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STEM Lesson Plans

Search our growing library of STEM lesson plans. Arizona teachers are contributing their best STEM lesson plans to an archive that is aligned with Arizona Academic Standards. This repository is provided free of charge through a collaboration with the Arizona Educational Foundation.

Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
In this lesson, students will learn about the North American Kestrel's physical and behavioral traits, it's habitat, the relationship between habitat loss and population decline, and how to help
Grades: 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade
In this lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of homeostasis, then investigate how feedback mechanisms are used to maintain homeostasis during exercise.
Grades: 8th Grade
OBJECTIVES: Today we will measure the height, diameter, and circumference of a tree Today we will determine a tree’s age by counting growth rings Today we will determine how rainfall affects the
Grades: 8th Grade
OBJECTIVES: Today we will explore how biomes differ in different parts of the globe Today we will identify differences between biomes Today we will collaborate with our peers to gather environmental
Grades: 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade
In this lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of osmosis, then investigate how solutions of various salt concentrations influence the size of plant cells.
Grades: 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson is designed to allow students the experience to move from an additive understanding in mathematics to a multiplicative understanding through the activity called Cootie Catcher. The
Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students use fruit snacks or candy to create models of the molecules used and produced in cellular respiration. Materials: fruit snacks, toothpicks, modeling molecules student handout, Agenda: Warm-up
Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will consider what they think about several different closed systems. Then, students will design and carry out investigations of living things to inform their closed-system models. Then, they