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: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Students will create their own cut-out stop motion animation videos using the iMotion app. List of Materials iPads-1 per pair iMotion App or similar Construction paper Scissors Tape/ Glue Storyboard
Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
The objective of this lesson is simply to introduce students to vermicomposting by explaining what it is and getting our bins set up. In 60 minutes, you will be able to discuss: What is recycling
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
This lesson takes place in a classroom for one or more hours. Students are put in small groups of 2 to 4 people. Target: Is to make a kite that can fly with all the necessary parts. Creative solutions
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade
Summary: This lesson is going to be designed to teach third graders about the plant cells and anatomy. The lesson is based on an overview of the plant cells and an interactive experience for students
Grades: 3rd Grade
Students will discover that technology is not limited to electronics and cars, but that it is all around us. It is essential for students to understand that most things were created to serve a purpose
Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
This lesson asks students to explain how a marble exiting a spiral marble tower will move - straight or in a curve. Many students will think the marble continues to curve. Through modeling
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade
This is lesson 4 out of a unit of 4 lessons about habitats. In the preceeding lessons, students researched habitats and animal adaptations. This lesson is a presentation of information using a variety
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade
This lesson is 3 of 4 of a unit about habitats and animal adaptations. In this project, students will build a model of a habitat and an animal they created in lesson 2. The animal will need to have
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This hands-on science lesson will help students get a more accurate view of the solar system by making a scale model with play dough, balloons, rulers, and tape
Grades: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will learn about kinetic and potential energy as they build their own roller coasters from simple classroom materials like construction paper, tape, and marbles. Approximately 60 minutes
Grades: 3rd Grade
SUMMARY: This lesson challenges 3rd grade students to apply their knowledge of the physics of light by having them design, create, and test an obstacle course that their beam of light must navigate