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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: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
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Stop motion is a great way for students to slow down working through the steps in math to demonstrate their understanding of math concepts. Students can film a short story or step-by-step instructions

Grades: 5th Grade
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This lesson uses the children’s book The Seed and the Giant Saguaro to teach about plant and wildlife habitat in the Sonoran Desert. It includes story reading, discussion, a field experience, writing

Grades: 4th Grade
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Today we will collaborate and communicate effectively with our peers to complete an engineering design challenge, building an obstacle course for a drone. Today students will be able to: To use manual

Grades: 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
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Students will learn about balanced vs unbalanced forces by trying to rescue bears from the "Lava" (the table) using certain given supplies.

Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
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In this engaging lesson, students study and design a healthy fish tank with a variety of animals. Students also learn about budgeting costs.

Grades: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
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In this hands-on lesson, students use making lemonade to practice lab procedures, measurement and ratios as well as learning about temperatures affecting saturation points.

Grades: 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
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This is the first in a series of lesson designed to introduce middle schoolers to the engineering design process. In this lesson the main take away for the students is that engineers solve problems by

Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
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In this lesson students will be creating a geometric design to create a stained-glass window. They will then assemble the window with pretzel rods, royal icing and melted Jolly Ranchers. Students can

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Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade
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This outstanding multi-day lesson covers the anatomical design of the respiratory system. Students will work on a basic model project to simulate breathing action and the diaphragm. They will also

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Grades: 4th Grade, 5th Grade
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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