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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: 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: 7th Grade
This lesson plan will the students appreciate the concept of volume since the students will be involve in the process of learning. They will be the ones to measure the dimensions of the real-life
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: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will design and create a working, themed pinball machine that follows specified constraints and utilizes makerspace materials such as: Cardboard box Rubber bands Push Pins Duct Tape Mini cups
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: Kindergarten
After listening to Jack and the Beanstalk, students will look at a collage of castles and try to identify shapes that they see in the construction of the buildings. Students will then use pattern
Grades: 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Building on the programming concepts explored in part 1, this section asks students to re-imagine the ‘spiral-out’ program to be a spiral-in program instead. Designed to be a stepping-stone activity
Grades: 6th Grade
Introductory lesson overview for a robotics afterschool session involving materials and equipment from VEX robotics and coding.
Grades: 10th Grade, 11th Grade
This lesson takes place in a classroom for 2 or more hours Students will be in groups of 2 An emphasis on the target project( Fire Hose Pet Bed) Creative solutions should be encouraged Design and
Grades: 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
In this lesson you will Introduce the key computational concept of variables using Edison robots and the Scratch-based programming language EdScratch4. Variables, which can be created and utilised
Grades: 9th Grade
This lesson takes place in the classroom for 3-4 class periods. Students will be working in groups to complete working sprinklers. The emphasis on the target project is to have a functioning, usable
Grades: 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
In this lesson students review the Edison robot and coding in Edscratch. They will then work together to solve math problems and then code the edison robot to match their solution to the math