Engaging Hands & Minds with Tools to Grow Tomorrow's Scientists
Help me give my students the hands-on specimens, activity kits, and learning centers they need to ignite and sustain that spark of creativity, invention, and inquiry so that they can tap into their enthusiasm and realize their potential!
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
The children who come through the library doors at our preK-8 school are in search for so many different things each day. Some are looking for companionship or a friendly face. Others want to pick up the next book in their favorite series. Still others burst in with energy and excitement just to "play." It's the curiosity, enthusiasm, and wonder of the students that makes working with them such a joy!
These students are risk-takers, innovators, and makers who are eager to learn new skills and apply the knowledge.
Unfortunately, not all have the opportunity to explore or the access to technology or equipment that will foster their interests, creativity, or potential. The library provides an open, flexible, welcome space where children can pursue passions solo, in pairs, small groups, or even multiple classes at once.
To continue to support the growing passion shown by these budding inventors, designers, and leaders, our exploration center needs to grow!
My Project
How often do children really get to spend time outdoors, getting close up and personal with the natural world? How much time in their lives is devoted to examination, tinkering, or making things? Do they have the stamina and grit to work through challenges and learn from failure?
These specimen kits and slides are a perfect way for students to interact with and generate authentic questions about plants and animals, while the engineering activities will foster ingenuity, resourcefulness, and discovery.
They can be utilized by teachers as part of a lesson or unit to teach specific objectives, but will most often be sought out by individual students or groups with a deliberate and purposeful drive to investigate and study.
All of this material will become part of the library's exploration center and makerspace programming--available openly for any child who wants to experiment, think, build, and ask questions like a true scientist!
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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