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Mr. DeRennaux from Oklahoma City, OK is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Computers As An Aid To Learning Science

My students need Chromebooks to facilitate authentic learning in the science classroom.

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My Students

Harding Fine Arts Academy's (HFAA) science classes are somewhat unique when compared to standard science classes. As an arts integrated school my students are often asked to use their artistic abilities to demonstrate their understandings of scientific concepts in addition to traditional methods.

HFAA's student body is very diverse, arriving from every background imaginable, yet eager not to let their socioeconomic backgrounds hold them back from succeeding.

Most of our students qualify for free and reduced lunches. However, they are motivated to learn and meet our rigorous class and department standards. Most are not afraid to seek help when needed, and many of our top performing students actively participate in our after-school tutoring programs. Student are more excited to learn science through hands-on activities and will take advantage of opportunities to discover beyond traditional lab assignments.

My Project

The Chromebooks requested in this DonorsChoose have the potential to greatly expand science students’ educational experience here at HFAA. For example, publicly available scientific reference materials and scientific modeling applications are increasingly available online. Such examples include PubMed, Gene, and ChemBank. Teaching students how to navigate and utilize such databases and modeling programs will greatly increase students’ access to credible and current information that students can use to answer many scientific questions.

Obtaining the Chromebooks will also give students access to a plethora interactive digital tutorials and learning games that connect with all students’ learning styles.

For example, there are many tutorial animations that can bring to life complex processes such as DNA replication, transcription, and translation.

Games accessible through Anatomy Arcade make the monotony of memorizing anatomical body parts fun and exciting. Thus, in conjunction with expert teacher instruction, hands-on labs, the animations along with endless content summaries and self-testing found on online tutorials, and the excitement of learning games, the Chromebooks will greatly brighten our student learning.

The examples above as to how obtaining Chromebooks will facilitate learning science are a few of many. Just as important as the books are to the science learning process is the realization that the world is increasingly going digital. The digital age will require student computer literacy to compete for jobs in the future. As such, having a classroom set of Chromebooks to be shared between our science departments would greatly facilitate student competitiveness as students would get early practice with applications used regularly in college and the business world.

Mr. DeRennaux Harding Fine Arts Academy Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Oklahoma City, OK View local requests

More than half 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

400 students impacted 5donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
HP X7T64UA 11.6" Chromebook, LCD, Celeron N3060 1.6 GHz, 16GB, 4GB, Chrome, Ash Gray/Anodized Silver • Quill.com $189.99 2 $379.98

Materials cost

$379.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $30.97

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$446.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.82

Total project goal

$525.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $525.47

3 Donors

-$350.31

Donations toward project cost

-$297.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.55

match offer

-$175.16

Match offer toward project cost

-$148.89

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.27

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 $0.00

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