Grades:
11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson is designed for 11 & 12th grade anatomy and physiology students. Students will design and execute a lab where they record their own electrical conduction system of the heart.
Grades:
2nd Grade
Students will learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. After learning about the butterfly life cycle, students will engineer a butterfly out of various materials and make it fly without touching it.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This lesson integrates technology (microbits), engineering design, and career exploration for middle school students. It encourages hands-on learning and critical thinking through the creation of
Grades:
Kindergarten
Kindergarten students will be given a STEM case to solve! The goal is to build a bridge for two different sized/weight of vehicles. Students will research types of bridges and decide which bridge will
Grades:
1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
This lesson is intended as a follow up to the Closer Look at Worms lesson. In this lesson, students explore the video creation platform, FlipGrid or alternative app, and make their own videos. They
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students use the engineering design process to plan, create, code, and share a unique, functioning illuminating e-textile sweater using a Circuit Playground Express (CPX).
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lesson, students will explore the key physics principles that govern the design and operation of street lighting systems. Through a hands-on engineering design challenge, students will apply
Grades:
2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade
In this lesson students in grades 2-4 will explore Arizona’s important role in the copper industry by learning how to create a simple circuit using copper wire, a battery and LED pin lights. They will
Grades:
4th Grade
Students will conduct research about different types of severe weather and how to prepare for it, then share their research with classmates via slideshow presentations.
Grades:
4th Grade
Students will act as scientists who are tasked with designing and modeling a new plant that has special adaptations to help it survive in an extreme environment!
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Slow Sustainable Fashion T-Shirts combines art, design, math, and technology. Student will gain and understanding of sustainable slow fashion design by deconstructing a recycled printed t-shirt and
Grades:
7th Grade
The emphasis of this lesson is for students to see that their heart rate will increase after 1 minute of jumping jacks because the cells need additional oxygen while exercising, making their heartbeat
Grades:
6th Grade
Students will be designing a shade structure to fit a mini-raised garden bed in order to help it adapt to the increasing sunshine in summer.
Grades:
6th Grade
Students will track and collect data on the growth of micro-greens. They will also make a time lapse animation of the growth of the micro-greens.
Grades:
10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This is part 2 of a two-part series. This lesson looks deeper into early electronic encryption tools and how they relate to cryptography today. The tools discussed are: Hebern Rotor Machine, Enigma
Grades:
4th Grade
This 4th grade STEAM lesson focuses on introducing students to Earth's four systems: Hydrosphere, Geosphere, Atmosphere, and Biosphere (excluding the Lithosphere). Students will learn about the Greek
Grades:
1st Grade
Students will experiment with light and shadows, learn the values of coins, and then perform a puppet show combining their knowledge of light and shadows with their knowledge of coin values to tell
Grades:
5th Grade
In this lesson, your students will be engaged in learning about forces and motion while using fractions in line plots. Students will record the spin time of different objects, they will display data
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson is a follow-up to the lesson titled "Creating Sustainable Solutions with Bioplastics Part 1". In this lesson, students evaluate different ingredients for bioplastics and create a minimum
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
In this lesson students evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of conventional, petroleum-based plastics, bioplastics, and their different varieties. The lesson is driven by class/group research
Grades:
5th Grade
Biologists have noticed that the saguaro mortality rates have increased in Central and Southern Arizona. They don’t know why - but they have some ideas. In this unit, students will learn more about
Grades:
5th Grade
Biologists have noticed that the saguaro mortality rates have increased in Central and Southern Arizona. They don’t know why - but they have some ideas. In this unit, students will learn more about
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade
This is a lesson that shows how mutations can cause evolution and speciation. Students will also create graphs by using their data.
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
This is a series of 4 lessons lasting 30 minutes each. This is the first of two slide decks of lessons focusing on worm inquiry and technology. The lessons in this slide deck use digital microscopes
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Zippy the Elf's Zipline Zone
Grades:
6th Grade
In this creative engineering design lesson, students are challenged to use an inclined plane to create a safe and exciting zipline park for Zippy the Elf. This lesson reviews simple machines and has
Grades:
3rd Grade
This lesson is about exploring Arizona's state bird, the cactus wren, that lives in the desert, has special body parts and behaviors that help it survive in its harsh environment. Students will learn
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade
In this primary Kindergarten-1st grade STEM lesson, students will learn to define algorithm, bug, and debug in reference to programming. Through engagement with a virtual simulation, students will