My students need a collection of science-related books to expand their knowledge of different types of science.
$431 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! 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.
The students at our middle school are facing tremendous obstacles to achieving academic success. While the students face the same challenges that most students face across the country, they have the extra obstacle of being English Language Learner (ELL) students. Our state testing has shown that students score low in vocabulary skills and language as well as critical thinking and application. In addition to these hurdles, most students at our school are children of immigrant parents or are the first generation of students to attend public school in the United States. Our school is a Title I school, and 100% of students are on free lunch meal plans. These students are in dire need of technology support and methods of differentiated strategies to help them close learning gaps.
My Project
As we know, there is a strong correlation between increased vocabulary skills and increased language skills. In addition to vocabulary, I would like to address common misconceptions about science. One of those common misconceptions is that science is one or two subjects. Science encompasses a whole range of subjects and is intertwined heavily with our daily lives. My goal with this project for a collection of science-related books is to have students read novels with different science themes ranging from environmental science to medical science.
The more educated our students are about the language of science, the better equipped our students are to make decisions about their own healthcare, voting for legislation to protect our planet and even coming up with ideas on how to improve science education.
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