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Color Coded Science

Updated on Dec 15, 2011

Help provide my English language learners with spiral notebooks so that they can create interactive notebooks in order to learn science more efficiently....
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My students need spiral notebooks so they can create an interactive science notebook and 20 calcu...
High Poverty,
Oakland, CA
"Thank you so much for your generous donation. My students are ready to start a new notebook in science. They will be color coding their noteooks to help them better learn vocabulary, content and refle..." more
Funded!Completed!
Dec 15, 2011
$524 given
1 donor

Science For Strategic Learners

Updated on Jun 10, 2011

Bring the mysteries of atomic forces to life through magnets. My students will discover the positive and negative charges of subatomic particles through magnets....
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My students need magnets to help them learn about molecular forces.
High Poverty,
Oakland, CA
"WOW! This was the best donation ever. My students enjoyed learning about the positive and negative charges of an atom through magnets. My strategic learners were able to grasp the concept of electrons..." more
Funded!Completed!
Dec 1, 2010
$512 given
4 donors

It's Getting Hot In Here!

Updated on Mar 30, 2011

CHEVRON CLASS CHALLENGE! My students want to learn about melting and boiling points by doing laboratory investigations....
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My students need 2 thermometers and 9 hot plates to investigate melting points, boiling points an...
High Poverty,
Oakland, CA
"Wow! Your generous gift benefited my students more than I expected. I had planned on using the hot plates to show how a solid can change into a liquid and then a gas, but also have used them in other ..." more
Funded!Completed!
Oct 12, 2010
$610 given
21 donors

Quick, Quiet Pencil Station!

Updated on Feb 3, 2011

BRRRRZZZZZZZ! How annoying is a loud pencil sharpener? The one in my classroom is so loud that it disrupts everything else. Since I cannot let students use it during my lesson, they all want to use...
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My students need pencils, sharpeners, and a container for a pencil station where they can sharpen...
High Poverty,
Oakland, CA
"Thank you all so much for your support of both me and my students. This project is truly a necessity for my students and will make my classroom run more smoothly than ever before. If you remember bein..." more
Funded!Completed!
Feb 3, 2011
$232 given
9 donors

Visualizing Graphs, Slopes, and Intercepts!

Updated on Jan 3, 2011

My students are a truly gifted group of math students who love accessing material in a tangible way. They learn so much more quickly when they can touch, move, and draw the concepts covered in...
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My students need dry erase boards, markers, and erasers in order to make meaning out of graphing ...
High Poverty,
Oakland, CA
"I have now been using the materials that you so generously donated to my classroom for more than two months and my appreciation of each and every one of you has only amplified: thank you, thank you, t..." more
Funded!Completed!
Oct 15, 2010
$371 given
8 donors

Fahrenheit 451 Inspires Eighth Graders to Read More Books

Updated on Nov 8, 2010

I teach in an urban district in the poorest and most violent neighborhood of our city. My students deserve to have a quality education that will set them up for strong futures....
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My students need 25 copies of "Fahrenheit 451", with the audio CD and teacher's guide.
High Poverty,
Oakland, CA
"Thank you for fulfilling this proposal and helping me bring this powerful and thought provoking book to my great group of students. I believe it is tremendously important for students to have exposure..." more
Funded!Completed!
Aug 15, 2010
$598 given
3 donors

Adaptive Materials for Special Ed Students with ADHD

Updated on Nov 8, 2010

My students have bright, intelligent minds that focus on many things all at once. In certain situations this ability allows them to pick up on many details but during class time this same ability is...
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My students need seating alternatives like inflatable cushions and bean bags to help them focus d...
High Poverty,
Oakland, CA
"Thank you for generously fulfilling this proposal. It is with the help from donors like you that our classroom has the materials we need. I appreciate your support and so does my class!The addition of..." more
Funded!Completed!
Jun 30, 2010
$158 given
2 donors

Algebra Materials to Support Resource Students in Gen Ed

Updated on Nov 8, 2010

My students need help to remember newly learned Algebra skills with visuals and games. These middle school students live in a poor and violent neighborhood which studies have shown affects their...
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My students need 6 sets of games and posters to support their newly learned Algebra skills.
High Poverty,
Oakland, CA
"Thank you for fulfilling this proposal with your generous donation. It is with the help of kind people like you that my students have the materials they deserve. The addition of having fun algebra gam..." more
Funded!Completed!
Jul 21, 2010
$187 given
1 donor

Adaptive Materials for SPED Writers Across the Curriculum

Updated on Nov 8, 2010

Struggling writers need to spend more time writing with appropriate support and I can make that time fun and engaging for my students. Our school is focusing on our students being better writers...
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My students need a set of student friendly dictionaries, notebooks, Write & Wipe Lapboards and ad...
High Poverty,
Oakland, CA
"Thank you for the fantastic writing supplies that our class now uses each and every day. I have been so amazed by the ease and enthusiasm my class has had for the change. Every student loves having no..." more
Funded!Completed!
Sep 13, 2010
$1,995 given
2 donors

Journals For Young Scientists

Updated on Oct 30, 2010

Keep us investigating and reflecting about science. My students need materials to write their discoveries where they know it won't be misplaced....
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My students need 150 composition notebooks to conduct scientific investigations, record notes, an...
High Poverty,
Oakland, CA
"Thank you for your generous donations. My students love their journals. They have been taking class notes in them, writing reflections, and recording data from lab investigations. They are now using t..." more
Funded!Completed!
Oct 14, 2010
$447 given
6 donors
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