Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Multi-week cross-curricular project combining STEM, cultural studies, history, and ELA, culminating in cultural exchange, podcast style reflections, photo/video sharing/storytelling, and an experience
Grades:
8th Grade
Students will be extracting DNA from strawberries to help them understand DNA and its role in heredity and inheritance. Students will also practice math skills and compare data.
Grades:
3rd Grade
Students research Sonoran Desert animal adaptations and then combine them to form an animal that would thrive in our unique environment.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
In this two-week middle school STEM project, students work independently (with optional peer collaboration) to design and build a larger-than-life wooden grasshopper and a creative, functional habitat
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Where learning takes root and futures grow: This is the first lesson that was used for a project that took learning beyond the classroom and into the garden, where students gain hands-on skills
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students will make a concrete mixture from sand and white glue. This entails a civil engineering lesson on strengthening soils in order to prevent structures from collapsing. Students will create a
Grades:
11th Grade
This includes my whole unit of a four week lesson on the Universe. I was quite fascinated with the amount of resources available for us from NASA and ESA to help teachers in keeping the students
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade
In this lesson, students will explore the cell membrane as the selective “gatekeeper” of the cell, regulating the movement of substances to maintain balance and homeostasis. Using both virtual reality
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade
In this interactive simulation, students explore the concept of carrying capacity by modeling changes in a deer population over 20 years. Using dice rolls and ecological scenarios, students apply
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
Students will dive into STEM, literacy, and math concepts through the timeless story of The Three Little Pigs! Students will explore materials by comparing the properties of straw, sticks, and bricks
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This is a 4-day unit on what forensic scientists do. Students will first conduct research on what a forensic scientist does and participate in extracting DNA. Then students will participate in a
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson introduces students to the logistic growth function as a model of population growth with limiting factors. Students will compare exponential and logistic growth, interpret key parameters
Grades:
Kindergarten
In this water science investigation, kindergarten students learn about the many ways water is used and why it is so important. Students will create a rain gauge to measure how much it rains.
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this hands-on forensic science project, students will step into the role of arson investigators by designing and constructing a two-story model home complete with interior walls, furniture, stairs
Grades:
6th Grade
During the implementation of this lesson, students will have a great understanding of how we (humans) impact the world around us. Students will be able to understand how changes in an ecosystem's
Grades:
1st Grade
Students will develop and use models to explain how living things use resources to grow and survive; design and evaluate habitats for organisms using earth materials. Students will then experience how
Grades:
4th Grade
Students using codes to control the Code and Go Mouse. Students will also use booklets to document their finding.
Grades:
7th Grade
In this lab, we will investigate the motion of a toy car down a ramp by defining and measuring its speed and acceleration.
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade
How do the components in your food help / hinder cellular respiration? The purpose of this lesson is to understand the contents of our favorite foods and then understand what foods contain vitamin C
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Makey Makey Storyboards
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson takes students through the process of creating an interactive storyboard using a Makey Makey circuit board. This lesson can be adjusted for any grade level with examples given in the 4th
Grades:
1st Grade
This lesson focuses on animal habitats, as well as nonstandard unit measuring and data tables! The students will research an animal of their choice and identify what it needs in its habitat, as well
Grades:
3rd Grade
This third-grade STEM lesson introduces students to solar energy, the heat island effect, and data analysis. Students will use temperature gauges to measure different areas of the school at various
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Grades:
1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
This lesson is centered around the book, The World's Best Class Plant. It is intended for 1st-3rd grade. Ideally, teachers would use this lesson at the beginning of the year so they can have their
Grades:
3rd Grade
In this integrated 3rd-grade lesson, students will explore different landforms, learn about fractions, and use technology to enhance their understanding. The lesson begins with an introduction to
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Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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Sphero Rocket Payload Mission
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson uses Sphero's "Rocket Payload" activity with the Outer Space Mat. The full lesson includes information on rocket payload, a Sphero coding challenge, a NASA link to read, optional questions
Grades:
1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
This lesson using Ozobot is centered around a favorite read aloud, "When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left". This story is about perseverance. After reading it, students use color code directions and