My students are bright, lively, curious, sweet, and resilient children, living in a drought and wildfire ravaged area of California. Our children, in this small community, have faced many challenges: the fires, evacuations, relocations, a low-job-income area, high-needs, low-test scores, high pressure to improve, and much more.
Despite all the challenges, students come to school ready to squeal over gooey, sticky, slimy monster snot and soft, fluffy, chirping chicks and cool domino tricks.
They are excited, engaged and ready to learn.
My Project
Students will have their own STEM labs with engineering parts and tools, simple machines, rocks and fossils, and computer mice for complex tasks on computers. Students will break apart geodes and see the treasures inside. They will be junior archeologists and dig up fossils. They will build simple machines and play with magnets. They will conduct research online using computers and then create computer models, so they can communicate their ideas with others. Amazing stuff for second graders, but they can do it with your help!
Imagine the wonder of a child digging up their own dinosaur fossils like a junior Dr. Alan Grant or Dr. Ellie Sattler.
Imagine the joy of a child breaking open a geode like a junior Dr. Harrison Schmitt! Then imagine them having a sense of both creation and ownership when they run their own labs from a lab cart and create models and conduct research on the computer. The world will open much like the geodes. These projects are in line with NGSS and Common Core Standards and they are exciting and engaging too!
Safco Products Onyx Mesh 1 File Drawer and 2 Small Drawers Rolling File Cart 5213BL, Black Powder Coat Finish, Durable Steel Mesh Construction, Swivel Wheels For Mobility
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$64.71
5
$323.55
AmazonBasics 3-Button USB Wired Mouse (Black), 30-Pack
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$161.73
1
$161.73
Popular Playthings Magnetic Match Rings
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$11.71
6
$70.26
National Geographic Mega Fossil Mine – Dig Up 15 Real Fossils
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$29.99
2
$59.98
K’NEX Education – Simple and Compound Machines Set – 352 Pieces – Ages 9+ Engineering Educational Toy
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$49.99
1
$49.99
Break Your Own Geodes High Quality Kit 12 Whole Geodes
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$21.50
2
$43.00
Food Coloring AmeriColor Student Kit, 12 .75 Ounce Bottles Soft Gel Paste Colors
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$25.00
1
$25.00
Materials cost
$733.51
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$67.12
3rd party payment processing fee
$11.00
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$841.63
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$148.52
Total project goal
$990.15
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$990.15
3 Donors
-$620.08
Donations toward project cost
-$527.07
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$93.01
match offer
-$370.07
Match offer toward project cost
-$314.56
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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