade
Students will be creating a lego vehicle on Tinkercad and finding the volume of the vehicle using layering. They will be using standards 5.MD.C.3, 5.MD.C.4, and 5.P1U1.1. They will also explain how
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will learn cardboard construction through brainstorming, planning, building, and presenting creative projects, focusing on teamwork, structural integrity, and problem-solving over three class
Grades:
5th Grade
Students will build and use pom pom shooters to conduct an investigation into kinetic vs potential energy. Students will measure the distance their pom pom travels and make conclusions about the
Grades:
8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
Students use what they know about similar triangles to create a problem. They will use laser pointers and a small mirror to create a problem requiring students to point the laser beam at the mirror to
Grades:
5th Grade
This lesson introduces a phenomenon to start a unit on the properties of matter. Students will plan and carry out a investigation of an unknown mixture and collect data. In doing so, they will begin
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This is an introductory investigation to how light behaves in an electromagnetic spectrum unit. This is prior to any content being taught at the subject and is a way to spark inquiry and for students
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Students will learn about the engineering design process by working in small groups to identify a problem, then design and create a solution, inspired by the main character's creativity and problem
Grades:
5th Grade
Students will observe different changes in food and through research determine if the changes are physical or chemical in nature. The students will be able to determine the type of change taking place
Grades:
3rd Grade
This lesson incorporates a paired reading of Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young. Students will engage in this lesson after reading the book which makes connections of the dangers and aftermath
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