This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
My students are mostly from low-income families that live in a gang-infested, poverty-stricken environment. They face many challenges on a daily basis. My students struggle with feeling safe, whether they are sitting on the front porch or walking to school.
My job is to make them feel safe at school as well as to give them hope that they can overcome any situation.
Every day I encourage my students to be a catalyst for change in their school, home, and their environment. My students know that they can overcome anything if they try.
My Project
The new Next Generation Science Standards has an engineering piece that is based on certain design constraints, focuses on creating a design on paper to an actual model to testing the model, and redesigning that model based on the test results.
Having these requested K'NEX Model Building sets will give my students the materials that they need to actually create and test models that look very similar to their drawing.
These materials will allow my students to create something tangible that mirrors their own idea. When the students complete their model, which is their vision, their confidence level will soar. This will allow the students to become eager to learn and plant the seeds for designing and creating new things.
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