My students are eager to learn and full of energy. I teach at a rural Title I school. Almost 100% of students receive free or reduced lunches. My student population includes foster situations, one parent or both parents who are incarcerated, grandparents raising grandchildren, emotional needs, and those who learn differently.
Every student deserves to feel valued no matter their zip code.
I have students whose basic needs are met and those that are not. Our school's meals are for those who need them. Counseling, clothing, school supplies, and extra-curricular opportunities are available to try to reach all our families.
My Project
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The development of STEM proficient students begins in elementary schools.
In my classroom, students will participate in a literacy-based STEM project at least once a month. Stations will be set up with a read aloud along with a science, technology, engineering, and math challenge or activity. This project will encompass students at multiple grade levels, kindergarten-fifth grade.
Classes would read aloud Mr. Ferris and his wheel. Students would complete a project journal including a problem/task sheet, planning sheet, reflection sheet, World's Fair Application, and a persuasive writing activity. Students would also build a Ferris wheel from everyday household items.
The materials in this project will allow grades kindergarten-fifth grade to participate in a STEM activity each month. This experiences will allow students to develop critical thinking skills and the ability to work as a team.
Students will gain a love for school and learning that will last their entire lifetime.
Nearly all 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
Sterilite 14948012 15 quart/14 L Latching Box (12 Pack)
• Amazon Business
$59.79
3
$179.37
Entire Year of Read Aloud STEM Challenges and STEM Activities Growing Bundle
• TeachersPayTeachers
$90.00
1
$90.00
Mae and the Moon
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
The Mitten
• Amazon Business
$16.19
1
$16.19
Tacky the Penguin
• Amazon Business
$16.14
1
$16.14
Polar Express 30th anniversary edition
• Amazon Business
$16.13
1
$16.13
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Amazon Business
$15.98
1
$15.98
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books)
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$15.79
1
$15.79
Room on the Broom
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$14.98
1
$14.98
The Water Princess
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$14.39
1
$14.39
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
• Amazon Business
$14.39
1
$14.39
Owl Moon
• Amazon Business
$14.39
1
$14.39
Snowflake Bentley (Caldecott Medal Book)
• Amazon Business
$14.00
1
$14.00
Everything You Need for a Treehouse
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$13.85
1
$13.85
Leaf Man
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$13.75
1
$13.75
From Seed To Pumpkin (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Let's-read-and-find-out Science, Stage 1)
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$13.55
1
$13.55
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
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$13.50
1
$13.50
The Runaway Pumpkin: A Halloween Adventure Story
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$13.48
1
$13.48
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
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$13.46
1
$13.46
'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving
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$13.33
1
$13.33
Stellaluna 25th Anniversary Edition
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$13.16
1
$13.16
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever (Read With Me Cartwheel Books)
• Amazon Business
$12.99
1
$12.99
Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet (CitizenKid)
• Amazon Business
$12.91
1
$12.91
Margaret and the Moon
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$12.59
1
$12.59
Turkey Trouble
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$12.49
1
$12.49
I am Amelia Earhart (Ordinary People Change the World)
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$12.47
1
$12.47
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
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$11.98
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$11.98
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code (People Who Shaped Our World)
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$11.98
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$11.98
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
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$11.86
1
$11.86
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
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$11.48
1
$11.48
Ada Byron Lovelace & the Thinking Machine
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$10.00
1
$10.00
Olive, the Other Reindeer
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$9.88
1
$9.88
Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards))
• Amazon Business
$9.47
1
$9.47
How to Catch an Elf
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$7.99
1
$7.99
The Gingerbread Man
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$7.81
1
$7.81
Last Day Blues (Mrs. Hartwell's Classroom Adventures)
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$7.16
1
$7.16
The Biggest Snowman Ever
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$4.99
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$4.99
Materials cost
$714.87
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$58.97
3rd party payment processing fee
$10.72
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$814.56
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$143.75
Total project goal
$958.31
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$958.31
1 Donor
-$480.00
Donations toward project cost
-$408.00
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$72.00
match offer
-$478.31
Match offer toward project cost
-$406.56
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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