English Language Arts (ELA) | Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP)

Magnetism and Electric Currents

Grades: 4th Grade, 5th Grade

In this lesson plan, students will explore the fascinating world of magnetism. Students will learn about different types of magnets and how they work. Additionally, we will delve into the concept of

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Magnets Electrical Currents Electricity Observation

Rocket Science

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

This lesson is a great introduction for space exploration units. This plan goes over the history of rockets, how they work, and how modern rockets help us explore the solar system. There are 2 hands

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Rockets Engineering Space Critical Thinking Observation

Photorealistic AI image of a food web scene in a forest

Camo Critters

Grades: 2nd Grade

Students will learn about the adaptation of camouflage through picture books and research. They will then learn about animals specific to the area. (In this lesson, we are using the Bill Williams

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Camoflauge Ecosystems Ecology Graphing Animals Observation Arizona Habitats

Biotechnology and Food

Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade

This is a lesson that can be taught in 5 days or one week. The lesson was put together in collaboration with the Smithsonian Science Education Center. It talks about global goals (one of which is food

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Gardening Human Impact Food Future Sustainability

Using Color Sensors in Reaction to Lines

Grades: 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

For this lesson, students will be using the LEGO Spike Prime Kits and LEGO Mindstorm software. Students will write programs using the Color Sensor to make the Driving Base autonomous. A variety of

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Programming Coding LEGOs Problem Solving Critical Thinking Robotics

Force and the Pioneer Whirligig

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

We begin with the observation of a phenomenon - the spinning pioneer button. Students make their own spinning pioneer button and experiment with different lengths of string. With teacher input and

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Simple Machines Engineering Force Model Torque Observation

Creating and Interpreting Scaled Picture Graphs and Bar Graphs

Grades: 3rd Grade

Students will use math and technology to create and interpret scaled picture graphs and bar graphs. Students will learn how to create scaled picture graphs and bar graphs to represent a data set with

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Graphing Data ELA Integration Educational Technology

Cardboard Automata Tinkering - STEAM Lesson

Grades: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade

This engineering design STEAM lesson is intended to be introduced as a playful and inventive approach to learning simple machines. Students explore levers, cams, cam followers, linkages, and other

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Simple Machines Automata

Global Science Opera: STEAM in Your Classroom!

Grades: 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Want to incorporate the Arts into your 7-12 STEM classroom? The Global Science Opera provides a way to do just that! Learn how to facilitate a STEAM collaboration with arts teachers to make it happen.

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Space Opera Music