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Floating Trains: An Exploration of Magnetism and MagLev Trains

Grades: 5th Grade, 6th Grade

This is a lesson plan made to target the fifith grade standard on how noncontact forces impact one another. It can be adapted to grades 5-12. Students will explore magnetism and polarization, research

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Gravitational Forces Magnet Fields MagLev

Photosynthesis In The Desert

Grades: 3rd Grade

The lesson objective is to develop an enduring understanding of desert plants (especially cacti), conduct photosynthesis, and how their structures function to help them survive in the desert. An

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Art Photosynthesis Arizona

Code Along Micro:bits Mad Libs

Grades: 5th Grade

This 5th grade lesson incorporates Mad Lib, micro:bits and learning how to code on Makecode.org. This lesson is teacher directed to walk students to add variables and text value. Students will use

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Grammar Coding Micro:bits

We Are Water Protectors & Ozobots

Grades: 2nd Grade

This 2nd grade lesson incorporate the book, We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, and Ozobots. Students will discuss the beginning and ending of the story and discuss how characters respond to

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Ozobot Water Literature

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

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

Introduction to Measurement: LEGO Creatures

Grades: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

This activity is designed to give students an introductory lesson into measurement. Students will pick out a LEGO creature, measure the creature, then use 3D design software like TinkerCAD to design

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Measurement LEGOs Coding

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