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Ms. Baltes from Chicago IL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Science is Seeing

My students need a Document Camera to see science demonstrations and share text with one another.

  • $508 goal

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My Students

There's a reason we have the common expression "seeing is believing." It's especially true in science, where an unexpected event becomes the launch point for a thoughtful conversation.

My students are urban middle school students.

They are enthusiastic about learning science but have varying degrees of experience. My students eat up weird science facts but cannot explain why the world works the way it does. My challenge is to capture students' imaginations while enabling them to thoughtfully create academic explanations through writing and speaking. Science writing is a great area of need for my students; they struggle to create an explanation longer than a paragraph. To become better writers, they need to experience better writing.

My Project

A document camera will have several important uses in my classroom: 1. Magnifying the world: Demonstrations are a great way to capture student interest. The problem with my classroom is that not all of the students can see the magic happening, especially when it's something like a chemical reaction. A document camera will allow me to blow up the image to a size where the kids can make meaningful observations. 2. Sharing our voices: As previously described, my students' writing needs work. One of the best ways to learn how to be good writers is to critique peer work. Currently, if I want to share a student's example, I have to write it out on a transparency or make a class set of photocopies to distribute the next day. The momentum is lost. A document camera allows real-time sharing of student work and dissemination of data.

To become participants in the global arena, my students must learn to become effective communicators.

With a document camera, my students can become more engaged in the scientific content and can share their understandings in real time. Help me inspire the next generation of scientists!

Ms. Baltes
Grades 6-8
  • Eugene Field Elementary School
  • Chicago, IL

    • This project will reach 125 students.

    14 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Epson DC-06 Document Camera - document camera • Best Buy for Business $383.39 1 $383.39

Materials cost

$383.39

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$431.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.08

Total project goal

$507.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $507.22

12 Donors

-$497.22

Donations toward project cost

-$422.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.58

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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