STEM Lesson Plans

Students will design, draw, and animate a character. The character can be as advanced as an anime type character or as simple as a stick figure, I will also provide pre-created character templates for

This thematic unit has lessons which will introduce students to phenomena we encounter in the real world. Students will learn about high interest phenomenon through hands-on investigations. Students

This unit has lessons which will introduce students to phenomena we encounter in the real world. Students will learn about high interest phenomenon through hands-on investigations. Students will

Students are experimenting on their own to find out which materials would create the best water filter, after reading The Water Princess and discussing water scarcity. This engaging lesson combines

Students will gain knowledge about Arizona's geography, culture, and history through the book "Santa is Coming to Arizona." They will develop basic programming and problem-solving skills by

Students will learn the principles of flight while also incorporating the Engineer Design Process as they construct gliders using pressed Styrofoam. In this hands-on lesson, students read a book about

This is a fun and engaging lesson where students work individually, or with a partner, to build a treehouse. Creativity and collaboration among students in my 4th grade STEAM Club were evident in the

In this lesson, students will research Native American homes within different environments and create a model of a Native American home. They will then create and deliver an oral presentation to

In this hands-on lesson, students explore engineering and art as they use the same materials as the three little pigs to create a structure that would survive the blowing of a wolf (fan). Students

The students will work in groups to create a model of a roof that is able to survive a hurricane-like wind. Students learn about disaster preparedness, use the engineering design process to guide the

This hands-on lesson introduces students to gardening and the sustainability of food. Students will grow small gardens and manage them.

This lesson is in collaboration with the National Park Service and contains additional activities from the Jr. Ranger program. Using the NPS brochure guide/map and Plantnet app, students will identify

This lesson is about the Petrified Forest National Park here in Arizona. It teaches students about the National Park. It also has a lab showing students how things like wood become petrified!

This lesson explores light energy, hydroponics, and metric measurement conversions (mm, cm, m). Students will identify the ways that different colors of light energy can affect plant growth. They will

This engaging lesson explores electrical energy/currents, the engineering design process, and coding (picture, block, and python) with LEGO robots! Students will code their robots to navigate an

An Arizona 3rd grade standard is to learn about Arizona tribes' ways of living and how they depend on their environment to shape their world. In this hands-on lesson, students will use their hands

This is the third lesson in a series of 4 lessons that correlate to the novel "Space Case" by Stuart Gibbs. This set of lessons is based on chapters 8 - 14. The lessons include creating a timeline

This is the 4th lesson plan in a set of 4 lessons that correspond to the novel "Space Case" by Stuart Gibbs. In the last chapters of the book, we find that this main character encounters robotic arms

In this hands-on lesson, students design a safety device (car/seatbelt) that can keep an egg (passenger) safe during a collision. The goal is to protect the egg from cracking during a roll down a ramp

This lesson is intended to expose students to information about environmental changes and how solar energy affects living things. Students are challenged to design and build a shelter for a dog to

This is the third lesson as a part of the 4th and 6th grade crossover project. Lesson one introduces the students to the idea of abiotic and biotic factors and how they interact with each other

In this hands-on lesson, students will explore how speed is calculated, what inertia is and apply it to Newton’s Laws of Motion. They use the engineering design process to construct race cars out of