You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Edit classroom photo

Mrs. Schwenn’s Classroom Edit display name

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Schwenn a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Mrs. Schwenn's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Schwenn a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Mrs. Schwenn can use on her next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/5470920 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
Science concepts can be very difficult for students to grasp. One of my favorite activities to do with students after teaching a difficult topic is to challenge them to find metaphors that help them to understand and remember the difficult material. This method uses multiple learning styles to help all students achieve understanding! After they have found their metaphors we break out the easels, big sketch pads, and markers to draw the metaphors that help us relate those complicated science concepts. We can then post the students pictures around the room as we continue to explore these concepts. This also helps to provide great reviews before testing the students on the material. Having these new sketch pads and markers will help us continue to complete activities like this.

About my class

Science concepts can be very difficult for students to grasp. One of my favorite activities to do with students after teaching a difficult topic is to challenge them to find metaphors that help them to understand and remember the difficult material. This method uses multiple learning styles to help all students achieve understanding! After they have found their metaphors we break out the easels, big sketch pads, and markers to draw the metaphors that help us relate those complicated science concepts. We can then post the students pictures around the room as we continue to explore these concepts. This also helps to provide great reviews before testing the students on the material. Having these new sketch pads and markers will help us continue to complete activities like this.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":5470920,"teacherId":5470920,"teacherName":"Mrs. Schwenn","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5470920_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1531788370224","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21201757,"followAbout":"Mrs. Schwenn's projects","teacherVerify":-943997325,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Schwenn","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/5470920","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=5470920","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":1,"numSupporters":13},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.