Darwin, Muir and Goodall... The Power of Field Notebooks
Help me give my students field notebooks to collect and analyze experimental data, reflect, sketch and process our field investigations in my AP and IB Environmental Science.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Arsenie's classroom raised $719
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
My students are natural-born scientists and explorers. They just don't know it yet! They are inquisitive, they want to learn, they're analytical, they crave new learning experiences, want to search for meaning and truth, share their own stories, and become agents of change to make the world a more verdant place. And it is my job to facilitate and give them access to the knowledge and the skills they need to get the answers and purpose they seek. We, like many public schools, struggle with purchasing new supplies, especially technology, and we must then rely on your generosity to fill in the financial and ultimately learning gaps that allow us to get the technology, experiences, and opportunities our students need to grow into passionate academics and global citizens.
My Project
My AP/IB Environmental Science students are required to learn and process a lot of content and skills throughout their course. Most of these projects and studies fall in two categories: empirical data collection in the field or through labs and experiments in the classroom, all centering around field experimental design and investigations of natural phenomena through a project based approach. For this project we are seeking your support to purchase a lab notebook, or a field book for every child in my classroom for the upcoming school year.
Thanks to you and your generosity, students will be given the opportunity to employ the tried and true scientific technique of actually collecting data, observations and sketches on an actual piece of paper, in an actual field book- just like scientists do when investigating or studying in the field, and just as many will as university students enrolled in a university field course.
Because of this, students will experience the same thrill of science and data collection that Jane Goodall, Rachel Carson, Darwin or even John Muir did when writing everything down- from numbers and measurements, to sketches, observations and wonderings. I plan on allowing students to mesh the multitudes of applications, as well as technology via probe-ware, without losing sight of the most basic of science techniques- the pen and paper approach to collecting and processing data in the field.
More than three‑quarters 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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