A student looking in a microscope, very scientifically

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: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

Students will follow the Engineering Design Process to create a hoop glider out of straws and index cards and explore the forces of flight. Students will work on the 4Cs skills as they work together

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

Students will follow the Engineering Design Process to create a hoop glider out of straws and index cards and explore the forces of flight. Students will work on the 4Cs skills as they work together

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

Students will follow the Engineering Design Process to create a hoop glider out of straws and index cards and explore the forces of flight. Students will work on the 4Cs skills as they work together

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

Students will follow the Engineering Design Process to create a hoop glider out of straws and index cards and explore the forces of flight. Students will work on the 4Cs skills as they work together

Grades: 3rd Grade

Students will learn about a variety of fossils and graph what they have learned. Students will also research about a dinosaur of their choosing and write about it.

Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

This lesson gives students an opportunity to apply the concept of measuring to a real world experience of measuring plant growth over time.

Grades: 1st Grade

Students will learn about what makes an insect an insect. This is the 3 distinct body parts and 6 legs attached to their thorax. They will be able to distinguish between the characteristics of an

Grades: 1st Grade

Students will listen to a read aloud of Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Suess. Students will be able to create Oobleck slime and explore non-Newtonian fluid called a dilatant. Students will learn