My students need a color printer and laminating machine to have colored manipulatives, diagrams, and charts that they can use over and over again and increase student engagement.
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My Students
Our school is a Title I school where most of the students participate in a free or reduced-price lunch program. Many are academically at risk and come from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Several struggle with absences and the desire to come to school. I want to help change that! I want kids to be excited about what they are learning and make connections with their lives outside of school.
Although my students are faced with life's hardships, they have good hearts and inspire me!
My goal is to help students realize that science is not just something that happens at school, but it is all around them. I truly believe the best way to do that is through hands-on-learning. My kids learn best through doing. When I mention there is a lab coming up, students get excited. I have heard the statement, "I wish we could do this more often" over and over from different students. I am always looking for ways to turn what they are learning into a hands-on-experience to make it relevant to their everyday lives and make new connections. This can, however, be a struggle when a department budget is nonexistent for over 300 students.
My Project
A colored printer and ink will allow students to have color manipulatives, diagrams, and charts. A laminator will allow these materials to be used over and over again by many students through the years. This will save a lot of money and time by not having to repeatedly print. Students would have the opportunity to print off and display their work in the classroom. It would also allow vocabulary words, definitions, and pictures to be displayed in color.
Color increases student engagement and helps students retain what they are learning.
Having colored manipulatives, diagrams, and charts will enhance student learning when learning about difficult science concepts. Without these, students have a harder time visualizing things they cannot see such as cells, DNA, atoms, force, and motion.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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