This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
For two and a half years, my classroom has been housed in a temporary building and my students are struggling with managing their emotions in an appropriate manner. My K-5 Special Needs students are worried and anxious all the time. Almost 98% of my special needs students receive free lunch. My students are well behaved, motivated, energetic and excited to learn.
Some of them have no support from family and therefore, it is even more imperative for me to find the necessary resources so they can learn how to do coding, programming and make STEM projects.
My students are distraught and need some positivity in their lives to create a good self-image and develop some self-confidence! The constant movement to get STEM supplies has wreaked havoc on everyone's nerves.
As a dedicated teacher, the majority of my students are low income, but that does not limit their abilities or expectations. They have set high goals for themselves and want to come to a place that will help them achieve.
My Project
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics fields are the future job creators. By providing gifted students with meaningful STEM experiences, I hope to prepare students for their future jobs. I want to help my students do problem-solving and think about critical issues and also think out of the box. I teach at a Title 1 school, students often do not have access to the types of technology and resources that would prepare them for the future. A majority of my students come from low socio-economic background. This makes it even more essential that I provide them with these enriching and useful experiences. It is essential that students maintain their curiosity and creativity while pairing it with their growing skills in engineering solutions.
To achieve their fullest potential my students need greater access to technology that will allow them to discover, explore and create solutions through hands-on experiences.
Makey Makey is one of the best systems for learning coding and programming. It comes with a series of circuits, which will allow students to code and invent. It is needed in this day and age that for my students to have a plain leveled field like other magnet schools. I want them to be challenged and feel at ease while utilizing technology. These kits will foster problem-solving skills, creativity. My parents are on board as they prefer anything to worksheets! Since they can't provide us the essential school supplies they are unable to get the challenging kits for my students.
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