My students need topographic maps, stereoscopic glasses and volcanic models.
$500 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
Have you ever struggled to understand the 2-D directions for building a 3-D bookshelf? Part of the difficulty for many people is their lack of experience in spatial relationships. But, learning to translate two dimensional figures into three dimensional reality opens many career opportunities!
My students live in a high poverty unincorporated area on the edge of the Cascade Mountain range.
Our school population is fairly evenly split between Caucasian and Hispanic students, creating a rich cultural environment within our building. Poverty and isolation, however, limits the experiences of the majority of our students. The job opportunities in the area are relatively limited, so students aren't exposed to as many career possibilities as we might wish. Teaching job skills that students can't connect to is difficult. Like any other students, my students need to see the practicality of my lessons.
My Project
The resources I am asking for will help me teach students both practical and abstract spatial skills. First, many of my students hunt and fish, requiring them to be able to read and interpret maps. The topographic and map contour activities will help students learn to understand "all those squiggly lines" on topographic maps. Second, understanding spatial relationships is a skill that is useful in math, science, and technology. The stereoscopic glasses I have asked for will let me take the students that next step from 2-D topographic maps and photographs to 3-D real-world views. These map reading and spatial relationship skills translate into skills necessary in jobs ranging from logging and construction to machinist and radiology to geology and engineering.
The materials I have requested will increase student experience with spatial concepts using 3-D models to create 2-D topographic maps and then viewing 2-D photographs as 3-D images using stereoscopic glasses.
The concrete applications, using maps and models of the local area, will ground the abstract concepts for the students while developing life skills applicable in a wide range of potential careers.
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