STEM Lesson Plans

In this lesson, students will learn about projectile motion and the factors that affect it by designing and building a simple catapult. Through hands-on experimentation, students will investigate how

This lesson is an introduction to CAD, possibly leading up to 3D printing. The idea is to be familiar with CAD and more specifically the TinkerCAD application.

The mutants have been in danger because of a bacteria. You will create a new X-men to save them all.

Students will make clay pucks. Fire clay pucks and put into various fibers, materials, paper while still hot to see the effect of thermal shock on clay and the design each of the different materials

This lesson plan is designed to teach students about Newton's 3rd Law of Motion through hands-on experimentation. Students will build cars and test the effects of collisions to gain a deeper

According to the standard, students should be able to gather and assess information on how scientists identify substances based on their unique physical and chemical properties. In this lesson

Objectives: After this activity, students should be able to: Learn the concepts of what a robot is Building a model of a robot (not a functioning robot). Explain what is a robot, the parts of a robot

Agenda: 80 minutes What is potential energy? What is kinetic energy? Computing speed/ unit rate Materials: Tapes Balloon Glue Straws Chipboards Wooden axles Rubber bands Plastic wheels Foam blocks

Students will construct a model of an ocean habitat to simulate an oil spill. They will then make observations about the behavior of the oil in the water and on the various items in the habitat model

Students collaborate to create mazes for the Bee-Bot robot. Students also work in teams to plan and create programs to move Bee-Bots through the maze. For this lesson, students work in groups of 2-3

In this unit, students will study the effects of atmospheric pressure and air resistance on objects to engineer a landing apparatus to land cargo in space. They will then write a Claim based on

1. Read and discuss the the hook “A.I. Apocalypse” 2. KWL Chart on Reverse Engineering KWL Chart Borrowed from: DrivingDigitalLearning.com 3. Video explaining what reverse engineering is and the steps

This lesson plan assesses motions and forces concepts through roller coasters. Plan, design and construct a successful roller coaster track that is capable of rolling a marble through its entire

In this activity, you will make a model of the planets in the solar system and specifically model their distances to scale Materials: Model of the Solar System-plastic 3D model String Push pins tape

This lesson plan is written for 7th grade science but can be modified to be used with any age group. Objectives: Today we will discuss “germs”. At the end of our investigation: We will learn what we

Students will create Rube Goldberg machines from simple machines. The teacher can determine materials such as wooden planks, paper towel rolls, bottle caps, marbles, cardboard, hot glue etc.

Students will be creating an obstacle course and utilizing edison robots and edScratch to program robots to go through the course. Materials: Edison Robots and anything needed to create the obstacle

Let's Fly is a great lesson for those teaching forces and motion. Find some balsa wood flyers through a STEAM source, take your students outside to play and let them observe. Then bring them back

Students will use knowledge of translation, rotation and reflection to create unique 3d designs. Students will be designing backpack tags using geometry principals on graph paper, then transferring

Students will design and build a sail to put on a raft. They will test the strength of their sail by placing a fan in front of it and seeing if the fan makes the raft move. Agenda: Sail notices and

Summary: Students are coding and observing robots to try and determine all forces acting on the robot. Materials; Robots that can be coded to move in different ways. Laptops to code. Agenda The

In this lesson, students will create mazes and code their robot to go through the maze.

In this unit, students will study the effects of air pollution and engineer an environmentally friendly air filter to reduce pollutants in the air using common household items and recycled materials

This lesson is designed for 6-8, but can be used at lower levels as well (3rd & 4th). Students will learn what an experimental (or x) plane is and then create one on paper. The link to NASA's video