STEM Lesson Plans

Students will use Lakeshore Learning's Design & Play STEM Kit - Planes to explore aerodynamics and investigate how to modify plane design to go further distances.

In this lesson students will discuss why they would use a 3D printer to create a planter pot? Students will also brainstorm "What features are important for a planter pot?" Finally students will

This is a summary lesson for a unit on bodies of water and states of matter of water. The students will be creating models of the Earth that show water in different ways such as lakes, rivers, oceans

This is a 2nd grade lesson for Energy Transfer. It is a mid-unit lesson in which the students have some knowledge of what energy is, how it can neither be created or destroyed and different types of

The lesson will help teachers and students who are learning the basics of 3D printing. There will be a list of vocabulary, video, student discussion, sketching a prototype and using Tinkercad to

Students will learn how to measure by building their own house out of Lego's . They will also use graph paper to design their own houses. The students will measure the house, door, window, and roof

Different activities to do with students and families at a STEAM night. Programming robots, following an algorithm and creating a solution based on a theme of your choice. Plus STEM challenges and

This lesson will teach the students about the three properties of matter. ( Solid, Liquid and Gas). The students will also do an experiment to observe the three properties.

In this 8-part lesson series, 1st graders will use ScratchJr to design a maze game, exploring game design concepts, planning, coding, testing, and presenting their creations while fostering creativity

In this lesson, students will observe the different ways a sheet of paper can fall. They will face two challenges with paper, the final challenge being to create and test a parachute for a small

Students have a book to read about the three states of matter. Students experiment with the three states of matter of water. They record their observations in their STEM notebook. Students look at a

This lesson will teach students about magnets by creating a magnetic city. Students will learn about the force to repel and attract. Students will share and present the project.

In this lesson your second grade students will create a sun dial and track the movement of the sun in the sky and shadows on the ground. This lesson incorporates student objectives of reading and

In this lesson, students will use measurement to track the growth of their plants. This lesson includes an editable one page mini-book for each student or pair of students to track growth of their

In this engaging elementary school lesson, students use the engineering design cycle to identify and solve problems, incorporating technology while reflecting on their process and sharing their

Simple Machine: Pulley, helping Rapunzel escape the tower

Students will use the internet to collect data on a given State (or place) for 5 days. They will then make predictions on the weather and how to keep people in that community safe. They will then

Students will design and construct a paper airplane to fly. They will measure distance, and then re construct their paper airplane to see if they can make it go farther.

Students will observe and investigate the shapes of bubbles. They will then create their own wand in a different shape to see if bubbles are always round or if they can create a different shape.

Students will discover: I put rotted food into a container with earthworms, where did the food go?

This is an Agricultural STEM lesson designed for primary grades. It shows how worms break down organic matter (a banana peel). The students will measure and observe the decomposition overtime. They

Students will participate in a hands-on scientific experiment that addresses the question: "Can you grow plants without seeds?" To further explore this concept, students will actively listen to a read

Students use large building bricks to practice computational thinking, direction giving and being specific in those directions. This lesson can be completed in one 30-45 minute class session. This is

In this lesson students will explore the water cycle. They will learn how the water cycle works. Students will be able to make their own project while observing the water cycle in ziplock bags.