This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
The students at our school thrive to learn. We are a New York State Title I school, which means a majority of the students that attend come from a poverty-stricken family. The parents of our students want the very best for their children and look for the support and guidance of our school.
I want to support the students' eagerness to learn and I am writing this proposal to support and enhance our thriving S.T.E.M.
Program which includes Project Based Learning (PBL) and learning about and loving all living things. Students learn through engagement, exploration and hands-on discovery. Students have this unique opportunity to support their education, enable them to grow and learn through discovery.
Our Love For All Living Things program is growing. Each year, more students have the opportunity to learn about plants and animals, their purpose, how they survive and how they support humans. Students have the rare opportunity to learn through observation and interaction with 15+ species of animals.
My Project
The STEM Lab Zoo offers students the opportunity to learn, investigate, interact and care for more than 15 species of animals. Each week, close to 1,000 students visit the STEM Lab.
Part of the Learn to Love All Living Things Program is the care of the animals.
Within this program, students have the rare opportunity to breed food / prey for the animals within the lab.
The lab offers 3 species of snakes, 2 water turtles and 1 tortoise, a tarantula, bearded dragon, fish, water frogs, gecko and fish.
To support this program, we breed our own food. We breed dubia roaches for the bearded dragon, crickets for the gecko and tarantula, mega meal worms for the bearded dragon, meal worms for the gecko and mice for the snakes. To support our self sustaining initiative of breeding our own food, I am requesting water bottles and food for the animals we breed.
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