Hands-on Learning: Bringing Science and Math to Life

Funded Oct 10, 2018

I want to sincerely thank you for your donation to my classroom. This is the first time in my 4 years teaching third grade that we actually have hands-on STEM labs, experiments, and tools to bring science and math to life! Even better yet, I have been able to share these things with the other third grade class at our school, so your donation is reaching ALL of the third graders at Goshen Elementary School!

When I was notified that my grant was fully funded, my principal announced it for the whole school to hear. As you can imagine, my students were thrilled! Even other teachers wanted to hear more about my grant. The items shipped quickly, and as they arrived at the school, it was a big deal to my class! We had a box-opening ceremony, as we took out each item, saw what was included, along with a short description. My class lit up! They all wanted to start experimenting right then and there! Luckily, I received it early enough in the year that we will get a chance to use all of the things included.

We are about to start off the new term learning about simple machines in science, and measurement in math. We will be using items from the grant to give the students hands-on learning for both of these units! Again, I am very grateful to you for your donation to my classroom. This will improve student learning for years to come!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Barber