Project Description My objective is to develop a love of reading and writing in a dramatic way. Students in second grade work on developing expression, understanding characters – how they […]
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Author: CC5 Foundation
The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust has been awarding Educational Mini-Grants since 2000. To date, we have awarded over $288,000 for over 800 Educational projects. We hope these ideas can be shared in all of your classrooms.
“Geared up for STEM – the LEGO Project”
Project Description “Geared up for STEM – the LEGO Project” is to inspire students in Kindergarten through 4th Grade of the Monomoy Cooperative Learning Programs to become active learners. The […]
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Black Velvet Mystery Painting
Project Description Goals: MA State Standards 1.3-Learn and use appropriate vocabulary related to methods, materials and techniques. 1.4-Learn to take care of materials and tools to use them safely. National […]
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Puppets for Social/Emotional Role Playing
Project Description Goal: To increase the use of “play” in learning environments, for the Social/Emotional POWER program at Decas School, a k-2 school. The connection between learning and emotional well-being […]
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Project Description Our school is a k-2 public school in a low income community. Many students come to us with huge gaps in their learning and have few opportunities for […]
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Up-STREAM to Kindergarten
Project Description To provide stations equipped with activities that engage preschoolers in science, math, technology, literacy, and engineering. To recognize parents as child’s first teacher. To support the state’s initiative […]
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3D Printing in the STEM Classroom
Project Description GOALS: To capture interest of STEM students To increase excitement in pursuing science as a career To stimulate interaction during class – any class will instantly be transformed […]
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Building Blitz: Instilling Civic Pride Through Construction
Project Description This grant will be used to purchase materials for a “Building Blitz” that will instill a sense of civic pride and workmanship in our students. As our program […]
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Sea Perch Kit
Project Description Goal 1: Students will learn about the growing marine robotics industry, and the employment opportunities available to them here on the Cape. Activities: Students will bring speakers from […]
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Expanding Literacy Through Graphic Novels
Project Description Goal: to expand our graphic novel collection to support student literacy, promote engagement in school clubs and increase interest in the library, as outlined in the Sturgis Charter […]
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School Garden
Project Description I am the new Science teacher at Stony Brook and would like to continue the school garden established last year with the help of one of your generous […]
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Spadefoot Toad Citizen Science Project
Project Description The goal of the Spadefoot Toad Citizen Science project is to educate our students about local endangered species on Cape Cod. This project empowers young people to take […]
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SeaPerch Robotics
Project Description This request for funding will support a proposed Sea Perch project which will engage Middle Years Program (grades 5-8) STEAM students in the design, construction and operation/application of […]
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Provincetown Schools Snack Challenge
Project Description Primary Year Program educators, (K-4), note that a number of their students bring high fructose snacks to school. Our goal is to educate and promote healthy food choices […]
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Aquaponics: It’s All About the Food
Project Description What better way to a student’s mind then through the belly? The goal of “It’s All About the Food” is to immerse 5th and 6th grade students in […]
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Fixing Instruments
Project Description My goal is to fix the instruments that I inherited in my music room. While these instruments are of high quality they were not given the maintenance they […]
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Peace Scholars: Learning Through Literature
Project Description The ultimate goal of education and learning is to produce individuals who think critically about themselves and the world around them, construct creative solutions to problems, and evaluate […]
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Daily Dramatizing
Project Description Students practice dramatization daily in our Tools of the Mind kindergarten classrooms! Through the use of fairy tales and the adventures of Jack and Annie from the Magic […]
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Cub Reporters
Project Description This is a request for the continuation of the Cub reporter program in the Old Rochester Regional School District. Students become Cub Reporters for their classroom/school. The Cub […]
Read moreORRHS AmbassadORs
[headlineOld Rochester Regional High School[/headline] Project Description We have started a new club at Old Rochester called the AmbassadOR Club. The AmbassadOR Club of Old Rochester, established in 2015, is […]
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Creating Oz
Project Description The Old Rochester Regional High School (ORRHS) Drama Club includes up to 120 students for each production. This afterschool activity is one of the largest student groups at […]
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Harlem Renaissance Traveling Exhibit
Project Description Last April, I attended the Annual Conference for Teachers and Librarians at the JFK Library & Museum. Three authors/illustrators presented their life’s work, perhaps better said, their lives […]
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A New Map for a New School
Project Description I am asking for funds to repaint the badly worn out maps of the United States and Cape Cod that are on the sidewalk at the entrance of […]
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7Cs Greenhouse
Project Description Students will research, design, plan, and build a greenhouse out of recycled water bottles. While working on this project students will communicate effectively, work collaboratively, and demonstrate critical […]
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Summer Reading Matters!
Project Description Research has shown that the lack of access to summer reading material is linked to the reading achievement gap evident in low-income students. Children from low-income families reliably […]
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Alternative Seating to Enhace Focus and Attention
North Falmouth Elementary School/headline] Project Description Kinesthetic learners move their bodies in order to learn something new. These learners have a hard time sitting in a typical chair for extended […]
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Together we can MAKE a difference
Project Description Nauset Regional Middle School technology classes will require the 6-8th grade students to utilize all of their multimedia skills in a project-based learning activity where they identify a […]
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Illuminated Drums
Project Description The goal of Illumination Sound is to incorporate STEM activities into the music classroom and performances. Music students are often gifted in many ways, and this will allow […]
Read moreTraditional vs Hydroponic Growing Methods
Project Description The objectives of this project are for all 200 Nauset Middle School grade 8 students to design and conduct an experiment in The Greenhouse Learning Laboratory and […]
Read moreminiPCR mini8 Thermal Cycler
Project Description I am applying for a Cape Cod Five Mini Grant in order to purchase the miniPCR mini8 T hermal Cycler to be used in NRHS new Biotechnology course […]
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