Help me give my students Mystery Science packs of STEM materials for Distance Learning.
$484 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.
Hands-on science instruction in a 100% virtual setting? Yes! At a time when students need continuity in order to feel safe and secure, I am teaching science remotely with engaging lessons that include demonstrations, investigation ideas, and hands-on activities using the Mystery Science platform while supplementing with teacher-created activities.
Pandemic isolation is battled with curiosity, creativity, and active engagement.
These are also the tools used during science investigation. In order to give my students the best remote science lab experience possible, I need to obtain Mystery Science Supply Kits so they have all the materials they need for their investigations.
My students are fourth and fifth graders who attend school in an economically and racially diverse community of San Diego. Most of them are on the free/reduced lunch program; several of them live in multi-family homes. During this time of social isolation, it is important that they keep up with their reading. It is my hope that this project will enhance students' lives and provide them with a safe space and a feeling of connection.
My Project
We use the Mystery Science program in our classroom. These NGSS-aligned lessons present science concepts in an engaging and thought-provoking manner. The lessons always include some sort of exploration and experimentation for the students to complete. For example, in one lesson the students create a model of a human eyeball using lenses and card stock. Then they are given the opportunity to test their model eyeball in various conditions to discover for themselves how and why it works! While we love these lessons, our class does not have the materials we need to complete the experiments for ourselves. We are in need of a variety of simple items in order to complete these awesome projects.
Putting materials like paper cups, hand lenses, paper clips and string in my students’ hands would allow them to experience STEM concepts first hand, rather than passively from a video on a computer screen.
The processes of designing and testing models, hands-on experimentation, and working through failures to find new solutions also builds problem solving abilities and grit. It may even spark college or career aspirations in a STEM field.
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