New Timers Thanks to a Generous Donor

Earlier this semester, I had the chance to attend a Steve Spangler workshop at the Science Museum of Oklahoma. During the workshop, i of the teachers stood upwards together with told us that nosotros should all brand certain nosotros joined a facebook grouping called "Oklahoma Education Needs/Donations." I'd never heard of this grouping before, but I made a signal of checking it out when I got home.

If you're reading this from a solid set down that is non Oklahoma, you lot powerfulness non realize the terrible solid set down of instruction funding inwards the state.

Check out this graphic:

Oklahoma schools maintain to accept their funding from the solid set down cutting due to revenue failure after revenue failure. The coin for basic classroom needs only isn't in that place anymore.

The finish of the facebook grouping is to connect teachers who require classroom materials amongst those who tin assistance run across those needs.

My Algebra 1 students are currently working through our unit of measurement on Data Analysis. We accept been using iii OERB workshop.

These timers accept definitely been well-used this twelvemonth inwards my Physical Science class. But, iii timers inwards a cast of twenty some students isn't enough.

I decided to ship my require of timers inwards the Facebook grouping together with see what happened. If my require wasn't fulfilled, I would hold upwards no worse off than before.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 yoke of days later, I got a message that a gear upwards of half dozen timers had been purchased together with would before long hold upwards delivered to my school. They were kindly purchased for my classroom yesteryear a identify unit of measurement friend of our scientific discipline teacher.

Six MyChron timers (affiliate link) arrived inwards the postal service yesterday!

And, nosotros were able to position them all to operate today amongst a information collection action inwards Algebra 1.

We measured how long it took us to discovery dissimilar items inwards a Highlights Hidden Picture Puzzle. Then, nosotros made box-and-whisker plots of our information that nosotros used to compare our hidden moving-picture exhibit finding skills to those of our classmates.

I'll ship to a greater extent than close this action SOON!

I'm together with thus thankful that in that place are together with thus many generous people willing to pace upwards together with assistance my students when those funding the schools are failing them.