Help me give my students the opportunity to explore the world around them, cultivate curiosity, and record their thinking by using loupes, sketchbooks, and drawing pencils.
$490 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! 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.
I teach Kindergarten through fifth grade students in an enrichment program at an urban elementary school. The school is a Title I school, and most students speak another language at home. The school is 100% free-lunches, and a high number of students are identified as homeless.
The students are highly resilient, adaptable, and creative.
My Project
Albert Einstein said, "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science." Students will explore the mysterious world around them using loupes (magnification tools), observing closely, changing the scale, and making theories. The journals will be used to record their observations and theories.
These tools, along with questioning, will help students to develop hands-on thinking skills, creativity and scientific literacy in an interdisciplinary approach.
Students will build the skills of science, writing, mathematics, art, social sciences, humor, and invention. Oftentimes, students are not given the space to wonder about the world around them. I believe that I can provide an opportunity for students to pause, finding wonder and strengthening their capacity for curiosity.
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