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: 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

For this lesson, students will learn about simple machines (wheel and axle). They will learn what they are and how they work. The students will then use criteria and constraints in order to

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
In this lesson, s tudents will learn the main characteristics of the 5 classes of vertebrate animals: mammals, fish, birds, amphibians and reptiles. S tudent groups will then collaborate to design an
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

In this continuation of A Light in the Dark (pt. 2 of 3), students research their questions and consolidate their learning, then determine their next steps in the process to solve the problem.

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

Students will follow the Engineering Design Process to create a hoop glider out of straws and index cards and explore the forces of flight. Students will work on the 4Cs skills as they work together

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

Students will follow the Engineering Design Process to create a hoop glider out of straws and index cards and explore the forces of flight. Students will work on the 4Cs skills as they work together

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

Students will follow the Engineering Design Process to create a hoop glider out of straws and index cards and explore the forces of flight. Students will work on the 4Cs skills as they work together

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

Students will follow the Engineering Design Process to create a hoop glider out of straws and index cards and explore the forces of flight. Students will work on the 4Cs skills as they work together

Grades: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Assign your students elements from the periodic table and have them create tiles for their element(s). Once all the tiles are complete, you will have a unique periodic table for your classroom! While

Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

This lesson gives students an opportunity to apply the concept of measuring to a real world experience of measuring plant growth over time.