My students need to see chemistry used in real life contexts. After having studied basic biology, they will learn about root causes of diseases. Using chemistry, they will create homeopathic soaps to treat common skin diseases.
$770 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.
Our elementary school is an inner city public school located in Oklahoma City. Our mascot is the lion with R.O.A.R (Respect to All, Obey Safety Rules, Act Responsibly, and Ready to Learn) as our motto. We serve mostly low-income, English as a second language students.
Our students are good students who are often tasked with taking on additional responsibilities at home because their hard-working parent or parents are so busy juggling different jobs to make ends meet.
These students have been forced to grow up too early and not really had time to simply be kids.
These students need access to hands-on, project based methods of teaching where they can see real-world application. These students sometimes struggle with understanding the purpose of school when we are not able to make it more concrete.
My Project
Because of the way school has been traditionally taught, my students do not see how all subjects are integrated within the real world. This project seeks to develop a more holistic viewpoint as they will need to integrate biology, chemistry, math, and the English language arts to create a marketable homeopathic remedy for common skin diseases.
This project has real world business applications as they will be making a soap product which requires them to create a chemically balanced product, as well as costing, pricing, and marketing.
They will also be taught to develop a more critical eye for current products on the market and what constitutes adequate testing.
To be able to do this project, we need soapmaking equipment which includes scales, immersion stick blenders, lab safety equipment (aprons, gloves, face masks), mini soap molds to make trial sized portions of their formulation, proper mixing bowls, drying trays, etc. We just got approved for a 3D printer. The students will create their own molds and use ratios to recalculate their formulation to match the volume of their unique designs in the future!
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Materials cost
$568.92
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$46.37
3rd party payment processing fee
$8.53
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$653.82
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$115.38
Total project goal
$769.20
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$769.20
12 Donors
-$0.00
Donations toward project cost
-$0.00
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