DonorsChoose.org

I am constantly on the look out for amazing organizations to donate to and help out when they are in need. Yesterday I came across this amazing .org that helps local schools and teachers get funding for projects for their classrooms. After looking at all of the projects in Utah, this is the one that I wanted to help fund. I created a registry that you can click on HERE or at the link on the top left.

I teach fourth grade in an Elementary School in the Public School system. In our study of science and social studies, the students are to identify different trees, plants animals, biomes, and clouds.

As each of these topics are addressed, it is hard to assess if the students are visualizing the objects that are being described.

Through the use of the cameras, students will be put into teams to take pictures of the different animals, plants and weather that we are discussing. After taking the photos, students will print them, mount them into a book, add their caption and explanation of the photos in preparation for their presentation of the world they have come to see through the camera activity.

Science will become more than pictures in a book, or a video seen on the television. Science will become real and a part of each students life.

Students will need three cameras and camera dock kit. The cost of this proposal is $514