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From the Farm Science Lab Website:
“The FARM Science Lab is a 40-foot mobile classroom, equipped with the latest teaching
technologies and tooled with STEM-based lessons that are aligned with the Next Generation
Science Standards (NGSS) and National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes (NALO) to increase
agricultural awareness. The FARM Science Lab reinforces grade-level standards with hands-on science opportunities while increasing students’ knowledge of how agriculture impacts their daily lives. Each lesson has been individually crafted and tested by certified teachers.” For more
information click: https://miagclassroom.org/lab/what.cfm There are educators that join the Mobile Lab. It looks like that they have a rigorous recruitment process. https://miagclassroom.org/lab/recruitment.cfm
The lessons are already developed and follow the NGSS guidelines. Therefore, this is the equivalent of teaching a lesson that would have been taught in class in the field for a unique experience.

https://miagclassroom.org/lab/lessons.cfm
The Farm Science Lab will be at Heritage from May 4th through May 11th, 2020. Heritage is the first school in Washtenaw County to obtain the lab.

The grant funds two Screenagers license agreements, one to hold staff and community viewings on October 24th, and the other to hold a viewing for SMS and SHS students on October 31st.

A public speaking event that showcases Heritage students’ interpretations of the SASCompass via his/her passion. Students must present a topic and relate it to the SASCompass. HS students will help mentor and the final product is at the HS auditorium with a livestream and Youtube link.

This sensory path will give students an opportunity for a break to refocus on learning. Some students, in particular, need a chance to release energy and/or a change of scenery to increase learning. This sensory path will give students an opportunity to do both.

Micro:Bits are tiny programmable chips that allow students to see their code come to life. For this proposal, students will use Micro:Bits in a project that is aligned to their science curriculum. The Instructional Designers across the district will support teachers with the lesson plans and also aid in classroom implementation in a wide variety of grade levels.

From perspective taking to learning in a group, students learn and develop best through play! Recess is an opportunity for our students to practice and generalize skills of communication, collaboration, and creativity in a genuine, yet unstructured setting. However, the playground is not always accessible or equitable for students as they may not be interested in activities such as football or soccer. I propose that we encourage opportunities for play and learning using the Everblocks from Stemfinity as a step towards building an outdoor makerspace!

We spend countless hours in informational text reading through our genius hour, various PBL’s and our reading and writing informational and argument units of study. Last year I noticed that while we strive to give students voice and choice in this area and teach them to do research outside of the internet, many of the library books do not reflect the passions of current Heritage students. I am hoping to build a complex informational library.

Nicole Brunell, Meg Phillips and I would like to purchase Snap Circuit Kits, RC Rover Cars and Keva Planks for students to use while at Heritage School with the goal that students can work along with both their general and special education peers as they are introduced to the basic properties of electricity, electronics, structural design and engineering. In short, with the use of Snap Circuits and Keva Planks, students will have opportunities to access the Saline Area School compass. With exposure to science and technology, students will also build upon their academic skills and the student attributes outlined in our learner profile, which are necessary for future success.

We are requesting funds to purchase large television monitors in order to display critical education materials for our PE classes, as well as our studentsÛª heart rates while they are exercising. This would coincide with our new Polar Heart Rate monitors that the students are wearing during physical education classes. With these monitors, the teachers can display all of the information from each student and entire classes at the same time, similar to the current set up at Pleasant Ridge. The district has put a lot of time and finances into these monitors, and without a way to display the information, we cannot use them to their full capacity as an educational tool.

We want to teach our students that they can make a difference in the world. The program allows us to cycle 740 fourth and fifth grade Heritage students through an assembly line to produce food for starving children. The goal is for the students help reduce the number of hungry children in the USA, to feed starving children throughout the world and feel good about doing it.

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