My students learn best by engaging in hands-on materials and activities. Unfortunately our only real hands-on materials for our science center includes magnets. We need more items to help the students learn about science and the different content areas. Science is not just magnetism!
I have 20 students in each of my AM and PM Pre-K classes.
I work in a low-income school and our program is an At-Risk Pre-K. At-risk factors include poverty, single family homes, incarcerated parent, English as a second language, etc. I also have 30% of my students with IEPs. My students range in age from 3-5 years.
My Project
Students will learn to question, analyze, explore and discover through the materials requested. I will expose my students to Earth Science, Life Science and Physical Sciences! They will be able to use the materials to learn about rocks and minerals, microscopes, life cycles, the human body, parts of a flower, electricity, sounds, color, prisms and light, weight, measurement and temperature!
These materials will be used during free exploration and students can choose to use the materials as they wish. I want them to have the curiosity and excitement that they can gain from exploring science materials and doing various experiments.
Donation to this project will continue to serve students year after year.
Science is such an important curriculum area and I want to expose my students to as many different science concepts as possible!
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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