Past projects 27
Guiding Science Readers Part II
Funded Jan 17, 2013Inviting my students to interact with Science World articles continues to be a meaningful way to grow my students' science literacy. Your generous donation made my job of encouraging students to read like scientists so much easier.. My students look forward to reading and responding to Super Science articles.
The science magazines provide my students an opportunity practice using effective reading strategies to make sense of science ideas. For my both my students and I, it is a welcomed break from the science textbook. When students read Science World scientific newspaper articles, reading to learn science is relevant.
You have made a lasting impact on my students. They are growing in science and reading because of you. More importantly, they are excited about learning in general.
I will be able to use the magazines for many years to come. Your donation will impact many students. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are truly the best.”
With gratitude,
Ms. James
This classroom project was brought to life by Disney and 3 other donors.Power To The Scientists
Funded Mar 30, 2013Thank you so much for your generous donation. Your donation toward purchasing the XtremeMac InCharge X5 Charging Station has helped me infuse technology into my curriculum. Often when educators infuse technology into their curriculum they do not consider all the necessary accessories needed to effectively integrate technology into the curriculum. I am so grateful that you helped me overcome the mistake I made. I certainly needed a way to efficiently charge my iPads.
You made it happen. You powered my young scientists. This year I am a resident principal, for New Leaders, New Schools. I am learning to be a transformational leader. What does that have to do with your generous donation? Well part of my responsibilities is leading a team of five teachers. They are known as the STEAM team. My STEAM team offers Project Based Learning opportunities for K-8 student both during the day and after school. We use the charging stations every day. Your impact and influence is reaching so many students.
You rock!!! I appreciate you.”
With gratitude,
Ms. James
This classroom project was brought to life by Arts and Science Council and 6 other donors.Guiding Science Readers
Funded Oct 26, 2012Inviting my students to interact with Super Science articles continues to be a meaningful way to grow my students' science literacy. Your generous donation made my job of encouraging students to read like scientists so much easier.. My students look forward to reading and responding to Super Science articles.
The science magazines provide my students an opportunity practice using effective reading strategies to make sense of science ideas. For my both my students and I, it is a welcomed break from the science textbook. When students read Super Science scientific newspaper articles, reading to learn science is relevant.
You have made a lasting impact on my students. They are growing in science and reading because of you. More importantly, they are excited about learning in general.
I will be able to use the magazines for many years to come. Your donation will impact many students. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are truly the best.”
With gratitude,
Ms. James
This classroom project was brought to life by NEA Foundation and 4 other donors.The Heat Is On!
Funded Sep 1, 2012Thank you again for donating the funds so that I could use 10 ice melting blocks to demonstrate the concept of thermal conductivity. My students truly benefited from this discrepant event. My young scientists were astonished to discover that when they placed the ice on the aluminum block it melted within two minutes, while the ice cube they placed on the plastic block melted very slowly.
As promised, after observing this discrepant event I engaged students in related activities that promoted and supported student engagement in scientific argumentation. The project was a week and a half endeavor and a wonderful way to spark my students' interests in heat energy.
Your generous donation gave my students an opportunity to learn how to evaluate alternative explanations from data, identify and judge the relevance or sufficiency of evidence, and support or challenge the validity of an explanation. Thanks for helping me provide a rigorous science curriculum to my enthusiastic learners.”
With gratitude,
Ms. James
This classroom project was brought to life by Kia Motors America and 2 other donors.Physical Science: Zoom, Zoom
Funded Feb 29, 2012Thank you for helping my students explore speed and acceleration. The dotcars really helped my students conceptualize this difficult to teach concept. My students would not have had this wonderful learning opportunity without your generous donations.
My students positively benefited from using these cars in labs. As I had planned, my students used these cars to record time and distance data as they move. It truly helped them master important state standards related to force and motion.These labs were the highlight of their friction and motion unit.
Thank you so much for helping me integrate STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education into my curriculum. I look forward to using the dotcars with students for years to come.
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With gratitude,
Ms. James
This classroom project was brought to life by Arts & Science Council and 3 other donors.Outdoor Science Part III: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs
Funded Mar 14, 2012This project made it possible for my students to create a local field guide for our schoolyard. Thank you so much for the field guides and digital cameras. These tools allowed my students conduct fieldwork much in the same way as professional scientists do.
Like I imagined this project offered my students multiple opportunities to integrate science across disciplines and invited students throughout the school to enjoy and learn from nature present on our schoolyard. My next year students cannot wait to continue enhancing the field guides.
We have a lot of work to do. We will add to our bug section and start working on trees and other plant life. This was a very exciting project and I look forward to developing the inquiry and research skills of my future environmental scientists. ”
With gratitude,
Ms. James
This classroom project was brought to life by Arts & Science Council and 6 other donors.Outdoor Science: Birds, Birds, Birds
Funded Jan 8, 2012This project made it possible for my students to create a local field guide for our schoolyard. Thank you so much for the field guides on Eastern birds, binoculars, and digital camera. These tools allowed my students conduct fieldwork much in the same way as professional scientists do.
Like I imagined this project offered my students multiple opportunities to integrate science across disciplines and invited students throughout the school to enjoy and learn from nature present on our schoolyard. My next year students cannot wait to continue enhancing the field guides.
We have a lot of work to do. We will add to our bird section and start working on trees and other plant life. This was a very exciting project and I look forward to developing the inquiry and research skills of my future environmental scientists. ”
With gratitude,
Ms. James
This classroom project was brought to life by Arts & Science Council and 9 other donors.Writing Like a Scientist
Funded Dec 31, 2011Thank you for helping my students write like scientists. Your donation of flash drives and the digital camera truly empowered my students. Now my students understand some of the ways scientists write. My students were excited to use the materials from your generous donation and the five classroom computers to explain the science content they were studying.
This project positively impacted my students because learners had multiple opportunities to write about science and consequently to write to learn. They could not wait to write articles for the classroom newsletters and their families were eager to read the articles.
I really appreciate your contribution to helping me integrate reading, writing, science, and technology into my curriculum. It was an awesome project and I look forward to implementing this project with next year's classes as well.
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With gratitude,
Ms. James
What's Friction Got to Do with It?: Zoom, Zoom Part II
Funded Feb 29, 2012Thank you for helping my students imagine a world without friction. Investigating friction by experimenting with "frictionless" cars helped my students do just that. My students would not have had this wonderful learning opportunity without your generous donations.
As I had planned, my students used the "frictionless" cars to deepen their understanding of balance and unbalanced forces. My students positively benefited from using these cars in labs. These labs were the highlight of their friction and motion unit.
Thank you so much for helping me integrate STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education into my curriculum. I look forward to using the "frictionless" cars with students for years to come. ”
With gratitude,
Ms. James
This classroom project was brought to life by Arts & Science Council and 3 other donors.What's Friction Got to Do With It?: Zoom, Zoom
Funded Jan 19, 2012Thank you for helping my students imagine a world without
friction. Investigating friction by experimenting with "frictionless"
cars helped my students do just that. My students would not have had this wonderful
learning opportunity without your generous donations.
As I had planned, my students used the "frictionless" cars
to deepen their understanding of balance and unbalanced forces. My students positively benefited from using these cars in labs. These labs were the highlight of their friction and motion unit.
Thank you so much for helping me integrate STEM (science,
technology, engineering and mathematics) education into my curriculum. I look forward
to using the "frictionless" cars with students for years to come.”
With gratitude,
Ms. James
This classroom project was brought to life by Arts & Science Council and 3 other donors.