My students are extremely hardworking inner-city high school students. Most are first or second-generation immigrants from Central and South America. They are the nicest kids ever and treat me like an honored aunt. Many come from impoverished backgrounds, but they are generous and rich when it comes to their hearts.
Although my students don't come from academic backgrounds, they are anxious to learn and better themselves, and they deserve a chance at a great education and better life.
As an inner-city school in an impoverished community, resources and supplies are constantly an issue. Often, I purchase supplies for science and engineering activities out of my own pocket or build them myself.
My Project
My project "Science Activities to Grab Students" is to get Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) gift certificates to buy activities for my class and students. TPT is a website where teachers share their worksheets, notes and classroom activities with each other by selling them for a small amount of money.
Although I love to make my class activities and worksheets myself, there isn't enough time in the day to make materials of the quality I would like from scratch for every class.
That is where TPT comes in, as I can get completed activities for my class that were created and tested by teachers. Another good thing about TPT besides great activities inexpensively is that the money actually goes to the teachers who created the activities.
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