Let's Mindfully Show Students How the Brain Works for Them
Help me give my students a library and some tools to learn about the brain. In this current unit of AP Psych, we're learning how the brain works--let's show them how to use it to work for them!
My students are a rainbow of cultural and socioeconomic diversity in a rich urban environment. They are both artistically and academically motivated in their learning as they attend an arts/performing arts high school in which they have specific majors of study in the arts. They are also college-oriented and so choose rigorous preparatory coursework such as College Board-level Advanced Placement classes. They also enjoy expressing their knowledge and their art through classroom discussions and debates, group work, and hands-on experiments and projects.
My Project
By having the opportunity to use AP books, they will know exactly what to study for. They will take the AP in April, so it will help them focus on what's relevant for the exam itself.
Helping students wrap their minds around the most important topics is invaluable.
Their ability to focus around a framework will make them happier students, able to place their attention on what matters most. The book 5 steps to a 5 does just that. Giving a copy to each of my students will allow me to reference test strategies in addition to the terms and relevant topics for their study.
In addition, some of the project money will go to support group projects, like the whiteboards for each group I teach. Some of the money will also go to support my class supplies--I've included staples, play-doh (for a brain activity), expo markers, and chalkboard erasers. One item, a bar code image reader, will help me track students coming and leaving my room and allow students to tell me their needs more directly.
5 Steps to a 5: AP Psychology 2019
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$12.19
102
$1,243.38
TEEMI 2D Barcode Image Reader USB Automatic Hands-Free Barcode Scanner for Mobile Payment Supermarket Library Retail Store Warehouse Black
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$79.99
1
$79.99
U Brands Contempo Magnetic Dry Erase Board, 11 x 14 Inches, White Frame
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$7.49
9
$67.41
Play-Doh Modeling Compound 24-Pack Case of Colors (Amazon Exclusive)
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$20.99
3
$62.97
Expo Low Odor Ultra Fine Black Dry Erase Markers, Box of 36
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$22.76
1
$22.76
The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--and How You Can Change Them
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$15.16
1
$15.16
officematters Cute Magnetic Chalkboard Whiteboard Dry Erasers Cleaner. Pack of 24 (24Pcs - Yellow)
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$12.99
1
$12.99
Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century
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$10.81
1
$10.81
Praxxis Pro 26/6 Standard Staples, Silver, 5000 Count (CS26/6-SB5000)
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$4.69
1
$4.69
Materials cost
$1,520.16
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$22.80
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$1,572.96
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$277.58
Total project goal
$1,850.54
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$1,850.54
17 Donors
-$1,841.72
Donations toward project cost
-$1,572.96
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