STEM Lesson Plans

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

This investigation focuses on how the speed of an object affects the amount of energy transfer.

Students explore throwing and/or flipping Ping-Pong balls through the air. Students develop questions to find patterns of how changing the energy put into the ball affects the motion of the ball

The investigation focuses on how a rubber band is used to transfer energy to an object.

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 STEM activity is designed to explore electrical circuits and engage in a hands-on activity to create, label, and identify the differences between parallel and series circuits. Students will be

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

A two-part lesson that focuses on the Ingenuity Helicopter. Students explore two different models: a paper model, and a marshmallow helicopter model. Exploration of solar energy is incorporated into

Engineering of the traditional and contemporary Navajo/Diné Hogan using the sun's light to produce electricity. Students create a model of the Navajo/Diné hogan and incorporate solar energy concepts.

Students will learn about energy and how it relates to growing plants. Materials needed: copy of parent signature form, student handbook. Agenda: What is Energy? What is the rule of energy? Try to

How to use everyday materials to make a car go. Toliet paper roll, tape, water bottle, balloon and straw.

This lesson teaches students about lines, angles, measuring and naming angles, using a protractor, and engages students by having them build a catapult and measure best angle for furthest launch.

The standard addressed in this lesson is 4.P4U1.2 Develop and use a model that explains how energy is moved from place to place through electric currents. In this lesson, students will develop and use

This lesson is the final project in a unit that focuses on circuitry. The task is for students to plan, design, and test a 3D house using electrical circuits that function correctly. To add more

This lesson investigates that a solar panel can change energy from sunlight into electrical energy and water flows out of the fountain. With the use of protractor, students will figure out the best

The project requires students to act as mechanical and electrical engineers who are tasked with planning, designing, and testing a new toy invention. This toy must have functioning lights, and teams

Students will be engaging in an activity that helps us understand the effect of fracking on the environment by digging for oil (chocolate chips) from their mining site (cookie). Agenda: Fracking

This is lesson one for a unit plan on circuitry. In this challenge, students will be tasked with planning, designing, and testing both open and closed circuits. To make things more interesting, they

Students will design and build a sail to put on a raft. They will test the strength of their sail by placing a fan in front of it and seeing if the fan makes the raft move. Agenda: Sail notices and

This STEM activity is designed to explore force, motion, friction, and speed with a student-friendly and engaging activity. Students will plan and create a marble maze using simple materials. Material

This lesson plan is the nitty-gritty principles of roller coaster. It can be taught and used for 4th grade and 5th grade students. The first part of the lesson is the discussion of the principles

Students experiment and learn how to classify different kinds of potential and kinetic energy. They use simple materials such as magnets, balls, and rubber bands. The lesson lasts about an hour. The

This lesson teaches students how to get their drone into the air. It covers hovering, yaw, roll, and pitch. Before the students launch their drones there is a discussion about preparing the drones for