My students need sturdier compasses that will not bend or break easily. This will allow for more rigorous constructions.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hill's classroom raised $187
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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 Geometry students in my class are eager to learn new skills. Geometry is the first time that many of them have used tools like a compass or protractor. It's exciting to teach them how to move objects with precision. Our class does not currently have quality compasses.
The students at my school are predominantly low-income.
More than 62% of the campus qualifies for free-and-reduced lunch, and 76% of the student body are comprised of minority students. Even though the students are low-income and stereotyped as underachieving, my students in Geometry are highly motivated and work hard to understand difficult concepts.
At the beginning of the year, I asked the students to buy their own compasses for class. Only a few of them could afford to buy a quality compass. Some bought cheap compasses that quickly broke. Most of them couldn't afford to buy one at all.
My Project
One of the most "fun" and challenging units we cover in Geometry involves working with constructions - recreating images from reflection, rotation, dilation, or inscribing a triangle. The hardest part of my job during this unit is working with cheap compasses that constantly break and need repair. I'm spending my own money to replace them, but can't afford to buy good compasses. This project would help provide every student with a quality compass during the class period.
The tools will help them build their confidence in math.
The goal of my geometry class is not just to teach students about shapes, constructions, rigid motions and other foundational geometry concepts. The goal of my class is to help build student confidence in mathematics. I want my students to be able to see math as part of their identity. Just because they are from a low-income neighborhood doesn't mean they can't become mathematicians or select careers involving math.
Half 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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