Technology | Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP)

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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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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Exploring Robotics and Algorithmic Thinking

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

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Robotics Real World Problem Solving

Engaging Student Voice in Developing Research Questions with the QFT (Question Formulation Technique)

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

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Unnecessary Inventions: Exploring the Engineering Design Process

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

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Chemical Change Cafe: An Investigation into Physical vs Chemical Change in Foods

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

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Optimizing iPhone Color Production

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

In this real-world STEM lesson, students take on the role of product planners at Apple to determine the optimal production mix of iPhone 16 colors that maximize profit while considering demand

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Programming Linear Equations

Engineering with Box Lox and Cardboard

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

This lesson encourages students to use their imagination, design and construct something out of cardboard and other recyclables if you choose. Students will first be inspired by reading Pete the Cat’s

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Engineering Design Process Literature

Coding Coyotes in the Desert

Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Using the book There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea, students will participate in a lesson about desert animals, learn facts about coyotes, then work in small groups to code "coyote" robots to

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