My middle school students love science! They are eager and excited to find solutions for current world issues. Our science curriculum provides my students with many opportunities to learn science using the inquiry process by asking questions and investigating to find answers. Ultimately, they will investigate scientific concepts that will lead them to find solutions to problems that exist today and may exist in the future.
Our inquiry science class is an engaging and exciting opportunity for my students to be introduced to STEM career paths.
In order to create the best possible learning environment for my students, I begin by helping them to develop a growth mindset and an understanding of how empathy can lead to more impactful and innovative solutions to the problems they are trying to solve. This enables them to consider the perspectives of others in their solutions creating the best possible circumstances to improve the world we live in!
My school has a diverse population of students and is located in the center of Billings.
I am so glad you stopped by our DonorsChoose.org page. Thank you for supporting my classroom!
My Project
I recently attended an Equity Centered Design Thinking teacher workshop hosted by Mindspark Learning in Denver, Colorado. At this workshop, I acquired many ideas of how to teach empathy to my students. Some of these ideas included adapting common board games to help students learn empathy before embarking on design challenges.
I look forward to using these board games to help my students develop empathy as they design solutions to improve the world we live in.
By making simple modifications to Monopoly, my students will learn about privilege as it pertains to being empathic and understanding of the perspective of others. While playing Telestrations, my students will begin to understand viewpoints of others as well.
Half of students from low‑income households
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USAopoly Telestrations Original 6 Player Board Game | #1 LOL Party Game | Play with Your Friends & Family | Hilarious Game for All Ages | The Telephone Game Sketched Out
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$18.68
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$93.40
USAOPOLY Telestrations Party Pack 12 Player Party Game | #1 Party Game for All Ages | Play with Your Friends and Family | The Fun Game Telestrations with 600 New Phrases to Sketch
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$37.56
2
$75.12
Materials cost
$262.95
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$3.94
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$296.89
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$52.39
Total project goal
$349.28
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$349.28
4 Donors
-$172.00
Donations toward project cost
-$150.70
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$21.30
match offer
-$171.99
Match offer toward project cost
-$146.19
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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