My students need headphones, colored pencils, labeling tape, and real resin fossils for our amazing evolution unit.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Behr's classroom raised $412
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 live in a large, urban city and attend one of four high schools in a geographic zone of choice. All of the daily transitions, 700-students-high school, and large community can lead to a sense of anonymity.
I make sure I learn everyone's name the first day of class and greet students at the door each day, by name.
I work to individualize their education and differentiate their experience by designing lessons that flow at their own pace. After an initial whole group engagement, students work through a series of activities, with a partner, their group, or individually, depending on the lesson. Extending the due dates and time to complete tasks allows students to work at their own pace and review content and lessons as needed before evaluation. I have found these strategies to increase student engagement and academic performance.
My Project
My students are certainly not unique in the respect that they have limited experience examining real fossils. Fortunately, I'm a citizen paleontologist and have quite a collection. This year as we looked at trilobites, knightia, ammonites, petrified wood, and gastropods, I discovered I didn't have an example of resin or amber fossils. By adding this to the collection students will have greater access to the content and fossil realia.
In addition to the fossil, this unit would be greatly enhanced by label tape, which will allow me to label each specimen with name and location.
The headphones allow each student to watch, rewatch, and pause the fossil videos without interrupting their peers, and the colored pencils are for color coding what has to happen to an organism when it dies for it to fossilize and eventually be discovered. Many students do not have their own colored pencils at home, so the assignment is difficult to complete.
Nearly all 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
Sony MDRZX110 ZX Series Stereo Headphones (Black)
• Amazon Business
$15.25
10
$152.50
Brother Genuine P-touch, TZE2312PK, 1/2" (0.47") Standard Laminated P-Touch Tape, Black on White, Laminated for Indoor or Outdoor Use, Water Resistant, 26.2 Feet (8M), 2-Pack
• Amazon Business
$24.98
2
$49.96
Natural Baltic Amber Fossil with Insect Inside - Beautiful Museum Grade Specimen
• Amazon Business
$24.95
2
$49.90
Crayola Colored Pencils Bulk, 24 Packs of 12-Count
• Amazon Business
$36.72
1
$36.72
Materials cost
$289.08
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$26.45
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.34
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$349.87
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$61.74
Total project goal
$411.61
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$411.61
2 Donors
-$411.61
Donations toward project cost
-$349.87
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Behr and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.
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