Climate Change | Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP)

Penguin Protectors: Understanding Climate Change, Math, Properties of Water, Conservation of Matter and Teamwork with Penguins

Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

Most students are likely familiar with popular films like Happy Feet, Surf’s Up, Penguins of Madagascar, and classic books like Mr. Popper's Penguins. Capitalizing on this familiarity with penguins

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I'm Too Hot to Learn

Grades: 7th Grade

Human cells function best within a specific temperature range. Recent scientific data has shown that extreme high temperatures can have detrimental effects on our cells. In fact, repeated exposure to

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Cells Climate Change Human Body Research

Bioreactors - Finding Solutions to CO2 and Green Energy Sources

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Students are guided through the urgency to create large scale plan solutions for climate mitigation and green energy fuel sources. They will then build and design a bioreactor using algae as a

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Bioreactor Climate Change Alternative Energy Engineering

Statistical Analysis of the Climate and Precipitation of Arizona

Grades: 6th Grade

This lesson is a four-day unit lesson that highlights the understanding of the climate, geography, trends in the change of temperature, and the related changes in precipitation in the state. This

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Climate Change Box Plot Data Research Arizona Statistics Patterns

Phoenix: An Urban Heat Island

Grades: 6th Grade

Students learn what an urban heat island is and why it is a problem, specifically for Phoenix, and the effect people have had on the environment that caused this problem. Students will design a

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Heat Climate Change Human Impact Environmental Science Real World Problem Solving

Carbon Sequestration with Urban Forestry

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

This is a lesson plan which draws importance to the ability of trees to carbon sequester in urban areas. As the world urbanizes more and more each day, it is important for our health to emphasize

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Super Showdown - Endangered Species

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

In this creative lesson, students choose to be heroes saving an endangered species or to be villains eradicating an endangered species. They create their origin story, finance a plan, and end with a

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Environmental Science Climate Change Creativity Critical Thinking Biodiversity Ecology Money Endangered Species

Ripples of Change: Investigating Elements Impacting Sea Level Rise and Mitigations

Grades: 7th Grade

Students will use evidence from an investigation to model and explain how thermal expansion of land and sea ice impact the sea level. They will quantify the impact of land ice melt and thermal

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Climate Change Water Graphing Data Research Modeling Real World Problem Solving Critical Thinking

Can Our Saguaros Survive Climate Change?

Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade

Saguaro cacti are collapsing in the Phoenix due to extreme heat and the urban island effect. Is there anyway to save them? This lesson allows students to investigate the factors contributing to the

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Climate Change Plants Real World Problem Solving Critical Thinking