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Completed: Bugs, Crystals, and More for Deaf Hands-on Scientists!

"Bugs, crystals, magnets, microscopes ... all things that are fascinating to kids and that they want to learn about! Some students learn by listening, others by seeing, and others by touching. Deaf and hard of hearing students often are in the last group, needing to touch and manipulate objects to learn about them. I am a teacher of deaf and hard of hearing kids in kindergarten and 1st grade. We are a district program, meaning that deaf and hard of hearing students from all across the city who use sign language are sent to our school so that they can receive all of their education in sign language and interact with adults and peers who can directly communicate with them.

The deaf and hard of hearing students in my classroom love to investigate the world around them. Many of these students have limited language and have not been able to ask questions about their world around them as they are growing up. Yet, they love to explore, touch, feel, manipulate everything they can get their hands on! My goal is for these students to be able to explore their world and learn about a variety of science concepts, like plants, animals, weight, color, light, or temperature. In order to teach students science concepts, I need to have objects and tools that students can touch, feel, manipulate, and use to explore the world and begin to become scientists. Currently, I have very limited science tools and manipulatives for the students to use.

I would like to obtain a variety of scientific tools and manipulatives to use in a kindergarten and first grade class to motivate students to learn about science. These tools would consist of a kit of different magnets where students could learn about what is/is not magnetic, magnetic poles, and how compasses use magnets to work. We also would use a microscope to see plants and vegetable parts up close plus the small parts of bugs. A butterfly nursery could help us see a caterpillar spin a cocoon and turn into a butterfly. Prisms and color paddles would help us change and play with light and color. Measuring tapes, measuring cups, thermometers, and a balance would help us measure, classify, and describe objects in our world. Plus, every scientist needs the proper equipment, safety goggles! Some plastic storage boxes would help us organize, sort, store, and keep all this science equipment safe.

Your support of this project will provide many deaf and hard of hearing students the chance to explore their world hands-on and begin to learn science concepts. This will lead to a future generation of deaf and hard of hearing students who will become more interested in science and the world around them.

My students need a variety of hands-on science materials, including magnifying glasses, thermometers, mirrors, balance, measuring jars, prisms, microscope with slides, magnet kit, butterfly nursery... to help them become scientists and plastic storage boxes to keep the materials safe and organized! The cost of this proposal is $551, which includes shipping for any materials requested and fulfillment ."

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Mrs. V. sent this note after the project was fully funded:

Oct 15, 2008

Dear KARON, Emily and Laurel, Davis, Deborah, Joanna, Karen, Jess & James and Anonymous Donor,

Thank you so much for your donation towards hands-on science materials for our classroom with deaf and hard of hearing students. We are so excited to start using the supplies to do science experiments. We have seen some different science supplies in books and I am thrilled that the students will now get to explore magnifying glasses, lenses, microscopes, and color paddles for themselves! I have been reading lots of books and websites to find experiments that are good for kindergarten and first grade kids. Now, we will be able to do the experiments. By the way, I showed the kids pictures of the supplies we are getting, and they said to tell you that they are the most excited about the growing crystals kit! Thanks again so much!!

Mrs. V.'s Classroom: High Poverty School

Region:

New Mexico

Where is the classroom located?

Submitted:

Jun 15, 2008 |

Expires:

Nov 21, 2008

Great news -- this project is now a reality! We ordered the materials and they were sent directly to the classroom.

Materials	Vendor	Price	#	Total
LA469 - Shatterproof Safety Mirrors - Set of 12	Lakeshore Learning	$14.50	1	$14.50
RE313 - Lakeshore Liquid Measurement Kit	Lakeshore Learning	$29.95	1	$29.95
DA118 - Precision School Balance with Metric Weights	Lakeshore Learning	$39.95	1	$39.95
LC3540X - Prepared Slides - Complete Set	Lakeshore Learning	$36.00	1	$36.00
CS547 - Student Microscopes - Set of 12	Lakeshore Learning	$49.50	1	$49.50
RE266 - Lens & Prism Set	Lakeshore Learning	$14.95	1	$14.95
LA445 - Student Thermometers - Set of 12	Lakeshore Learning	$14.50	1	$14.50
LA446 - Super-Safe Eyedroppers - Set of 12	Lakeshore Learning	$4.90	1	$4.90
LA872 - Color Paddles - 12 Sets	Lakeshore Learning	$16.50	1	$16.50
CG987 - Crystal Growing Discover Set	Lakeshore Learning	$14.95	1	$14.95
FS383 - Kid-Sized Safety Goggles - Set of 6	Lakeshore Learning	$16.95	1	$16.95
LA444 - Hand Magnifiers - Set of 12	Lakeshore Learning	$27.50	1	$27.50
LC66 - The Butterfly Nursery	Lakeshore Learning	$36.95	1	$36.95
EE512 - Lakeshore Magnet Kit	Lakeshore Learning	$49.95	1	$49.95
TE313 - Measuring Tapes - Set of 12	Lakeshore Learning	$4.90	1	$4.90
Office Depot(R) Brand Clear Plastic Storage Boxes, 4 1/2 Gallons, Pack Of 2	Office Depot Inc.	$8.42	3	$25.26

Vendor Shipping Charges				$39.76
State Sales Tax				$0.00
3rd Party Payment Processing Fee				$5.96
Postage / Processing for Donor Thank-You Package				$9.00
Project Subtotal				$451.93
Optional Donation Towards Operating Costs				$99.20
TOTAL PROJECT COST				$551.13
8 Donors				-$551.13
To Go				$0.00