STEM Lesson Plans

Digital Storytelling with Scratch is a lesson for 3rd Grade (and upper elementary) students to use Scratch 3.0 and elements of storytelling to convey their story to an audience.

This STEM lesson combines Math, Science and a bit of Engineering. Students will walk through the process of raising chicks to hens. Using pretend chicks and research to collect data about how they

What if we could pass along information that can’t be stolen or intercepted? We can do it with a little coding, and some chemistry! Soon we will be writing in code, passing secret information along

Within eight 60 minutes class periods Design a native, pollinator friendly garden with the help of a local gardener/master gardener. Students work together to create a classroom garden, monitor plant

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

Engineers often create small-size models of a new product to test its design. This is especially true with airplanes. Model testing tells engineers how a design responds to different air conditions

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

This lesson is an introduction to CAD, possibly leading up to 3D printing. The idea is to be familiar with CAD and more specifically the TinkerCAD application.

In this lesson, students will understand the impact of oil spills in the ocean. They will work cooperatively to come up with solutions and materials to clean up a simulated oil spill. Students will

This is a STEM lesson embedded in ELA. The lesson will revolve around the "Giving Tree of the Desert" , in order to facilitate learning as to what a plant needs to grow and thrive. The students will

The following lesson is an engineering design lesson, with the optional ELA or Marth Component. Students will use popsicle sticks to construct a Truss Bridge and/or an Arch Bridge. Students will

Designed for three hour-long before-school STEAM Club for scholars from Kindergarten to Fourth Grades. This lesson plan can also be used for fifth-seventh grade scholars. Scholars will learn about

This lesson explores the role of pollinators in flower reproduction and provides examples of pollinators and flower characteristics that attract pollinators.

This lesson explores the parts of a flower, the importance of flowers, how flowers grow, and the process of pollination.

This is the second lesson plan that goes with the series of four lesson plans for the book Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly. This lesson focuses on vibrations, sounds, and music. The final project is

This lesson includes activities to help build equitable background knowledge before reading the book A Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly. These activities include setting up science notebooks, building

Students will make paper from various types of paper from junk mail, old homework, natural papers and add various herbs or dried flowers and fibers such as threads. A second batch of paper will be

In this STEM Challenge, the student’s task is to listen/read the story "Not a Box" by Antoinette Portis and use their imagination to create their own unique designs and structures using simple

Four 60 minutes class periods (dependent on student’s coding experience and ability) What are the parts of a plant? What is pollination? What parts are involved in pollination? What happens when a bee

Students investigate and learn parts of an Earthworm inside and out. Students learn about the Earthworm life cycle and purpose.

1. Present the project and explain the basic steps that the students will be completing over the next 2 to 3 class periods. • The students will be working and pretending that they work for an

Waves transport energy, not matter, from place to place. Remember that matter is made of particles too small be seen. Particles are required to transport some types of waves, such as sound waves. When