STEMscopes is a digital curriculum that is brought to life through exploratory hands-on kits that promote inquiry and excitement as students engage in real-world scientific connections. It is built on the research-based 5E lesson model and aligns to our state standards.
Using Magnetic Force
Mission Goal: Students will design a contraption for a new exhibit that feature a series of balanced, unbalanced, and magnetic forces in order to move an object.
Animal Development and Survival
Mission Goal: The students' mission is to research an animal and its environment in order to create a diorama showing the plant and animal life cycles and the benefits of the animal living in a group.
Environments and the Traits of Organisms
Mission Goal: The students' mission is to write and perform a play about an animal family's struggle to survive in a new environment.
Organisms Change Over Time
Mission Goal: The students' mission is to learn about how a fossil can identify what the animal looked like, where it lived, how its traits helped it survive, and what might have caused it to die. Students design a poster showing what information they leaned about a specific fossil.
Dealing with Hazardous Weather Worldwide
Misson Goal: The students' mission is to develop a presentation for the community about the high-risk weather that could occur in their area.
Define the Problem
Brainstorm
Plan
Build
Test
No...Re-design
Yes...move on to next step
Share and Critique