Mathematics | Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP)

Is Your Password Strong Enough?

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

This lesson is an intro to Cybersecurity and it helps bring awareness. This lesson helps students understand the importance of change and creating passwords secure enough so their emails or logins

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Cybersecurity

Drones: Using English as a Programming Language

Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

Students will learn the importance of clear, precise communication by directing a partner to navigate a drone through an obstacle course. This exercise will draw parallels to writing clear and

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Drones

Introduction to Ohm's Law

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

In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between current, voltage, and resistance in an electrical circuit. Using a PhET Simulation, they will collect data and graph voltage vs current

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pHet Simulation Electrical Currents Electricity Circuits

Creating Natural Pigments from Southwest Plants

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

Students will explore the historical use of natural pigments by indigenous peoples, particularly those native to the Southwest region. They will use mathematical concepts to paint using the pigments

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Art Pigments Graphing Arizona Plants

Building a Labyrinth on School Campus

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade

Students will understand and apply geometric concepts such as symmetry, angles, and scaling in the context of labyrinth design.

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Labyrinth Engineering Outdoors Scale Angles

Unmixing Mixtures

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

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Matter Properties of Matter Data

How Light Behaves - Project-Based Inquiry Investigation Using Solar Panels

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

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electromagnetic spectrum Solar Energy Solar Panels Light

Buttons: Where Creativity Meets Innovation!

Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Button makers are great additions in the classroom! But first, students should learn the history of buttons, about the button machine and how to operate it. Challenge cards provided inspire students

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Makerspace Buttons Engineering Design Process Design

Photorealistic AI image of a food web scene in a forest

Animal Adaptations: Camouflage

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

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Camoflauge Biomimicry Data