Links to Resources
Links to resources are located on this page. You can learn about STEM programs in AZ and the US by following the links on this page.
- An after STEM school club
- Summer school program
- STEM vendor programs such as ADE 21st Century Community Learning Centers/AZ Science Center STEM clubs [view]
- Future Cities competition [view]
- Lego League [view]
- Intel Science and Engineering Fair [view]
- First Robotics [view]
- Siemens [view]
- Rube Goldberg competitions [view]
- PBS Design Squad [view]
- Biotech
- Forensics
- Specific program content can vary (oobleck, bottle rockets, spaghetti towers, Lego league, Future Cities, etc.) as long as program focuses on the integration of thematic STEM curriculum.
- How-To-Set up Science Clubs [Science Club for Girls]
- Encouraging Women in the Sciences [view]
Examples include:
- Hands-on Optics embedded into 5th grade classrooms across an entire district that includes a culminating “Star Party” to engage parents and families.
- A district wide Recycling Contest sponsored by a waste management company in which 4th grade students learn about recycling, collect recyclables and engineer them into new innovative products. Winning class/team and their parents are invited to local sporting event where their design process and new innovative products are displayed.
- The Science Department at a high school teams up with the CTE Automotive Department to teach a cross-curricular STEM unit on solar energy that includes physics, environmental education, chemistry and life science, resulting in the creation and testing of a solar car and how it effects the environment. A local solar energy manufacturer is included in the instruction, design, testing, and sponsorship of the prototype.
Examples include:
- The Center for Research in Engineering, Science and Technology (CREST) on the campus of Paradise Valley High School [view]
- Biotech Academy on the campus of Mesa High School [view]
- Metro Tech High School (embedded Sustainability curriculum) [view]
- Xavier Girls Preparatory – Epics program [view]
- Navajo Elementary [view]
- Explorer Middle School [view]
- Whispering Wind Academy [view]
- Colonel Smith Middle School [view]
This level also includes Pathways Programs such as: Yavapai County Engineering Pathways
Examples include:
- Bio Science High- Phoenix Union High School District [view]
Resources and Lesson Plans
| NSF Resources for STEM | This site contains an initial sampling of resources and findings from NSF-funded projects. Their proposals underwent merit review; subsequent annual and final project reports were reviewed and approved. The resulting research-based resources have been pilot- or field-tested in schools or with teachers. |
| Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education | This section is designed to be a wide-ranging, comprehensive, and timely source of information for GK-12 participants and others who support the advancement of student learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. |
| NASA | Find teaching resources for classroom use by subject, grade, product type, etc. |
| PBS-STEM | Excellent STEM Education resource center |
| Siemens STEM Academy | Click on ‘resources’ to browse by grade, subject, or type |
| Thinkfinity | Lesson plans, activities, and inter-actives courtesy of the Verizon Foundation |
| Virginia CTE Resource Center | Collection of well-defined links by subject category |
| Discover Engineering | Engineering activities, career exploration, and real world connections. |
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Over 600 lesson plans for teaching math |
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Making Science Make Sense courtesy of the Bayer US Corp |
The MSMS Toolkit provides resources for science activities. |
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Extensive collection of K-12 curricular units integrating engineering concepts with lessons and activities |
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Click on ‘education,’ then on ‘educational resources,’ choose grade level, etc.; courtesy of the American Chemical Society |
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Well-defined chemistry and materials classroom resources from NSF |
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Vetted resources for science and math that can be sorted by grade level, topic, etc |
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Comprehensive but dated resources for middle school science teachers and students |
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Practical, fun, easy, inexpensive scientific method activities for middle school |
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Chemistry resources for high school (HS) teachers |
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Well-organized, with a complete year of HS lessons, lecture outlines, labs, demos, worksheets |
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Links to an extensive collection of resources for HS Chemistry teachers such as organization, labs, lesson plans. |
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| Chemistry activities and demonstrations Prezi |
A Prezi with links to chemistry activities & demonstrations. |
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Applied Math and Science Education Repository-A portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use |
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Midland Education and Business Consortium list of engineering activities and resources. |
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Afterschool activities connecting elementary students to experts at the Phoenix Zoo. |
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Afterschool activities connecting elementary students to Arizona Mining experts. |
| NSF Resources for STEM | This site contains an initial sampling of resources and findings from NSF-funded projects. Their proposals underwent merit review; subsequent annual and final project reports were reviewed and approved. The resulting research-based resources have been pilot- or field-tested in schools or with teachers. |
| Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education | This section is designed to be a wide-ranging, comprehensive, and timely source of information for GK-12 participants and others who support the advancement of student learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. |
| NASA | Find teaching resources for classroom use by subject, grade, product type, etc. |
| PBS-STEM | Excellent STEM Education resource center |
| Siemens STEM Academy | Click on ‘resources’ to browse by grade, subject, or type |
| Thinkfinity | Lesson plans, activities, and inter-actives courtesy of the Verizon Foundation |
| Virginia CTE Resource Center | Collection of well-defined links by subject category |
| Discover Engineering | Engineering activities, career exploration, and real world connections. |
| NSF Resources for STEM | This site contains an initial sampling of resources and findings from NSF-funded projects. Their proposals underwent merit review; subsequent annual and final project reports were reviewed and approved. The resulting research-based resources have been pilot- or field-tested in schools or with teachers. |
| Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education | This section is designed to be a wide-ranging, comprehensive, and timely source of information for GK-12 participants and others who support the advancement of student learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. |
| NASA | Find teaching resources for classroom use by subject, grade, product type, etc. |
| PBS-STEM | Excellent STEM Education resource center |
| Siemens STEM Academy | Click on ‘resources’ to browse by grade, subject, or type |
| Thinkfinity | Lesson plans, activities, and inter-actives courtesy of the Verizon Foundation |
| Virginia CTE Resource Center | Collection of well-defined links by subject category |
| Discover Engineering | Engineering activities, career exploration, and real world connections. |
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