Physical Science | Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP)

The Science of Speakers

Grades: 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Many students enjoy listening to music, making it the perfect hook for an engaging STEM lab. In this activity, students build their own working speaker to play music, combining creativity with hands

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Music Engineering Sound

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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

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Makey Makey Circuits Electrical Currents Engineering teachSTEM

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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

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Rockets Robotics Sphero

Set Three: Thirst, Water Tank Mafia

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

In this lesson, students will learn about the Water Tank Mafie located in Dharavi. Students will then use Scratch to create a "Whack a Water Thief (Mole)" game.

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Computer Science Ecology Educational Technology Computer Programming

STEM Shelter Building- Shelter Building Challenge

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade

In this unit, students will identify what a shelter is and why we need it. Students will identify the different types of shelters and materials needed depending on climate and their surroundings

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STEM Candy Cars

Grades: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade

In this lesson, students design, build and test model candy cars made from simple materials. They measure the changes in distance and travel by the addition of revision of design features. Students

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Engineering Math Integration Newton's Laws

Solar System Scroll

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade

Students will create a solar system scroll using fractions so that they are able to represent fractions on a number line using a real-life application, while also learning about the scale of the solar

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Solar System Sun Energy Earth and Space Science

DIY Kaleidoscope to Explore Light and Reflections

Grades: 1st Grade, 3rd Grade

Students will investigate the relationship between light, objects, and the human eye by creating a DIY kaleidoscope. Students will take measurements throughout the project.

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Light Math Integration Engineering

Measure Up! The Power of Standard Units!

Grades: 2nd Grade

In this lesson students use non-standard units of measurements to measure various objects and graph the length of each object. Students realize that by not using a standard unit of measurement, their

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Properties of Matter Measurement