Can you imagine your creativity being confined to pencil and paper? This is the challenge my students currently face. As the leaders of tomorrow, students need a chance to build, design, and create in more than 2 dimensions to better our future world.
My students show more dedication to their "jobs" (school) than most adults do.
These are a group of 7th grade students that attend school from 8-5 and then most stay after for extra curricular activities or study help. There they continue to pursue knowledge and learning by completing homework. Some of my students have a commute of over an hour to get to school! These students come to school willing to learn from the minimum materials, but why should they? Such hard work should be rewarded with hands-on learning. These students deserve exposure to all the materials that their high income peers receive. My students zip code should not dictate a a lesser learning experience. By providing these materials, students are able to have more social capital, more real-world problem solving experiences, and a greater opportunity to become inspired by the sciences.
My Project
This project will serve 100 7th grade students throughout many different lessons. The materials will also be used for extra curricular activities such as the school's environmental club. With these Lego building blocks students will be able to model their understanding of setting up green communities. Will my students choose to use water or wind as the source of their Lego city? How will they show how their community will eliminate waste created by their citizens. The possibilities are endless. Not only will the Lego class set be used for this project, but will be used in many future projects to come.
By choosing to support this project, you are choosing to support the habits of future engineers and environmentalists.
Students will use these materials to create 3-dimensional designs of cities and communities that use alternative fuel sources, reduce carbon footprints of their citizens, and display an understanding that the actions humans take today impact our environment tomorrow.
More than a third 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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