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Mrs. Long from Chicago IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Weather Scientists II

My students need a Power of Science Weather Kit, a Wild About Weather Activity Kit, a Weather Wall Hanging, a Weather Tracker Kit, and an Inflatable Weather Kit.

  • $259 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I teach at a large Illinois elementary school. The school is predominately African American. I teach 7th grade in a self-contained class. My students are from low-income families and are all eligible for free lunch. As a teacher and lover of Science, I want to instill my love for discovery and inquiry in my students. My students have shown an overwhelming interest in Science and I would like to continue the momentum gained and introduce them to the Science of Meteorology. Adding lab experiences will make this a fabulous and “real” learning opportunity for my students. If my project is funded, the Power of Science Weather Kit will permit me to turn my students into amateur meteorologists who build their own weather stations. They will be able to measure temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, and map reading. The inflatable weather kit will allow my “meteorologists” to use props as they deliver the daily weather. The Weather Tracker Kit will allow me to introduce my students to isobars, jet streams, wind chills, and chart temperatures for different cities using bar and line graphs. Using the Weather Activity Kit my students will be able to take a journey into the world of atmosphere and air pressure, sunshine, rain, storms, wind, and strange phenomena. This project is also important because minorities and women are under represented in the field of Science. By introducing my students to a fascinating field of Science, their interest in Science will grow and perhaps one day they will become meteorologists themselves. By participating in these realistic investigations, my students will develop a higher level of learning and retention of information than using theory only. My students and I will be greatly appreciative if you are able to help them become the next “weather scientists”.

Mrs. Long
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Weather Wall Hanging Classroom Map • Carolina Biological Supply Company $37.80 1 $37.80
Giant Inflatable Weather Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $35.10 1 $35.10
Weather Tracker Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $34.65 1 $34.65
Wild About Weather 50 Wet Windy and Wonderful Activities Book • Carolina Biological Supply Company $18.45 1 $18.45
Power of Science Weather Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $55.80 1 $55.80

Materials cost

$181.80

Vendor shipping charges

$18.18

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$211.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.47

Total project goal

$258.17

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$258.17

8 Donors

-$258.17

Donations toward project cost

-$211.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.47

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$0.00

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