My students need sets of books on their science topics, individual books on topics for introducing topics, petri dishes, magnets, and compost containers for experiments.
Science comes to life when it is in front of you! My students love science, and experiments are the best way to learn science.
My 44 students are eight and nine years old.
Some of them are special education students with learning or behavior disorders, while some of my students are general education students that are quite bright. They attend an elementary school that holds over 1,100 third, fourth, and fifth grade students. My students are kind and get the most wonderful compliments from other adults in the community ("Your class cheers one another on instead of competing with one another, " our music teacher informed me.) I teach math, science, and social studies but most of my class loves reading. They want to read about what I am teaching them. I want to fill their craving for reading with books that will reinforce what I am teaching. I also want to be able to do experiments that will make science come to life. My special needs students can read on lower levels and love to be read to! I want to have books to read to them as well as books that they can read on their own.
My Project
Your donation will allow my students to hear and read about science topics that are in the third grade standards. You will help them see items decompose in soil and the effect magnets have on paper clips. My students will be able to use these books to help build their knowledge of rocks, minerals, and soil. My students will be able to conduct science experiments on magnetism and heat. Your donation will give my students knowledge!
This project means a lot to me because I know how much my students love books and how much they want to do experiments.
I want to teach students, but more than that I want to create life long learners within each of my precious students. With this project I know that my students' needs will be better met and that their minds will be full of wonderful information about science!
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