Past projects 6
Help My Students Learn About Amateur Radio!
Funded Sep 5, 2024This project hit the ground running and hasn't stopped! We immediately utilized the handheld radio and made contacts across Europe!
The G90 HF Radio went into service with a digital mode called FT8. This is a digital way of communication that is easy to track and show students the reach of the radio across the world. We have made contacts across the United States, South America, Europe, Australia and Africa. The students are excited and invested. in the challenge of communicating with every state in the U.S. and trying to capture as many countries as possible. This activity has become a wonderful transition engagement that has gotten great interest.
I suspect that as we move forward there will be even more interest and engagement!
I love that this project has already caught this much interest! I hope that this interest will offer some inspiration and direction for some students to pursue careers and interest in science.
Thank you VERY much for the support and interest in this project!!!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Brantley
Why Reinvent the Wheel?
Funded May 9, 2023THANK YOU!!!
This project has already started to make a difference in the quality and the joy of learning. The class loves the activities and the options they have available. Extending students beyond the grade level materials is so important for all students. Enrichment and extending learning is where you really start to see the joy of learning.
As the year progresses these materials will continue to be available, and more will be purchased. TPT (Teacher's Pay Teachers) is a wonderful site for finding quality materials. I don't want to be too hasty in spending the entire amount. The current purchases are being used or are staged to be used soon. More purchases will happen as needs are shown and interest drives where this class goes with enrichment.
Thank you so very much for your support and belief in education and my classroom!!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Brantley
This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Foundation and 4 other donors.Microbit Cars...Extending Learning and Getting Mobile!!
Funded Sep 23, 2021This project is amazing! The students are excited to start the programming using movement. While the Microbits by themselves were great, the movement possibilities are endless. Already there is talk of designing mazes, tunnels and more!
Programming is one of the coolest ways to inspire and show students new ways to create. Not everyone is blessed with drawing abilities or musical talent...but many are ready to learn coding and pick up quickly on the tricks and interesting ways to control basic robots. This upcoming experience proves to be huge. Students will be able to download programs all from the comfort and safety of their Chromebook. This keeps everyone working with their own device...COVID safety.
Thank you ALL for the overwhelming support and generosity that made this project happen. Some funds were rollover from previous projects...but that is just an amazing example of the support this classroom has! Thank you!!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Brantley
ClassCraft Premium Upgrade
Funded Jan 25, 2021This has been AMAZING!!! The class has found new focus, and especially in this challenging year has been motivated and actually had fun working!
Classcraft has been an awesome addition. With the quests, work has had a built-in incentive program. Students have enjoyed "leveling up" as they acquire enough points. Rewards and other incentives have been fantastic. One feature I wouldn't have thought would be so great is the volume meter. This is designed with a count-down timer and can be incentivized with a variety of positive...and negative points. The class actually requests the quiet timer because they know that they can earn points just by working quietly...so cool!!
The positive aspects of Classcraft have given this year a new lease. It's been tough with all the other challenges and restrictions and limitations...but this has made learning fun again!!
Thank you ALL for helping and making this possible!!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Brantley
Micro:bit...Diving into Programming!
Funded Sep 9, 2020I cannot begin to thank you all enough. The resources you helped secure will be tools for inspiration and creation. This is a project I believe will be a real hit with my class and future classes. I am so looking forward to getting started and sharing these with the class.
In January we are going to dive into these kits. Thankfully because there will be one per student, we will safely be able to have each student with a Microbit. The programming will be a great experience. Through December many students already began exploring coding using Hour or Code resources and Google coding games and activities. This small jump start will be a great start!
This year has been full of challenges and hurdles unlike any previous years. The generosity and support you have given have made this possible. I look forward to 2021 for multiple reasons, one being the Microbit project in my classroom. Bring on the fun of coding!!!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Brantley
Pencils Galore!
Funded Mar 10, 2017You REALLY made a huge difference! It seems so simple, but not having to worry about providing a good solid and reliable pencil is a big deal!
Too many times my students are scraping by with broken pencils. I know that they should be bringing them, but to take that little worry out of the equation is huge. With so many other things to worry about in 3rd grade, they don't have pencil worries any more!! At least their teacher isn't going to be out of pocket for pencils anymore for a long while. That leaves room to provide for many more fun projects!!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Brantley