--- _id: '7814' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Scientific research is to date largely restricted to wealthy laboratories in developed nations due to the necessity of complex and expensive equipment. This inequality limits the capacity of science to be used as a diplomatic channel. Maker movements use open-source technologies including additive manufacturing (3D printing) and laser cutting, together with low-cost computers for developing novel products. This movement is setting the groundwork for a revolution, allowing scientific equipment to be sourced at a fraction of the cost and has the potential to increase the availability of equipment for scientists around the world. Science education is increasingly recognized as another channel for science diplomacy. In this perspective, we introduce the idea that the Maker movement and open-source technologies have the potential to revolutionize science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education worldwide. We present an open-source STEM didactic tool called SCOPES (Sparking Curiosity through Open-source Platforms in Education and Science). SCOPES is self-contained, independent of local resources, and cost-effective. SCOPES can be adapted to communicate complex subjects from genetics to neurobiology, perform real-world biological experiments and explore digitized scientific samples. We envision such platforms will enhance science diplomacy by providing a means for scientists to share their findings with classrooms and for educators to incorporate didactic concepts into STEM lessons. By providing students the opportunity to design, perform, and share scientific experiments, students also experience firsthand the benefits of a multinational scientific community. We provide instructions on how to build and use SCOPES on our webpage: http://scopeseducation.org.' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc - _id: PreCl - _id: EM-Fac article_number: '48' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Robert J full_name: Beattie, Robert J id: 2E26DF60-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Beattie orcid: 0000-0002-8483-8753 - first_name: Simon full_name: Hippenmeyer, Simon id: 37B36620-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hippenmeyer orcid: 0000-0003-2279-1061 - first_name: Florian full_name: Pauler, Florian id: 48EA0138-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Pauler citation: ama: 'Beattie RJ, Hippenmeyer S, Pauler F. SCOPES: Sparking curiosity through Open-Source platforms in education and science. Frontiers in Education. 2020;5. doi:10.3389/feduc.2020.00048' apa: 'Beattie, R. J., Hippenmeyer, S., & Pauler, F. (2020). SCOPES: Sparking curiosity through Open-Source platforms in education and science. Frontiers in Education. Frontiers Media. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00048' chicago: 'Beattie, Robert J, Simon Hippenmeyer, and Florian Pauler. “SCOPES: Sparking Curiosity through Open-Source Platforms in Education and Science.” Frontiers in Education. Frontiers Media, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00048.' ieee: 'R. J. Beattie, S. Hippenmeyer, and F. Pauler, “SCOPES: Sparking curiosity through Open-Source platforms in education and science,” Frontiers in Education, vol. 5. Frontiers Media, 2020.' ista: 'Beattie RJ, Hippenmeyer S, Pauler F. 2020. SCOPES: Sparking curiosity through Open-Source platforms in education and science. Frontiers in Education. 5, 48.' mla: 'Beattie, Robert J., et al. “SCOPES: Sparking Curiosity through Open-Source Platforms in Education and Science.” Frontiers in Education, vol. 5, 48, Frontiers Media, 2020, doi:10.3389/feduc.2020.00048.' short: R.J. Beattie, S. Hippenmeyer, F. Pauler, Frontiers in Education 5 (2020). date_created: 2020-05-11T08:18:48Z date_published: 2020-05-08T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:15:42Z day: '08' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: SiHi doi: 10.3389/feduc.2020.00048 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: a24ec24e38d843341ae620ec76c53688 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-05-11T11:34:08Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:03Z file_id: '7818' file_name: 2020_FrontiersEduc_Beattie.pdf file_size: 1402146 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 5' language: - iso: eng license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 264E56E2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: M02416 name: Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Gliogenesis in the Cerebral Cortex - _id: 260018B0-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '725780' name: Principles of Neural Stem Cell Lineage Progression in Cerebral Cortex Development publication: Frontiers in Education publication_identifier: issn: - 2504-284X publication_status: published publisher: Frontiers Media quality_controlled: '1' status: public title: 'SCOPES: Sparking curiosity through Open-Source platforms in education and science' tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 5 year: '2020' ...