Past projects 3
A Modeling Approach to Physics Instruction
Funded Dec 13, 2016I am truly humbled by your generous funding of this project. I do my best to ensure my students have no obstacles to receive the best education I can give them, truly one on par with my peers in wealthier resource-rich suburbs. Your support in helping this to occur allows me to make good on my word to deliver high quality instruction in an environment where students rarely if ever feel the limitations urban public schools impose.
Thank you again for your kind gift to this project. You'll see the results quite soon!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Guinals-Kupperman
This classroom project was brought to life by Con Edison and one other donor.Real Periodicals for Real Reading
Funded Dec 2, 2016I wanted to thank you so much for coming through on funding this project! It was truly unexpected and as you read this I am planning and working with several departments to coordinate how best to use and implement your generous gift with our many students. It was a wonderful surprise to see today we had our project funded and an even more special note to see it was all due to one "Angel" donor. The students, teachers and parents are all in your debt. Stay tuned for pictures for updates of how our students use your generous gift.”
With gratitude,
Mr. Guinals-Kupperman
Science Fiction Books With Good Science
Funded Dec 19, 2010It is difficult typically to explain to students why they are learning physics, let alone what is cool about it. While most of my students will do work just because a teacher tells them to, I am not satisfied with merely requiring my students to work; I want to inspire them.
When I first introduced the Sci Fi library, some kids immediately dove in and grabbed certain books. I heard students say, "no, I heard it was better than the movie!" and settling arguments with, "you can read it after I'm done with it!" So for a few hardcore nerds, it seemed like heaven.
What I saw play out over months is students give recommendations to each other. Students were making suggestions of books to read and even saying they saw how our classwork applied to the books. It was something very different than what was happening in our AP English classes down the hall. Allowing kids to make choices and have their peers vet the materials made students actually want to read these books.
It's still the beginning of the project so I'm not sure where exactly this library will take my students. I should mention that no one is doing this for a grade or for extra credit. The library is there because it's interesting to students and they actually want to read. I might consider working some of the texts into class, or share them to our AP Physics teacher (whom many of our physics students will learn from next year) to work into lessons and tests.
No matter what the future holds for our little library, I know it's got the initial momentum it needed to get off the ground and perhaps give my students and our physics class a legacy of reading which really connects with them and they genuinely like.
I thank you for your assistance in taking this first step and my kids are certainly thankful for this huge change in our class.
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With gratitude,
Mr. Guinals-Kupperman
This classroom project was brought to life by Wells Fargo and 8 other donors.