Past projects 3
Material Thinking Leads to Sustainability
Funded Nov 14, 2010Thank you for your generous donation of materials to my science classroom. With these materials my students were able to learn how thermal expansion rates and differential heat absorption impact buildings and material choice in construction and manufacture. This created an experience that was not only hands-on, but directly applicable to something they see in their daily lives. The more connections made, the better they understand and remember.
As an added benefit, I was able to share the use of the materials with two of our elementary teachers at our K-12 school. Some of my high school students volunteered their time to act as student aides and passed on the basic scientific ideas to a 3rd grade class and to a 5th grade class, helping to lay a foundation of better understanding in these younger learners.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Reichenbach
This classroom project was brought to life by Lincy Foundation and 13 other donors.'Dem Bones 'Dem Bones...
Funded Oct 15, 2010Through your generous contribution my students have been able to learn about the skeletal system through the most wonderful of hands-on experiences. Instead of rote memorization, they have learned skeletal structure through use and direct contact which leads to deeper understanding and learning. They not only constructed their own free-standing animal skeleton but were able to compare the differences in bone structure to those of a human as they worked through a forensic science puzzle. They take pride, not in filling in names on a piece of paper, but walking the room, picking up random bones and naming not just the bone but the individual structures found on it. Your generosity has given my students a truly memorable learning experience. ”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Reichenbach
Newton Meets Darwin: Linking Physics and Anatomy
Funded Sep 3, 2010Thank you so much for your donation through Limeades-For-Learning. The materials you donated have allowed my students a hands-on, applied science experience they will not forget.
The students thoroughly enjoyed learning about spatter characteristics and how their knowledge forms part of the basis for forensic scientists to interpret crime scenes. Thirty-seven Anatomy/Physiology Honors students and twenty-two Physics I students participated in the preparation and interpretation of the spatter and became the sensation of the school, encouraging other students to take a greater interest in their study of science as they could explain and demonstrate how it would be applied. ”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Reichenbach