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Hands On Learning Is The Key To Success

Help me give my students headphones and an earthquake lab set to create an active and hands-on learning environment.

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My Students

I teach the most amazing fifth graders you could ask for. We work together in groups or as a whole making our class a team. This brings more engagement and enthusiasm from them. They feel like they have a say in what goes on in the classroom because they have been able to make decisions on classroom rules, rewards, daily activities, etc. They come to school everyday excited to learn and excited to know that their opinion matters.

They are an inspiration to me and their other classmates.

Everyone of them are creative, imaginative, and caring personality. Each of them are supportive to others who are struggling and will go out of their way to help them succeed. These kids have such genuine kindness and compassion for others. I am proud of them each day I get to teach them.

My Project

Hands on learning for students is a vital part of their success in understanding the key concepts of science. Science in a lecture format for students can often times be disinteresting and not help them understand the concept in which they are learning. That is why I am asking you to fund my project. This project will help students see visually the concept of earthquakes and how plates shift by watching the earthquake unfold right in front of them. This will then be backed up by blended learning through the use of headphones on their Chrome books.

The students will be working in small groups, this is where they thrive in their learning.

Students will then be able to get more individualized attention from me because I will be able to explain how volcanos change the earth as we know it to be today. This will go hand in hand with how earthquakes have changed and shaped the earth. These two core standards parallel in perfect sequences with one another for students because they are able to understand the many transformations that the earth has gone through for thousands and thousands of years.

The headphones for these students will help reinforce the key visual concepts they have been taught through the use of technology and blended learning that I have been implementing in my classroom. These will not only teach the students hands on learning, but how technology goes in sync with hands on learning.

Mrs. Norton Monte Vista Elementary School Grades 3-5

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South Jordan, UT View local requests 30 students impacted 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Thames & Kosmos Volcanoes and Earthquakes • Amazon Business $19.19 6 $115.14
Encore ENC-313 Classroom Stereo Bulk Headphones with Leatherette Earpads - 25 Pack • Amazon Business $74.75 1 $74.75
SmartLab Toys Aftershock Earthquake Lab Set (53 Piece) • Amazon Business $16.59 3 $49.77

Materials cost

$239.66

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$273.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.22

Total project goal

$321.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $321.47

2 Donors

-$310.75

Donations toward project cost

-$273.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.72

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 $0.00

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