STEMscopes Science Powered by CNN is more than just a learning tool — it’s a gateway to immersing students in the world of science. From eye-opening virtual reality experiences and stunning footage of natural phenomena, through to up-to-date science news feeds, STEMscopes Science Powered by CNN allows students to take a deep dive into the unseen world around them and understand how it works.
Using a combination of hands-on materials, videos, simulations, and observation of the natural world, students can explore real-world phenomena the way scientists do: through their five senses. Hands-on activities include teacher facilitation support, suggested materials lists, and procedures. Short on time? With the click of a button hands-on activities can be assigned to students digitally so they can conduct the exploration at home.
Using CNN’s world-renowned news and journalism arm, STEMscopes Science Powered by CNN includes a current events feed where students can watch, read, and hear about what is happening in their world. Using this feed, students become not only informed citizens, but also understand how the theory and concepts learned in the classroom apply to the world around them.
Every student has a unique learning style; whether they are kinaesthetic learners that enjoy touching, doing, and getting messy with hands-on instruction, auditory learners that shine with teacher-led instruction, or visual learners that find success with dynamic videos, imagery, and descriptive texts, STEMscopes Science Powered by CNN has a solution. By offering students learning resources that match their needs, teachers can support students throughout the learning process, empower them to succeed, and reach deeper levels of comprehension that whole-group instruction cannot always provide.
STEMscopes Science Powered by CNN offers a variety of assessments, from traditional multiple choice, to open-ended responses and rigorous claim-evidence-reasoning. Assess your students in a variety of modalities to understand where their knowledge gaps are so you can effectively review where needed, provide acceleration to the advanced learners, and support struggling students when the content gets challenging.
An assessment in which students write a scientific explanation to show their understanding of the concept in a way that uses evidence.
A short-answer and essay assessment to evaluate student mastery of the concept.
A standards-based assessment designed to gauge students' understanding of the science concept using their selections of the best possible answers from a list of choices.