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IDEAS Engineering Journal – Virtual Edition
The IDEAS Engineering Journal is meant to be used to engineer improvements to an existing design. Have you built a glider or a wobble head rattle writer or ANYTHING? Use this journal to brainstorm modifications, try them out, test your design with a customer, and come up with an improved final design. A few screen…
Read MoreMoon Phases, Tides, Eclipses, and the Solar System: A 6th Grade Earth and Space Science Unit from ASTA Deeper Dive
This unit bundles together standards 6.P2U1.4, 6.E2U1.7, and 6.E2U1.9. Link to Tool 4 Unit Sequence for 6th Grade Earth and Space Science Unit Link to video walkthrough of 6th Grade Earth and Space Science Unit Developed by Mesa Public School Team Members: Mandy Heal, Kaylynn Gallardo, Jamie Rapkiewcz, and Sandi Anderson
Read MoreACS Inquiry in Action: Chapter 4 – Conservation of Mass
NOTE: Those these are indicated for 5th grade, they align with both 5th grade and 8th grade AzSS standards. Through exploring melting, dissolving, and chemical change, students discover that mass is conserved during all these processes. Lesson 4.1 – Conservation of Mass Students measure the mass of substances before and after melting, dissolving, and a…
Read MoreACS Inquiry in Action: Chapter 3 – Substances Can Mix and React to Form New Substances
NOTE: Those these are indicated for 5th grade, they best align with both 5th and 8th grade AzSS standards. Students use baking soda, calcium chloride and other common substances to discover that when certain substances combine, a chemical reaction takes place, and new substances are formed. Lesson 3.1 – What’s the Difference between Baking Soda…
Read MoreACS Inquiry in Action: Chapter 2 – Substances Have Characteristic Properties
NOTE: Those these are indicated for 5th grade, they best align with 8th grade AzSS standards. Students investigate the solubility, density, and other properties of solids and liquids to identify substances based on their unique characteristics. Lesson 2.1 – Using Dissolving to Identify Substances Students compare the dissolving of salt and sugar and then conduct…
Read More6-8 Grade Band AzSS-Aligned Resources
Lessons, videos, storylines, phenomena, and more all curated by The STEMAZing Project to link directly to 2018 Arizona Science Standards.
Read MoreHypothesis Cubes Virtual – BEST Nature of Science Lesson of ALL time!
Hypothesis cubes is the BEST nature of science lesson of all time. Engage students to use evidence to support their claims and then demonstrate the way science works by leaving the “answer” unsettled in the end. This incredible activity is now available for virtual instruction through models of the cubes made using TinkerCad. Lesson plan…
Read MoreScience is… Science is not… Nature of Science Lesson
From original Sunsets, Souls, and Senses lesson from ENSI (file found below): Explores the realm and limits of science. Engages students to give examples of topics that can be studied by science, and those that cannot. This also takes a look at descriptive terms that reflect the true nature of modern science, and those that do…
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