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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
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Investigate how red wigglers rebuild soil by processing food scraps and depositing their casts into the soil. Student groups will have their own worm bins to care for and they will gather data about
Grades: 6th Grade
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In this lesson students apply their Medieval Times knowledge and energy transfer to create a knight that will compete in a jousting tournament using spheros. The students will use a solo cup as the
Grades: 7th Grade
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In this lesson students will be exploring the ball drop phenomenon in order to gain an understanding of Newton's second law of motion. Students will observe the phenomenon demonstration and then
Grades: 5th Grade, 6th Grade
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Students build a Tetrahedral kite while learning about problem solving, patience and diligence to finish a task. They will also be able to explain lift and force and apply the steps of the engineering
Grades: 7th Grade
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In the lesson on upcycling empty water bottles, students will embark on an innovative and eco-friendly exploration of creative reuse, incorporating science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)
Grades: 7th Grade
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In the STEM Pine Cone Decoration lesson, students will embark on a creative and hands-on exploration of nature-inspired crafting, integrating science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts
Grades: 8th Grade
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This lesson covers three types of mechanical wave interactions- reflection, absorption, transmission. Students observe the interaction in a video or example, talk about what is happening as a class
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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Lesson 4 culminates the series on electricity with the Electric House Project, where students apply their knowledge to design, construct, and wire a model house that meets specific electrical
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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Lesson 3 in this series focuses on hands-on engagement with electrical circuits using the EUDAX Physics Science Lab Learning Circuit Kit. Students will construct both simple and complex circuits
Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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In this lesson the students will develop the code they previously planned out and will deploy their code to the drone. They will continue the process of reflection and iterative improvement. This is
Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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In this lesson students will collect data on the performance of their drone. Students will design a systematic process of data collection that will then lead to the development of a predictive model
Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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This is a lesson where students will learn about the sensors that are integrated into their drones and how students can get a live feed of information from these sensors to aid in autonomous decision
Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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In this lesson students will think back on all of the coding skills they have learned and will plan out their code to fly their drone through their maze based on sensor feedback. It is important that
Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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This is an investment lesson where students will learn about how to code with loops and logical statements and they will test what they learn by developing code to fly their drones. This one lesson

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