STEM Lesson Plans

In this lesson, students will experiment with unseen forces and their effect on motion. Students will build a LEGO land sailing car that will be powered by wind produced from a fan. Students will

Students study and design a healthy fish tank with a variety of animals. Students budget costs to do so.

Students use making lemonade to practice lab procedures, measurement and ratios as well as learning about temperatures affecting saturation points.

Students will walk through the steps of the engineering design process as they use their creativity to use technology to create an Arizona animal and habitat to share with a chosen audience.

Students create a model in the form of an illustrated flow chart that shows the flow of matter and energy through an Ecosystem.

This the fourth lesson in a series of lessons that introduces the engineering design process to middle schoolers. In this lesson students will choose their best design and develop a simple marketing

This the third lesson in a series of lessons that introduce the engineering design process to middle schoolers. In this lesson students will go through the design process twice modifying their

This is the second lesson in a series of lesson designed to introduce the engineering design process to middle schoolers. In this lesson students will use the engineering design process reverse

This is the first in a series of lesson designed to introduce middle schoolers to the engineering design process. In this lesson the main take away for the students is that engineers solve problems by

Students will use the materials provided to engineer a vehicle that is powered by a robot and deliver a treat to a chose location. Students will use the robots you have, I use Sphero and Edison robots

Students will use the materials provided to engineer a vehicle that is powered by a robot and deliver a treat to a chose location. Students will use the robots you have, I use Sphero and Edison robots

This is the final lesson of 4 lessons. In this lesson we are creating our design from lesson 3. This is a project type lesson so it is not done in a traditional manner. Students will create either

This is the 3rd lesson of a 4 part series. In this lesson the students will be using their gauge from their swatch to design a garment or accessory for a model. Using proportional relationships

Students are given a mission to map and collect resources with a robot needed in a Mars colony. Students need to use coordinate points to create a route from a starting point to a destination for

This is the second lesson of a 4 part series that explores STEM in Knitting. This lesson is optional and requires the teacher to be an experienced knitter either by hand or with a knitting machine

This lesson is the first of 4 lessons that helps students on the journey to knitting with Math. The lesson uses proportions and ratios to help students understand the basic swatch and how to calculate

Creating a geometric design to create a stained glass window. Then assembling the window with pretzel rods, royal icing and melted jolly ranchers. Students can learn about how heat energy effects the

This week-long experience teaches students about the computer science and robotics behind NASA's Mars Rover program using Ozobots as Mars Rovers. Students will first build background on the history of

This lesson is modeled after STEMAzing's lesson, "Picture Perfect Rover Cell Phone Holder”. Students will build a cell phone holder for their Edison Bot, plan a drive for the Bot to collect photos or

This lesson takes students down an interesting research project about Arizona's nuclear power plant, Palo Verde Generating Station, and its waste management practices today. This leads to discussions

Students will explore a solar panel kit. They will measure all aspects of the kit and create a scale drawing, using proportions.

This is part 3 of a unit. This lesson focuses on building the base for the ferris wheel. Students are encouraged to design and create a base that is wide enough to hold their wheel and tall enough to

Students will understand the principles of creative problem-solving and innovation by designing wacky inventions. They will collaborate, think critically, and use the engineering design process to

This lesson teaches the students about the solar system. Next, the students in groups create a solar system and present it to the classroom.