Project Description Creating opportunities to study the microscopic world and make it accessible to everyone requires simple resources. In many cases microscopes in conventional laboratories cost thousands of dollars. Our solution […]
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Google Expeditions and Virtual Reality Viewers
Project Description The 8th grade team would like to use Google Expeditions as an immersive learning and teaching tool that will allow us and our students to go on Virtual […]
Read moreCornell Bird Watch
Project Description My students will be using Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Citizen Science course to participate in the birdwatcher project. The Citizen Science course allows regular people, including students, to […]
Read moreCritical Habitats and Threatened Species Stewardship Project
Project Description The goal of the “Critical Habitats and Threatened Species Stewardship Project” is for all Grade 7 students at the Sandwich STEM Academy, to explore critical and unique coastal […]
Read moreVernal Sampling & Monitoring
Project Description The STEM Academy just recently completed construction of a vernal pool (June 2018), an outdoor living laboratory, on school grounds. This project was accomplished in conjunction with Mass […]
Read morePenikese Island Field Trip and Educational Experience
Project Description We are piloting this new field trip to broaden our experiences and match the Next Generation Science Standards, and Social Studies particularly in the field of Immigration, cultural […]
Read moreSTEAM: Minot’s Plant Musicians
Project Description Students will explore and compare plant communications using ” Music of the Plants”, an instrument that perceives the electrical impulses sent from the surface of a plant’s leaves […]
Read moreDeveloping Citizen Scientists
Project Description We hope to develop “citizen scientists” in our first grade so that they know they can impact our world by studying, observing and sharing their ideas with the […]
Read moreAdaptions for Pollination
Project Description The goal of this multi-day lab is to investigate the structures in flowers and honeybees to ensure pollination. We focus on four different species of flowers: lilies, daises, […]
Read moreSpadefoot Toad Headstarting Project
Project Description The goal of our program is to spark a passion for science and discovery, instill respect for endangered species in our students, support innovative STEM programming, and strengthen […]
Read moreObserve and Inquire
Project Description Activities: Provincetown Schools continue to develop a 6-year ongoing relationship with Peaked Hill Trust and Cape Cod National Seashore, whereby middle school students and school staff spend overnights […]
Read morePersonal Genomics and Conservation Biology
Project Description The goal of this project is to incorporate two additional labs into the NRHS Biotechnology curriculum. The labs are detailed below: Sleep Lab – Lark or Owl? – […]
Read moreSustaining and Protecting Our Local Estuaries
Project Description In the coastal estuaries of Chatham and Harwich, development over the past several decades has resulted in the buildup of substances, such as excessive nitrogen. This causes blooms […]
Read moreGood Catch
Project Description The goal of the Good Catch project is to introduce, teach and help students fall in love with a positive activity, fishing. Students in the Cape Cod Collaborative […]
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Bird Watching
Project Description The funds from this grant will be used to purchase a classroom set of binoculars for myself and the other 4th grade teacher at West Tisbury School. I […]
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Amazing Adaptations
Project Description The goal of this project to illustrate the abundance of adaptations that organisms undergo. Plant adaptations are special features that allow a plant or animal to live in […]
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Oak Ridge Outdoor Classroom
Project Description Our goal for the outdoor classroom is to develop a student-created space which will encourage curiosity, creativity, community, and collaboration. We hope that the space will be a […]
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Headstarting Spadefoot Toads
Project Description This is a grant proposal for headstarting endangered Spade Foot toads in 7th grade classrooms for Mattacheese Middle School students. We are excited about the possibility of having […]
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Vernal Pools: Restoring Wetlands Habitats
Project Description For the past three years, the Lawrence School 7th grade Science teachers have partnered with the Massachusetts Audubon Society to provide classroom instruction to approximately 250 7th graders […]
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Fishing for Life
Project Description -Promote service learning through fishing. -Explain and demonstrate fishing skills. -Explain and discuss the importance of the Recreation and tourism industry. -Research and discuss the importance of preserving […]
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It’s For the Birds
Project Description Goal: To create an environment that will attract various species of birds to feeders and birdhouses outside our classroom window. The students will plant bulbs and plants, and […]
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Morse Pond Wishing Tree
Project Description The goal of this project is to create a large scale response to the topic of Arbor Day and our shared responsibility to the earth’s resources. Each school […]
Read morePlein Air Painting
Project Description I would like to get stand up easels for the students at my elementary school so that I can take my classes outside to paint during the spring and […]
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