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Yes, You Can Have A Math/Science Education And Career.

My students need assorted supplies to teach Science fundamentals of Heat, Light and Sound and the associated Math concepts.

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My Students

Heat, Light and Math are basic parts of the 6th Grade Curriculum. To really bring these topics home, a number of hands-on demonstrations or experiments need to take place. These activities solidify the concepts in the students minds and help them reason out the way they apply to the world.

My students are a great bunch of kids.

They are caught up in a very fast paced life and many of the basic Science and Math principles seem very distant from them. Each year we require Science Experiments and Math exercises from them. In the past few years the experiments have not really been true experiments (they were more like product surveys or displays). I want to really awaken a keen sense of Investigative Science in my students. I want them to ponder some of the Science they see around them in every day life. I want them to develop an inquiring mind as it relates to Science and Math. They can understand the basics of why things occur out in nature and what Math and Science principles are associated with those occurrences. As they understand these principles they will also become more safety conscious and better able to protect themselves out in the world. They have the ability to discover their great potential.

My Project

The fraction kit will provide excellent materials to reinforce fractions and "part of a whole" concepts. Workstations can be set up from this kit for additional hands on training to students who are having a tough time grasping fractions and ratios. The thermometers and batteries (both manual and electronic) will provide experiences for students in demonstrations and experiments to see differences in temperatures. These tools will reinforce concepts we study of heat transfers, conduction, convection and radiation (temperatures are a part of everything in this world). They will also help students in their Science Fair projects when they get down to details. Prisms, flashlights and pipe lights will be excellent for workstations to help reinforce concepts of refraction and bending of light. The planet book and magnetic solar system discs can reinforce 6th grade curriculum in space and solar system topics Hopefully these items can help students grasp these math/science concepts.

This project will impact four classes of around 35 students in each class.

Most of the materials will also go on for future class years. But the most dramatic change will be in the lives of these students. They can discover how many opportunities can come their way just from Science and Math education. They can become the highly educated people of the future. These 6th graders can obtain the technical and desired jobs in the future (if they can gain that Math and Science excitement now).

Mr. Bjarnson Daybreak Elementary School Grades 6-8

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South Jordan, UT View local requests 140 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
BATTERY SIZE 9V - SCHOOL SMART • Frey Scientific, Inc. $3.56 1 $3.56
COMPASS O.S.S. 10B BASE PLATE • Frey Scientific, Inc. $11.70 1 $11.70
BOOK WHEN IS A PLANET NOT A PLANET? • Frey Scientific, Inc. $15.29 1 $15.29
MAGNET SOLAR SYSTEM GIANT • Frey Scientific, Inc. $17.96 1 $17.96
THERMOMETER GALILEO FAHRENHEIT • Frey Scientific, Inc. $13.50 2 $27.00
THERMOMETER GALILEO CELSIUS EA • Frey Scientific, Inc. $13.50 2 $27.00
THERMOMETERS STUDENT PACK OF 10 - SCHOOL SMART • Frey Scientific, Inc. $14.39 4 $57.56
THERMOMETER INDOOR-OUTDOOR EA • Frey Scientific, Inc. $10.35 2 $20.70
Nasco’s Fraction Kit • Nasco $299.95 1 $299.95
Nasco’s 9" x 12" Double-Sided Coordinate Grid Dry-Erase Board • Nasco $3.56 28 $99.68
THERMOMETER IR MINI • Frey Scientific, Inc. $35.99 1 $35.99
THERMOMETER INFRARED • Frey Scientific, Inc. $52.52 1 $52.52
BASIC OPTICS KIT EA • Frey Scientific, Inc. $29.66 1 $29.66
FLASHLIGHT HEAVY DUTY 2D • Frey Scientific, Inc. $8.15 2 $16.30
00010 STUDENT PRISM EA • Frey Scientific, Inc. $7.16 2 $14.32
PIPE LIGHT 24IN • Frey Scientific, Inc. $21.56 1 $21.56
PENLIGHT LED ENERGIZER • Frey Scientific, Inc. $8.17 1 $8.17
BATTERY SIZE D PACK OF 2 - SCHOOL SMART • Frey Scientific, Inc. $2.66 1 $2.66
BATTERY SIZE C PACK OF 2 - SCHOOL SMART • Frey Scientific, Inc. $3.11 1 $3.11
BATTERY SIZE C PACK OF 2 - SCHOOL SMART • Frey Scientific, Inc. $3.11 1 $3.11
BATTERY SIZE AA PACK OF 4 - SCHOOL SMART • Frey Scientific, Inc. $1.76 1 $1.76
BATTERY SIZE AAA PACK OF 4 - SCHOOL SMART • Frey Scientific, Inc. $1.76 1 $1.76
PIPE LIGHT 48IN • Frey Scientific, Inc. $27.86 1 $27.86

Materials cost

$799.18

Vendor shipping charges

 $87.91

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$929.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$163.96

Total project goal

$1,093.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,093.04

1 Donor

-$1,093.04

Donations toward project cost

-$929.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$163.96

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