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This will allow students to test whether they can accurately calculate density and predict if an object will sink or float.\r\n\r\nI can't thank you enough for your generosity in providing these valuable resources. You have helped make complex scientific ideas more tangible, engaging, and meaningful for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1755705901638,"projectUrl":"project/to-sink-or-to-floatthats-the-questio/9565854/","projectTitle":"To Sink or to Float...That's the Question?","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Kamien","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5451585_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1528397982190","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5451585"},{"teacherId":5451585,"projectId":9222210,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your generosity in providing these new beakers to our classroom. They have come in handy as we have done several labs with them that involve measurements and densities. They will be in continual use throughout the year, as we have many labs planned for all our middle school students.\r\n\r\nIn addition, through your willingness to help these students, they have had the opportunity to learn many valuable life lessons outside of school. Through this project, they learned to take ownership of their actions, realize that acts of kindness can happen that you have provided, and realize their need to be kind and thoughtful of others moving forward. These valuable life skills go well beyond the beakers that were replaced in the science classroom. It is the lessons of life that I am most proud of that they learned. \r\n\r\nThanks once again for helping my students learn both in and out of the classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1746485741172,"projectUrl":"project/students-asking-for-new-science-equipmen/9222210/","projectTitle":"Students Asking For New Science Equipment","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Kamien","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5451585_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1528397982190","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5451585"},{"teacherId":5451585,"projectId":9117587,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity in purchasing the Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rock Identification Collections. The excitement on my students' faces when they learned we'd be receiving more rocks to explore was truly priceless!\r\n\r\nThey quickly realized that identifying a rock isn't as simple as just looking at it. 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They have noticed that they need to take their time so the data and measurements they collect are accurate and precise.\r\n\r\nThrough your generous gift, my students learned that doing scientific research can help them make sense of their world and help them better understand it. I can't thank you enough.","fullyFundedDate":1739455215019,"projectUrl":"project/where-did-the-science-equipment-go/8934631/","projectTitle":"Where Did the Science Equipment Go?","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Kamien","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5451585_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1528397982190","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5451585"},{"teacherId":5451585,"projectId":9048479,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity in purchasing the Mineral Streak Collection, Moh's Hardness Mineral Collection, and various streak plates for my classroom. The excitement on my students' faces when they learned we'd be receiving more minerals to explore was truly priceless!\r\n\r\nThey quickly discovered that identifying a mineral isn't as simple as just looking at it — and that the streak color doesn't always match the mineral's appearance. Watching their curiosity grow as they tested minerals on both black and white streak plates to reveal hidden colors was incredible. The hands-on experience of testing for hardness and observing how minerals interact with one another has been a powerful tool in helping them better understand mineral properties.\r\n\r\nYour generous gift has given my students the opportunity to become scientists — experimenting, questioning, and discovering the unique characteristics of minerals. 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They now use text features such as the table of contents, headings, glossaries, and indexes to help them find information. With the books you've provided, students are able to explore multiple sources on their topic, gathering a wide range of information. They've even noticed differences in information across books, sparking meaningful classroom discussions about why that might be.\r\n\r\nYour thoughtful gift has not only supported their learning — it has helped them become curious, critical thinkers and better researchers. I can't thank you enough for making such a positive impact in my classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1736979455223,"projectUrl":"project/learning-to-research-through-books/8849935/","projectTitle":"Learning to Research Through Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Kamien","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5451585_272x272.png?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1528397982190","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5451585"},{"teacherId":5451585,"projectId":8552811,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for the purchase of the Van de Graaff generator and accessories to help teach my students about electricity. The excitement — and a little bit of fear — on their faces was priceless.\r\n\r\nBefore using the Van de Graaff generator, we spent time learning about static electricity through hands-on activities using balloons, sweatshirts, Styrofoam pellets, water, and aluminum cans.\r\n\r\nWith this purchase, we were able to explore how the Van de Graaff generator works and how it creates static electricity. Students participated in a variety of experiments, including stacking aluminum foil cupcake liners and watching them launch off one at a time. Some students experienced their hair rising as static electricity passed through their bodies. 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