Growing in Science: Helping English Language Learners with Mental Health
Help me give my students a 2'x4' Grow Light and humidifier so that we can grow plants in our indoor grow tent, helping our students with mental health.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Beyendorff's classroom raised $484
This project is fully funded
My Project
I am seeking funding to finance a 2x4 AC Infinity Grow Light that will be used as part of Energy and Energy Production in a high school Physics class to grow fruits and vegetables from around the world.
We are going to use the grow light to grow native plants from the students' home countries while learning about solar energy.
Biology and Physics seem like completely different topics, but we are going to discover that they work hand in hand. We get energy from the sun, harnessing that the sun's light via solar panels, similar to how plants convert the sun's energy into food. Edison High School is the greenest campus in the state of Minnesota with our solar panel arrays and water collection techniques. I am attempting to tie together physics and biology concepts to allow the cross-cutting concepts between the sciences, and how they all work together. Having a grow tent in a physics classroom allows me to borrow upon prior knowledge; concepts from biology, a class all my students have previously had. Students will see first hand that the different branches of the sciences aren’t stand-alone topics, rather, they all work together. Collecting energy from the sun to produce electricity can be paralleled to the photosynthesis within a plant.
The grow light will give us the perfect light offering a higher rater of plant health and success.
Students will gain skills by growing and harvesting their own food. This is going to help build student confidence. Student health has declined over the years. Having a project where students get to enjoy the "fruits of their labor" is an incredibly fulfilling feeling. Students glow with excitement as they pick vegetables from our community garden. A classroom grow light will allow us to bring that excitement inside, year-round.
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AC Infinity IONFRAME EVO3, Samsung LM301H EVO Bar LED Grow Light 2x4, 840 Diodes, with Schedule Controller, 280W Full-Spectrum Commercial Plant Lights for Indoor Growing in Grow Rooms & Greenhouses
• Amazon Business
$315.81
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$315.81
AC Infinity CLOUDFORGE T3, Plant Humidifier 4.5L with VPD Humidity Controls, 10-Level Precision Vaporizer, Extendable Targeting Hose and No-Leak Seal for Grow Tents
• Amazon Business
$59.39
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$59.39
Materials cost
$375.20
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.63
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$410.83
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$72.50
Total project goal
$483.33
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$483.33
1 Donor
-$483.33
Donations toward project cost
-$410.83
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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