Project: Calculators Make it All Add Up
Resources Needed: 15 texas Instruments Scientific calculators so these high school students can be competitive with their more affluent peers
School Poverty Level: High
Location: Lincoln School R2, Lincoln, MO
Total Cost: $335.82
Still Needed: $135.82 Completed!
Expires: Apr 08, 2013
Teacher's Comments from Ms. Fizer:
My Students: "I hate math" is the chant that I hear every day, every hour. My students don't really hate math, they are discouraged by the time it takes them just to complete one problem. Several new calculators would raise their morale exponentially!
Picture a small town in mid-Missouri, population less than 2,000. A place where it isn't uncommon to see a tractor rolling down the street, and the bawls of cattle can be heard from the front steps of the school. The students here are familiar with having limited resources, but sometimes get frustrated coping with the limited technology available to them at school.
My Project:New scientific calculators would show my students that it doesn't take an eon just to complete one problem. They've practiced solving expressions, equations, and functions by hand countless times. Now that we are moving on to more complicated concepts, new scientific calculators will help them fly through problems that would have seemed daunting and near impossible. Students in various grade levels will use the calculators to speed through everything from simple addition and subtraction, to complicated trigonometric functions.
Your donation would help these young individuals realize that there are people out there who want to encourage students to learn, and provide the tools that would make education more enjoyable. Help my students look beyond the pastures and fields surrounding them, towards the bright futures ahead of them, and outside the confines of the small town they know.
COMPLETED
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