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: 11th Grade
Students will be creating an improvised clinometer which they will use in estimating height of trees, flagpoles and the likes. Materials are as follows: Printed Protractors. Manila folders Scissors
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students will be participating in three different labs to learn about characteristics of blood spatter/droplets. They will be dropping them from different distances. They will drop them on top of each
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Students will use SEEK or other species identification tools to create a database of biodiversity on campus. The lesson starts with a discussion of the importance of biodiversity to the functioning of

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Students investigate options for covering a unique shaped pool with circular solar pool covers. This lesson includes using a scaled drawing to create calculations and creating a proposal.

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

4 part lesson in Soldering, circuits + wavelength/color Intro – 10 minutes Exploration – 20 minutes Questions– 10 minutes Questions are written down on a whiteboard and hypotheses are posed. Teacher

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

4 part lesson in Soldering, circuits + wavelength/color Understand the use of soldering in Engineering and Prototyping. Understand safety with regard to soldering. Understand components of the product

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Using the Introduction to Hydroponics lab, introduce students to the features of the Hydroponic Systems. Integrate optimized components into an existing design. Provide plans for the project's
Grades: 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This is a 2 day lesson plan where the first day has a local accountant will come and present about investments and their exponential properties followed by a small activity to help make the nature of
Grades: 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson involves students calculating the density of various objects of differing sizes of the same substance. Each student group will need a balance, a ruler, and/or a graduated cylinder. They
Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lesson, students are challenged to design and build a controlled-release tablet, which will be made from different colored bath tablets and a variety of water-soluble plastics. First, they
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson uses a Modeling Instruction approach to developing the graphical and mathematical relationships for Circular Motion for students in Grades 9-12. Students design an experiment, collect data
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Context: This lesson is an introduction to a unit on the light and transverse waves. It can be utilized during a unit or at the beginning as an exploration. Prior Knowledge: Students have already
Grades: 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson plan includes activities for a full unit on Fission and Fusion, which are included in our state science standards. Students will create models of fusion and fission using a free online
Grades: 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson is designed to allow students the experience to move from an additive understanding in mathematics to a multiplicative understanding through the activity called Cootie Catcher. The