Help me give my students wooden ramps, balls , and storage that will provide them with experiences to become lifelong engineers
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Potts's classroom raised $360
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.
My Students
My transitional kindergarten students bring energy and joy to our classroom daily.
They enter the room bouncing and skipping, ready to embrace the day.
They are bright and curious and look forward to each new classroom experience. These young cherubs are thinkers, creators, problem solvers, and collaborators. I want to bring rich experiences and tap into their insatiable appetite and natural curiosity to learn. Providing them access to collaborative and innovative hands-on and heads-on learning in an exciting and motivating way while opening doors to the magic of school experience is essential.
What better way to help build a caring community than by creating an environment of choice, empathy, and respect for one another than through a comfortable and rich learning environment with options.
I want to give them opportunities and tools that will help them as they continue to grow and learn.
My Project
The materials I've requested will provide support to our science kit on balls and ramps. Students will learn how objects move using force and motion with wooden ramps and balls. As little builders, my students can design and construct their very own giant roller ramps, then launch various sized wooden balls and watch it twist and turn through the ramps. They will learn how to manipulate the ramps so objects can move faster, slower, or in a different direction. My kids can put the marble run together to create their own unique ramps, then send balls speeding down the ramps! All the pieces fit together in tons of different combinations, which will help my students develop planning and motor skills as they build incredible mazes. They will have a clear-view, up-close view of the balls as they roll to the bottom, and pop out. The wooden balls will be used on the student created ramps to see how different objects move together down the ramp.
These hands-on materials I have chosen will give my students the opportunity to explore various science concepts about balls and ramps, and build much needed language and vocabulary skills.
Our classroom would benefit from these sturdy wooden materials that go along with our balls and ramps curriculum. These resources will help my students build on their new learning and explore the hows and whys of force and motion.
More than three‑quarters 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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