STEM Lesson Plans

Students will focus on the Engineering Design process, which includes researching, as well as making improvements to a design, with appropriate testing. Basic materials, pencil, paper, scissors, tape

In this activity, students will perform a hands-on, inquiry-based investigation of the tradeoffs involved in hard rock mining. The object is to purchase and develop a mine, safeguarding the

Students will be creating an original design using only plastic bags. Students will reuse plastic bags to create a useful product they could sell. Students will use evidence to construct an argument

This lesson investigates that a solar panel can change energy from sunlight into electrical energy and water flows out of the fountain. With the use of protractor, students will figure out the best

THE PHYSICS BEHIND RC PLANE This lesson plan focuses on the following standards : HS.P3U2.7 Use mathematics and computational thinking to explain how Newton’s laws are used in engineering and

PROJECTILE MOTION IN ACTION :How to make a spy balloon catapult (Design, Build and Test Spy Balloon Catapult) This lesson Plan will focus on different fun and engaging activities pertaining to one of

In this lesson, students create a brand new species of animal! Designed to be an end-of-unit activity after students have learned about different environments and animal adaptations, students will

In this lesson students will use simulations to collect data about changes in specific traits of a population over time. Students will then use the data create graphical models to explain natural

This is a third grade lesson focused on structure and function. In the lesson, students observe, investigate, and research chickens to create a model focused on the parts of a chicken and their

Students explore the world of the lesser long-nosed bat through a self-paced hyperdoc. This unassuming bat is responsible for pollinating some the most magnificent desert cacti. It faced extinction in

This lesson involves three scenarios where you calculate the frequencies of the dominant and recessive alleles. You will compare these frequencies for the 3 scenarios and discuss how they changed

Today students will collaborate to design and engineer a product to contain and clean up an oil spill while saving the affected wildlife. Today students will accurately complete an itemized receipt

Students will participate in an engineering challenge or STEM activity that connects to a read aloud. Students will communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air

This lesson is part of a school-wide project to renovate a greenhouse and create a native seed library. This lesson is intended to create intrinsic motivation to engage in the project. This lesson

In this lesson, students will investigate the properties of a mixture, as if it were a contaminated soil sample near a stream. This activity will show students that heterogeneous mixtures can be

Students experience the process of creating a whole elevator-shaft design complete with a car and a pulley system. They will experience an integrated STEAM lesson with combined content from Science

Students will discover that technology is not limited to electronics and cars, but that it is all around us. It is essential for students to understand that most things were created to serve a purpose

Students will engineer a solar powered water fountain to show how energy transformed and transferred throughout their system. For this lesson, each group will need a solar water fountain, a plastic

The students will conduct and observe their own experiments based on some general background information presented here. The question for the next 3 lessons: Which Seed Will Grow Faster? Seeds planted

Environmental Masters of Disaster Team (groups of 3-5 students) will choose an man-made environmental disaster, analyze its effects, then engineer a method or prototype to solve the problem.

Summary: This lesson is designed to introduce students to the engineering design process through designing and building a bridge that fulfills requirements and abides by constraints. Materials

Summary: Students will design and create a prototype that will sustain plant growth without soil. Materials: plastic bottles, aluminum cans (empty and open on one side), pebbles, 1/2 cup of water per

Students work together to design a water filtration system to separate pollutants from water. This lesson takes about 120 minutes to complete. Materials include: Polluted Water: Pour 1 cup of water

This is the first lesson of a 4 part unit on balanced and unbalanced forces. Students use the skills they have already been taught to apply them to a real world situation involving rockets. You will