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: 8th Grade
OBJECTIVES: Today we will gather data about local tree diameters Today we will estimate the approximate age of trees Today we will build connections between a tree’s growth and environmental factors
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: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade
This is lesson 4 out of a unit of 4 lessons about habitats. In the preceeding lessons, students researched habitats and animal adaptations. This lesson is a presentation of information using a variety
Grades: 4th Grade
Students will: *Construct a model of a volcano. *Produce lava flows. *Observe, draw, record, and interpret the history and stratification of a volcano produced by the students. *Make the connection
Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade
This lesson is an exploration of patterns in the students' environment. Hook: Display various patterns in nature (Can be from the book Patterns in Nature or the internet). Ask students to share what
Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will consider what they think about several different closed systems. Then, students will design and carry out investigations of living things to inform their closed-system models. Then, they
Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
The objective for this assignment is to use creativity, imagination, and engineering skills to create a water conservation model that can be scaled up and used in a garden. Our theme with this unit is
Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will explain how to design an earthquake-resistant structure. Materials: toothpicks, marshmallows, reading text, note-taking materials, Agenda: Warm-up, Test materials, Reading, Discussion
Grades: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Lego seismographs- Students use LEGOs to create a working seismograph. This can be done in 50-120 min classes, students will need vis a vis pens, LEGOs, string, tape, and paper. Attached pre and post