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The fields of technical and vocational are fast becoming prime choices of the school leavers. Not only the fields are important industry-wise, they seem to be practical too as choice of related occupations. The challenge is to instil interest in students for these fields through relating technical and vocational with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) because they are intertwined with one another. The purpose of this study therefore was to develop a set of six STEM lesson plans with higher level questions inclusive. Two similar sets of pre and post-tests made up of higher level questions were developed as instruments to test the effectiveness of the lesson plans in increasing the achievement of elementary students in two schools and taught by two teachers. Quasi experimental design was used for this study involving 120 students from 4 classes. Half of them formed treatment groups and another half the control groups. The pre-test and post-test contained two sections, a and b which were objective and subjective sections consecutively. The data obtained were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) and the findings were presented through frequency, mean, standard deviation and t-test. The results from the data collected showed the achievement of the treatment groups were significantly different from the control groups. And the means of the treatment groups had increased significantly compared to the control groups. Infusing science, technology, engineering and mathematics in lessons attracted the students to learn. Asking open and higher level questions to the students in schools are the foundation of training for the students to embark on technical work in the future or at least to come to understand how industries work.