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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: 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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In this engaging and interactive lesson, high school students (grades 10-12) will explore the fascinating world of molecular geometry using the PhET "Molecule Shapes" simulation. The lesson is
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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This lesson can be used as a formative assessment on Static Equilibrium of a horizontal meter stick that has two masses hanging from the meter stick. One of the mass values is provided, the 2nd mass
Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
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Students will research a biome around the world, including 3 animals, 3 plants, and 3 nonliving parts of the ecosystem. Students will construct a diorama of the biome and illustrate a natural disaster
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade
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A common challenge in Thermodynamic Chemistry is how do endo vs. exothermic reactions FEEL. Students will conduct three different chemical reactions to collect data and observations about the
Grades: 5th Grade
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In this fifth grade lesson plan, students extract DNA after reading about a young girl who is persistent in showing her parents she can be responsible. Students engage in identifying character traits
Grades: 3rd Grade
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Students will go through the engineering design process to come up with a product that will solve a real life problem. By the end of the unit, students will design their product, make their product
Grades: 1st Grade
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In this first grade set of lessons, students will participate in science, math, experiments, and literature questions. Read Apples by Gail Gibbons and learn about the importance of washing your hands.
Grades: 2nd Grade
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This lesson includes several activities for students to complete hands-on and with peers. Students will learn how to reduce food waste by composting with worms in the classroom. This lesson inlcudes
Grades: 8th Grade
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This is a lesson plan aimed to clarify concepts about Congruence and Similarity through an Engineering designed activity after a short discussion. The students will create their own design of bridge
Grades: 9th Grade
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This is a lesson plan for an activity that is used to teach meiosis. Students learn about various stages of meiosis and how it leads to variation.
Grades: 10th Grade
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Students will design a floor plan for a house and use area and volume to calculate the dimensions of their floor plan. They can also have the option to create a wooden model of their design.
Grades: 8th Grade
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Students will understand the relationship between physical movement and energy production, and apply this knowledge to determine how much physical activity is required to power various household items
Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
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This lesson was for 2nd/3rd graders in an after-school class. Students were not familiar with 3D printing or Tinkercad. We spent 3 days to complete. Day 1 was learning about 3D printing, opening
Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
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Students will examine the pro's and con's of various types of vertical gardens and create fractional models of 3 gardens. They will select a garden to plant and provide their rationale.
Grades: 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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In this lab, students will extract copper from Copper (II) Sulfate using Iron. Students will balance the equation, label the equation, calculate molar mass, calculate the limiting reactant and excess

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