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Ms. Johnson's Classroom

  • Edison High School
  • Minneapolis, MN
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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  • Rockets for Future Engineers!

    Funded Oct 19, 2018

    Thank you so much for funding rockets for future engineers! We are so excited to start designing and testing our rockets. The students will truly appreciate their chance to experience a real life engineering and physics project! With your help we are one step closer to diversifying the engineering profession!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Johnson

    This classroom project was brought to life by Samsung and 5 other donors.

  • Technology to Help Setup a High School Physics Lab

    Funded Aug 31, 2018

    Thank you so much for finding some technology for our classroom! We are so excited to put it to use and we will share photos of our class using our new technology. This equipment will allow us to keep the entire class engaged and hopefully inspire some future physicists and engineers!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Johnson

  • Stock a New Physics Classroom

    Funded Aug 27, 2018

    Thank you so much for contributing to our project! We are so excited to be able to start the school year off with some much needed supplies. Your support means so much to us and hopefully will help my students focus on learning physics so they can see a possible future career in physics or engineering!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Johnson

    This classroom project was brought to life by Craig Newmark Philanthropies and 11 other donors.
Picture a physicist. What does this person look like? Typical answers are like Einstein or Sheldon from Big Bang. Over 95% of students asked this will draw a white male. Now picture the typical mix of students in an inner city US High School. For nearly everybody these two pictures don't match. Physics and engineering is not as diverse as it needs to be. My goal as a former college professor transitioning to high school teacher is to give more women, minorities, and other under-served populations a positive exposure to physics in high school so we can start making the physics community more diverse and inclusive. This is my first year as the physics teacher at Edison High School in Minneapolis. Edison is a Title 1 school. Nearly half the students enrolled in my physics classes are english language learners. 85% of our students are non-white. I am teaching 4 upper level physics classes and 1 section of IB physics.

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Picture a physicist. What does this person look like? Typical answers are like Einstein or Sheldon from Big Bang. Over 95% of students asked this will draw a white male. Now picture the typical mix of students in an inner city US High School. For nearly everybody these two pictures don't match. Physics and engineering is not as diverse as it needs to be. My goal as a former college professor transitioning to high school teacher is to give more women, minorities, and other under-served populations a positive exposure to physics in high school so we can start making the physics community more diverse and inclusive. This is my first year as the physics teacher at Edison High School in Minneapolis. Edison is a Title 1 school. Nearly half the students enrolled in my physics classes are english language learners. 85% of our students are non-white. I am teaching 4 upper level physics classes and 1 section of IB physics.

About my class

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