Past projects 60
Let's Turnip the Beet
Funded Nov 13, 2024Thank you so much for your generous donation for the hydroponics farmstand and supplies. My senior lab assistants set it up for me. The accessories like the wheel stand they also assembled and put together. This was a student built and student led project. Students in my clubs and classes also harvested their vegetables. Their favorites were the lettuce heads and fresh herbs. I enjoyed seeing what vegetables they liked. Turns out students don't like arugula but they all tried it. We are looking forward to the spring crop of veggies and foods. My students are interested in edible flowers and using them for other projects. My students have embraced fresh vegetables.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Fong
This classroom project was brought to life by Young Sheldon and one other donor.Good Chives Only
Funded Oct 21, 2024Thank you so much for the watering ollas. They have been such a great help. We planted some seeds and also planted some tiny establish sweet pea seedlings we started indoors during class. We also got another big seed donation because we didn't use all of the watering ollas yet but we are going to finish setting up the beds next week. We wanted to test them out first and so far the sweet pea seem very established 10 days later. Next week my students are going to use the rest of the watering ollas in these little flower pot tubs that a person in the community gave us. We wanted to make sure that the set up worked and was sufficient for sustaining the sweet peas. Thanks again! My students in Garden Club really appreciate it.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Fong
Sensing New Sensations with Sensors, Part 2
Funded May 7, 2024Thank you so much for the gas pressure sensors. We have been using them for a variety of labs. We used for our cell energy unit where students looked at the photosynthetic and respiration rates of spinach leaves in their bio chambers. They were able to use two sensors at once and see their data being collected in real time. In addition to data collection, the students are learning how to organize and present their data. This is a process and the sensors really help with that. In the future we will continue to use the sensors in class. In our physiology unit coming up the students are going to use the sensors for ran exercise activity where we go outside and we can measure breathing rate, heart rate, and oxygen consumption. Thank you so much for the lab equipment. The students love it.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Fong
This classroom project was brought to life by General Motors and 3 other donors.Diverse Learners Need a Variety of Games in Biology
Funded Sep 30, 2024Thank you so much for the document camera, games, and laminating pouches and pencils and pencil sharpener. The document camera has been so helpful for students to be able to see the diagram and follow along with the lesson. I can always record videos while I'm going over concepts and share those with the students that need reinforcement for students that were absent. The games have been super fun. I found a template on etsy that I keep reusing so we can add new vocabulary terms and pictures. For holidays I'm thinking of letting my clubs uses them for team building games. The laminating pouches have allowed me to make new resources that can be reused. I also laminated some student work examples and tacked them up in my classroom.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Fong
This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Supporter and 2 other donors.Sparkly Labware
Funded Aug 14, 2024Thank you so much for the countertop dishwasher and various microscope and petri slides. Our glassware has never been cleaner and it really brought our lab space together. My lab assistants have created a station where there is distilled water available, an ice machine and our class dishwasher. Things have been running very smoothly now that the countertop dishwasher is available. We can clean glassware in 40 minutes, including drying time when I select quick wash setting. This has really been life changing for the class and myself. The dishwasher saves time and it conveniently fits next to our sink. The microscope and petri dish slides have been awesome too. The students have looked at various living plant tissue samples and a brine shrimp culture. I was given a few hundred brine shrimp cysts and we successfully hatched them in class and then were able to use the depression slides to see them develop. Students thought they looked like little aliens. Thank you so much!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Fong
This classroom project was brought to life by The Gates Foundation and one other donor.Sensing New Sensations with Sensors
Funded May 6, 2024Thank you so much for donating to this project. My students have been using the Vernier sensors in their cell energy unit. Last week we did a lab where students had to measure the rate of cellular respiration in germinating peas compared to non germinating peas. They also had to test how temperature might affect the rate of cellular respiration. We also were able to do a photosynthesis and cellular respiration connection lab where they put spinach leaves in a chamber and inserted 2 vernier probes to measure carbon dioxide and oxygen gas levels simultaneously. This was a great way to demonstrate how both photosynthesis and cellular respiration are connected. We will use the gas pressure sensors next week to study homeostasis. The vernier sensor probes have bluetooth capability. The app on the chromebook has been updated this year and the students are loving all the new features. They can collect data and make their graphs in real time. They're able to see their data in real time, which I think is the best part for them to see that chemical reactions are happening in front of them.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Fong
This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Supporter and one other donor.Learning to Sign to Communicate With Students
Funded Mar 16, 2024Thank you so much for donating and funding my project so that I can learn sign language. I have been using the iPad to watch weekly videos. I have found the ASL flash cards to be most helpful and I take them with me when I go traveling. I also bought a used ASL textbook called Signing Naturally and that has also helped a lot as well. I am currently practicing with one of my teacher friends that is also learning sign language and we are able to communicate a little with each other. I hope in the spring I can sign up for another sign language class at one of the community colleges near me. Thanks so much for the support!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Fong
This classroom project was brought to life by LOFT and 3 other donors.Nature Inspired Classroom Ambiance
Funded Aug 31, 2024Thank you so much for this wonderful donation to support my students' mental health. I spent a weekend with my partner clean the walls and preparing them for the installation of the lights, plant hooks and ceiling covers. My students were cheering, exclaiming when they walked into class on Monday. They were so happy to see a decorated room and that a huge package of living plants were delivered. My students have been taking care of the plants and taking plant cuttings. The students that sit closest to the windows appreciate the ceiling covers so much because they need overhead light but not light that is blasting on them. I have received so many compliments about the resources and my students are just excited to come to class now.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Fong
This classroom project was brought to life by Google.org Teen Mental Health Initiative.Scientists Need a Stereoscope to Dissect Specimens
Funded May 5, 2024Thank you so much for the additional stereoscopes. I teach a variety of science courses. They get used so much during dissections of various things. I included some photos of students using the stereoscopes. My biology classes dissected earthworms, grasshoppers, frogs and rats. They loved using the stereoscope to see things up close and I taught them how to take photos with their iPhones through the stereoscope lens so they can submit their evidence and show their families what they're doing in science class. In some of the attached photos you can see a rat's paw and all the groves and details. Students could understand and see how a rat's hand is adapted for gripping surfaces compared to our hands. They also got to dissect the eyes out of our specimens to peel back and reveal the different layers of the eye and understand how they work. My environmental science class dissected flowers from my home garden. I made sure no matter what science course I taught, the stereoscopes would get used. Thank you so much. Any time the students see me bringing out the stereoscope they know it's going to be the best day ever. Thank you so much!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Fong
Bacteria Transformation
Funded Sep 18, 2024Thank you so much for the support. I have been wanting a PCR machine for my biotech unit for the longest time. It's been a long time coming. This piece of lab equipment will allow me to do so many more labs and amplify and purify DNA. Also having all of the hot water baths will be very exciting because we need those for a lot of labs in AP and Honors biology. Can't wait to update you with photos later this year! Thanks again!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Fong
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community & an Anonymous Partner and 3 other donors.