My students need a handheld digital microscope capable of looking at both the micro and macro level and projecting to our SMART Board in our classroom for great whole group learning.
$792 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.
We are a K to fifth-grade Title I elementary school with 400+ children in FL providing free breakfast and/or lunch for all. Our students' families struggle financially so there is very little extra funds for relevant, comprehensible science investigations. To add to our population we were blessed to welcome many students new to our country from Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Their lives were significantly impacted by Hurricane Maria with devastating property damage in particular to their modest homes. Some are living here with extended family, separated from their parents and other siblings. Yet through it all we will all emerge stronger.
My students are the most amazing kiddos: they are welcoming, caring, bright, energetic, and curious.
As budding computer programmers, mathematicians, engineers, and scientists, they clamor for more opportunities to engage in computer programming and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) explorations both during and beyond the typical school day. Our goal is to give each student the very best education and the best support possible at all times. Won't you please help us? We need a digital classroom microscope for hands-on, relevant, STEM study. Thank you!
My Project
We need a digital handheld microscope to accurately measure and view in great detail both larger insects such as butterflies and grasshoppers and microscopic pond animals in our science labs in order to build and maintain a competitive edge in becoming 21st Century skills ready scholars. Our rapidly changing technological world demands that we proactively train and equip our students to become future innovative problem solvers and world decision makers.
My students are amazing: they are our future astronauts that will one day tread on Martian soil; engineer responsibly in our environmentally sensitive treasure known as the Florida Everglades and produce cutting edge medical research and development while providing world class care at our booming Lake Nona Medical City.
How can our central Florida students, especially our newest, post-Hurricane Maria immigrant students, face the challenges of the future without real, meaningful project based learning opportunities? How can we even consider engaging them without the very basic scientific tools such as a digital, handheld microscope which enables projection to our SMART Board and viewing by all simultaneously at their disposal? Please help us in our effort train up these students and equip them with a classroom digital microscope, thank you!
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