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Ms. Martin from Newport ME is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Analyzing Scientific Phenomena of Today and Tomorrow

Help me give my students the gift of Texas Instruments TI-30XS MultiView Scientific Calculators to help them build strong analytical skills in the context of Science and beyond.

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My Students

My students have spent the majority of their lives in a rural area where the great outdoors and occupations in the trades dominate daily life. Many of them thoroughly enjoy being outside and 'getting their hands dirty', so to speak. They learn best via experiential and hands-on activities, especially the ones that allow them to either be outside experimenting with the natural world or working on interior design and build projects.

My students want to learn; they are generally positive about life and their school, have great senses of humor, and they exhibit empathetic and caring tendencies toward one another on a daily basis, even with the external turmoils that are going on in their lives and the world.

They take an interest in other people, places, and things and thus far have tried everything I've asked them to do. I am proud to be working with them and I want them to be proud of themselves for what they accomplish over this coming year.

A wide socioeconomic array exists within the student population, which is often a limiting factor in the context of obtaining school supplies; a basic tool such as a scientific calculator is an economic hardship.

My Project

My goal with 9th graders who are taking Physical Science is to teach them how to be analytical thinkers; this involves learning how to ask rational and relevant questions, devising appropriate methods with which to investigate those questions, and collecting and analyzing data sets to draw conclusions. The process of actually doing science in the classroom has traditionally been quite cookbook; students follow a set of prescribed steps that are intended to lead them from Point A to Point B with specific anticipated outcomes. This is not how I prefer to teach science, although it is necessary at times due to limited time and resources. I want them to end the school year with a stronger analytical background than when they entered. This means I want them less terrified of using numbers and making calculations. I want them to be more comfortable asking good questions and being able to identify steps that they would take to begin to answer the questions. I want them to be able to manipulate data and look at it multiple ways; numerically, graphically, conceptually, etc. I want them to gain skills in being able to compare and contrast information and to become more adept at using data to support their ideas, even if their ideas were not entirely correct! What does the data tell us?!

To become proficient with thinking about data and using it to answer important questions, students must have access to tools that allow them to easily manipulate numbers.

I have very basic calculators in my room that only allow for simple mathematical functions. This hinders data analysis skill building, and slows down the flow of learning, overall. Cell phone apps are difficult to use because some students don't have phones and inconsistencies in apps makes concise instruction for their use difficult.

Ms. Martin
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Texas Instruments TI-30XS MultiView Scientific Calculator • Amazon Business $14.75 20 $295.00

Materials cost

$295.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$14.75

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$344.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.74

Total project goal

$404.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$404.91

1 Donor

-$404.91

Donations toward project cost

-$344.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.74

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$0.00

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