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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.
CNN Experiences bring both large and small phenomena from around the world into perfect focus. By capturing footage from awe-inspiring events such as erupting volcanoes, bleaching coral reefs, living in space, and wingsuit diving through canyons, Great Big Stories spark curiosity and, ultimately, a desire to understand the phenomena and mechanisms that make these wonders possible.
One lab in the United States is trying to unravel the wiring in our brains.
Amanpour takes you behind the scenes of getting a connection to the international space station.
At the University of Texas, Dr. Kate Biberdorf is breaking stereotypes and blowing stuff up—all in a good pair of heels.
Bateleur eagles are majestic birds. Unfortunately, a shrinking habitat has caused a major drop in its global population.
The island nation of Curaçao is home to some of the Caribbean's last thriving coral reefs. Discover how scientists and government officials are trying to save these pristine habitats.
Vist Socotra, a special island with a staggering number of plants and animals found nowhere else in the world.
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.
Grade: Grade 4
Interests: Raquel is a humanitarian with a passion for medicine. Having helped raised her sister, she understands the importance of clean water supplies, good nutrition, and preventing illness. She dreams of being a paediatrician.
Ideal Resources: Raquel is a visual learner. She benefits most from learning through the use of images, maps, and graphic organisers to understand information. Raquel would benefit most from visual assets such as graphs, charts, and think maps.
Grade: Grade 2
Interests: Arjun spends hours staring up at the night sky. He often wonders how the sun was formed, what makes the stars different colours, and what it would take to travel among them. One day, he’s sure he’ll be a top astronomer or astrophysicist.
Ideal Resources: Arjun is a reader and writer. He learns best by gathering information through text. Arjun would benefit best through reading and translating concepts into words and essays.
Grade: Grade 8
Interests: You can find Jasmine either knee deep in a pile of Legos or excavating the fields around her home. Torn between architecture and archaeology, Jasmine has a love for engineering problems and secrets hidden beneath the Earth.
Ideal Resources: Jasmine is a kinaesthetic learner. She learns best through hands on activities which require building and problem solving.
Grade: Grade 11
Interests: A lover of music, Gavan loves writing, reading, and playing music, which has lead him to learn about the world of acoustics. Asking big questions about sound design, harmonics, and wave propagation, he’s ready to design tomorrow’s concert halls for the ultimate musical performance.
Ideal Resources: Gavin is an auditory learner. He learns best through listening as speaking. Gavin would benefit most from lectures, presentations, and group discussions.
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.