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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
Students will be working with creating series and parallel circuits. Students will get an understanding of the components used to create circuits and how circuits function in our everyday lives.
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
This lesson takes place in a classroom for one or more hours. Students are put in small groups of 2 to 4 people. Target: Is to make a kite that can fly with all the necessary parts. Creative solutions
Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Students will create their own cut-out stop motion animation videos using the iMotion app. List of Materials iPads-1 per pair iMotion App or similar Construction paper Scissors Tape/ Glue Storyboard
Grades: 6th Grade
In this 1 day lesson (60 min session), students are challenged to collaborate with their teams to create a plan and use the pvc halves to transport 1 golf ball 75 feet without touching the ball or
Grades: 5th Grade
In this lesson there is an emphasis on explaining how magnets have a force that can move other objects at a distance. For this lesson you will need a magnet per group, 8 thin pieces of wood, about 30
Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade
Students will learn basic concepts of physics [velocity, motion, vector] Today students will develop and use a model to predict how forces act on objects at a distance. Collect and analyze data
Grades: 6th Grade
A mixture of 5E lessons on Nearpod and accompanying hands-on activity to help students see that gravity works at a distance and is affected by mass. Materials needed GraviTraks Lesson Packet (embedded
Grades: 4th Grade, 5th Grade
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
Grades: 4th Grade
Magnets are objects that have the ability to attract and repel certain materials. Magnets have two poles that are called the north pole and the south pole. The poles are areas near the opposite ends