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.

Upload a classroom photo

Mr. Sorber’s Classroom Edit display name

  • Wayne High School
  • Bicknell, UT
  • More than half of students from low‑income households

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/8281593 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Upload a classroom photo
Reading books about diverse and interesting people helps connect with the world outside of our small, rural community. Being exposed to science gets kids excited to try new things and expand their horizons. COVID-19 has resulted in kids spending significantly more time on electronic devices, primarily on games and videos. Academic and intellectual reading and stimulation are at what feels like an all-time low in our community, and I am trying to do everything I can to provide our students with information and experiences to change the trajectory and help them work towards a better future. I am requesting books to support wide-reading and improve domain literacy in my STEM students. In addition to ebook and other reading sources, I want to have my students read a broad range of high-quality STEM-related literature. This will help my students build domain-specific vocabulary and comprehension, as well as expose them to some of the diverse ways that science and math are critical to the world and future careers. I am also requesting additional lab equipment to give my students a more hands-on learning experience in physics and earth science classes. Specifically, the items requested will support work involving electricity, magnetism, light, and optics. I am working to move towards more inquiry-based learning in my classes, which has been shown to significantly improve long-term learning outcomes in students. Actually touching and performing hands-on themselves will help generate more interest in STEM subjects and help bring science to life for my students.

About my class

Reading books about diverse and interesting people helps connect with the world outside of our small, rural community. Being exposed to science gets kids excited to try new things and expand their horizons. COVID-19 has resulted in kids spending significantly more time on electronic devices, primarily on games and videos. Academic and intellectual reading and stimulation are at what feels like an all-time low in our community, and I am trying to do everything I can to provide our students with information and experiences to change the trajectory and help them work towards a better future. I am requesting books to support wide-reading and improve domain literacy in my STEM students. In addition to ebook and other reading sources, I want to have my students read a broad range of high-quality STEM-related literature. This will help my students build domain-specific vocabulary and comprehension, as well as expose them to some of the diverse ways that science and math are critical to the world and future careers. I am also requesting additional lab equipment to give my students a more hands-on learning experience in physics and earth science classes. Specifically, the items requested will support work involving electricity, magnetism, light, and optics. I am working to move towards more inquiry-based learning in my classes, which has been shown to significantly improve long-term learning outcomes in students. Actually touching and performing hands-on themselves will help generate more interest in STEM subjects and help bring science to life for my students.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":8281593,"teacherId":8281593,"teacherName":"Mr. Sorber","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-2_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21873765,"followAbout":"Mr. Sorber's projects","teacherVerify":-1269571373,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mr. Sorber","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":false,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/8281593","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=8281593","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":1,"numSupporters":1},"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.