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We apperacate the supplies and thank you so much to make kids happy to be successful in the classroom when they are creating their games and powering their chromebooks to be able to keep creating!","fullyFundedDate":1762267625198,"projectUrl":"project/update-our-stem-class-basic-needs/9835402/","projectTitle":"Update our STEM Class Basic needs","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sweeney","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5612749"},{"teacherId":9577773,"projectId":9849774,"letterContent":"Because of your generosity, my students were able to experience the rock cycle in a hands on and meaningful way. Using the Starburst candy, silicone mats, paper plates, and heat resistant gloves, students modeled weathering, compaction, melting, and cooling right at their lab tables. One of the most rewarding moments was listening to students explain how their \"rocks\" changed as they applied different processes, using evidence from their models instead of memorized definitions. Being able to see and physically model each stage helped abstract Earth science concepts finally click for many students.\r\n\r\nThis experience is now serving as a foundation for our next major project, the Eco Balance PBL. In this project, students will investigate local ecosystems, analyze how Earth processes and human activity impact the environment, and design solutions to protect and sustain those systems. They will apply what they learned from the rock cycle lab to explain cause and effect, build models, and communicate their ideas through presentations and public service announcements. Thanks to your support, my students are gaining the skills and confidence to think critically, collaborate, and use science to understand and care for the world around them.","fullyFundedDate":1762266387924,"projectUrl":"project/sweet-science-20-exploring-the-rock-cy/9849774/","projectTitle":"Sweet Science 2.0: Exploring the Rock Cycle With Starburst Candy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9577773_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y7&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1729952281092","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9577773"},{"teacherId":8661855,"projectId":9757022,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for being so generous with my students. I am truly humbled by your giving. Upon seeing the setup of my classroom with these new items, my students' jaws hit the floor. They love the new way that everything looks and even gave a nickname to the lamp that was donated.\r\nThe designs help to reinforce what was already learned and the posters help to show that anyone in this classroom could have a future career in the science field. From the bottom of my heart and on behalf of my students, thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1760624612176,"projectUrl":"project/help-me-design-my-science-classroom/9757022/","projectTitle":"Help Me Design my Science Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. O'Connor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8661855"},{"teacherId":5671903,"projectId":7990467,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of books to our ELA classroom. These titles are a fantastic addition to our library and will provide my students with new worlds to explore and diverse perspectives to consider. Having access to high-quality literature is essential for fostering a lifelong love of reading, and your contribution directly helps create an environment where every student can find a story that resonates with them.\r\n\r\nYour support of our school community and our commitment to literacy is truly appreciated. It is because of the kindness of people like you that our classroom can remain a vibrant, resource-rich space for learning. Thank you for investing in my students' education and their future.","fullyFundedDate":1699210512751,"projectUrl":"project/making-magic-happen/7990467/","projectTitle":"Making Magic Happen","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Wagner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5671903"},{"teacherId":9561854,"projectId":9442127,"letterContent":"ruly appreciate all of the support that helped keep my Anime and More after-school club alive. Because of your generosity, students were able to enjoy treats during our meetings and are actively using the anime drawing books to practice and improve their artistic skills. These resources have helped students feel excited to attend each week and confident as they explore their creativity in a supportive environment.\r\n\r\nThank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me create a safe and welcoming space where students can relax, be themselves, and simply enjoy being kids. This club gives students a much-needed break from the stress and demands of daily life, and your support has made that possible. Your kindness has had a lasting impact on my students and means more to our school community than words can express.","fullyFundedDate":1760722002158,"projectUrl":"project/help-keep-our-anime-and-more-club-goin/9442127/","projectTitle":"Help Keep Our \"Anime and More\" Club Going Strong!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Shewman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9561854_orig.jpg?crop=1480,1480,x391,y547&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1720413196081","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9561854"},{"teacherId":9561854,"projectId":9442038,"letterContent":"Because of your generosity, my students now have an organized, functional classroom that supports meaningful, hands-on science learning every day. Teaching on a block schedule means we use many materials at once, and without your support, staying organized and efficient would not have been possible. Thanks to this project, my students successfully completed two major Project-Based Learning experiences. In the first, they created posters representing real medical conditions, and in the second, they designed and tested energy bar recipes for either rescue workers or patients. One of the most exciting moments was welcoming community members into our classroom to sample the energy bars and provide feedback. When students first saw the new materials, they were immediately excited and motivated — they noticed how accessible and professional the classroom felt, which helped them work more independently and confidently.\r\n\r\nYour support has truly transformed our classroom into a space where students can focus on learning instead of searching for materials. The next steps for my students include applying what they learned from these projects to new science lessons that emphasize collaboration, problem-solving, and real-world connections. Because of you, my students are gaining confidence as scientists, learning how to work as a team, and experiencing what authentic science looks like. Thank you for making this project possible and for investing in my students' curiosity, creativity, and success.","fullyFundedDate":1758546581349,"projectUrl":"project/help-our-classroom-stay-organized-for-po/9442038/","projectTitle":"Help Our Classroom Stay Organized for Powerful Science Projects!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Shewman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9561854_orig.jpg?crop=1480,1480,x391,y547&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1720413196081","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9561854"},{"teacherId":9577773,"projectId":9685339,"letterContent":"I wanted to share what your generosity has made possible in my classroom this year. My seventh graders finally got to dive into the geology portion of our schoolwide civilization project, and the new materials changed everything. The first day I brought out the rock samples and the acetic acid, the kids lit up. They were so excited to actually test real rocks instead of just reading about them. One of my students held up a sample and said, \"Wait, we get to do real science today\" and the rest of the room basically exploded with questions before I even finished giving directions.\r\n\r\nWe have been using the materials to run weathering and erosion investigations. Students have been observing how different rocks react to water and vinegar, measuring changes, arguing about which rocks would survive the longest, and defending their choices with real evidence. The research journals you funded have become their little science diaries, filled with sketches, tables, and notes about how these results will impact the building plans for their civilizations. Watching them make the connection between geology and how ancient societies actually survived has been such a cool moment as a teacher.\r\n\r\nNext, students will take everything they learned from these experiments and apply it to their final civilization designs. They will be choosing their building materials, defending their engineering decisions, and explaining how their society will stand the test of time. Your support gave them the tools they needed to think like real scientists and builders, and it has made this project more hands on and meaningful than I ever imagined. Thank you for giving my students this experience.","fullyFundedDate":1757520314045,"projectUrl":"project/which-rock-lasts-longer-hands-on-weathe/9685339/","projectTitle":"Which Rock Lasts Longer? 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Thank you for keeping our kids safe and helping them to express support for others!","fullyFundedDate":1757536305322,"projectUrl":"project/health-safety-and-support/9519544/","projectTitle":"Health, Safety and Support","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ruppel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4791148_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1767857950118","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4791148"},{"teacherId":4791148,"projectId":9517506,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donations! Students in Vet Tech are inquisitive and quick thinkers. Your donations helped to buy hands on science and animal products that students were excited to use. They have been able to learn through play with the game cards, work on identifying anatomy of animals with some of the models and picture diagrams, they have expanded the garden with new plants and are working to understand hydroponics and how we can use them together with our animals.\r\nWe appreciate all you do to help keep our classroom up and running!","fullyFundedDate":1757536133639,"projectUrl":"project/exploring-biomes/9517506/","projectTitle":"Exploring Biomes","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ruppel","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4791148_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1767857950118","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4791148"},{"teacherId":9577773,"projectId":9652293,"letterContent":"When my students saw the graham crackers and tubs of icing, they immediately lit up with excitement. It was not what they expected to see in science class! Once we started the activity, they quickly realized that these simple materials were powerful tools for understanding how Earth's plates move. Working in teams, they used the crackers to model plate boundaries, pressing them together to form mountains, pulling them apart to create mid-ocean ridges, and sliding them past each other to simulate earthquakes.\r\n\r\nAs students moved their plates through the icing mantle, they began connecting what they saw to real landforms and hazards on Earth. They could clearly explain how volcanoes form at convergent boundaries and why earthquakes happen along transform faults. It was amazing to watch those lightbulb moments as they made sense of these complex processes through hands-on modeling.\r\n\r\nThe energy in the room drew attention from across the hall. Teachers from the math department even stopped by to watch. They were in awe of how engaged the students were and how such a simple setup could lead to such deep understanding and excitement for learning.\r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity, my students now have a strong foundation in plate motion that will support their understanding in our next unit on rock transformations. They are already making predictions about how different rock types form depending on the environments created by these boundaries. This project did not just teach science; it inspired curiosity, collaboration, and schoolwide interest in hands-on learning.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping make science at Bridger Middle School come alive!","fullyFundedDate":1757031579095,"projectUrl":"project/sweet-science-modeling-plate-motion/9652293/","projectTitle":"Sweet Science: Modeling Plate Motion","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9577773_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y7&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1729952281092","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9577773"},{"teacherId":8661855,"projectId":9389054,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for taking your time and resources to contribute to my classroom, I am truly humbled by your generosity and kindness.\r\n It is a sad fact that many of my students do not see themselves, or people that look like themselves, in stem careers, therefore, representation is extremely important. My goal for my class is to show my students that they truly can do anything they want in life and can even be trailblazers that have other students follow their lead.\r\n These books show some of the best examples of different groups that have left a mark in the world of science.","fullyFundedDate":1754320376536,"projectUrl":"project/racial-representation-in-science/9389054/","projectTitle":"Racial Representation in Science","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. O'Connor","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8661855"},{"teacherId":10161594,"projectId":9661693,"letterContent":"Our Classroom Update:\r\n\r\nWhen the new resources arrived, my students' faces absolutely lit up! They were so excited to open each box and see materials that were just for them. \r\n\r\nWe've already started using the materials in our daily lessons. For example, during our most recent project on proportional relationships, students used the new tools to create hands-on visual models that helped them truly see the math come to life. The engagement and collaboration have grown tremendously.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has transformed our classroom into a more interactive and inspiring learning space. \r\n\r\nWith endless gratitude,\r\nMrs. Kaiser","fullyFundedDate":1757530353571,"projectUrl":"project/basic-necessities/9661693/","projectTitle":"Basic Necessities","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kaiser","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10161594_orig.jpg?crop=990,990,x0,y174&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1754614777345","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10161594"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_82950","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1072,"numTeachers":61,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":12,"percentWhite":4,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":79,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"17.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":38.9,"schoolId":82950,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Jim Bridger Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Jim Bridger Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/nevada/clark-county-school-district/jim-bridger-middle-school/82950"}