Your students are digital natives, so technology plays a crucial role in keeping their interest and preparing them for 21st-century careers. With STEMscopes Math, students can play games, watch videos on career options, keep digital journals, receive feedback on work, use virtual manipulatives, and keep notes on readings. Whether your classroom uses laptop carts, 1:1 tablets, or a BYOD model, students can enjoy all of the digital features of STEMscopes Math from any device.

Every student needs a helping hand as they learn new content. Support tools– such as embedded click-and-learn dictionaries, text-to-speech functionality, highlighting annotations, and Spanish translations–help students push themselves and develop grit. Embedded click-and-learn dictionaries, text-to-speech functionality, highlighting, annotations, and Spanish translations are all available to support your pupils. What if a student can’t be in class? The interface is easy to use, and it allows students to continue learning and exploring at home with some assistance from parents. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Anything that isn’t digital may seem old fashioned to your students, but STEMscopes kit and print products bring math to life for digital natives. Engaging in the CRA learning model, students bridge the gap between concrete real-world mathematical models and abstract mathematical thinking.

Kits are divided into four unique packages: manipulatives, foundations (hands-on lessons), fluency builders (workstation differentiation activities), and vocabulary cards. Want to build your own learning experience? Students and teachers can always assemble their own materials by accessing our digital materials list. If you order STEMscopes Math kits, we do the heavy lifting for you by separating your materials into modular cases that will help students keep them tidy and keep down-time in the classroom to a minimum. That way, you can focus on teaching!

Print comes in two varieties: the Student Workbook (lesson companion, journal, and formative assessments) and the Assessment Workbook (standards-based assessments with an objective mastery tracking card for each objective). While all these elements are available digitally and can be printed on demand or assigned to student accounts, student print helps parents engage with their child at home more easily and understand how their students are learning new math content.

Constructivist learning is the heartbeat of STEMscopes Math. Centered on the 5E+IA lesson model and a CRA approach and informed by the feedback of dozens of master teacher-writers, STEMscopes Math takes a fresh approach to math instruction. No more worksheets, no more rote memorization, and no more lectures about how “this is the (only) way to solve the problem.” STEMscopes Math fosters creativity, collaborative learning processes, and authentic instruction, where the students take charge of their own learning, with teacher facilitation and guidance.

Imagine teaching math so that the path to solving a problem is just as important as getting the answer right!

Adopting a new curriculum can be intimidating, but you can rest easy–our initial training sessions address all your questions and concerns. We show teachers how to navigate STEMscopes as they learn the underlying principles–intentional discourse, productive struggle, and real-world connections–used to engage students, encourage perseverance, and make math meaningful. Still uneasy? An extensive Help section within STEMscopes Math offers on-demand support and embedded facilitation aids, helping both new and veteran teachers take their lessons to the next level.

To help you gauge your students’ strengths and weaknesses, STEMscopes Math offers a variety of assessments, from argumentation-based to Decide-and-Defend to state-based evaluations. Students can learn from their mistakes with digital teacher feedback and a question re-release system.

Many STEMscopes Math activities also have a formative assessment dimension to help teachers scaffold lessons appropriately and address common student misconceptions as they learn new content.

Want to dive a little deeper into the data? STEMscopes Math comes with powerful benchmark tests based on Quantile measures. Students can use them to see how they progress over time, while parents can visualize whether their student is on track for the next grade level.