(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . The Inoculation Project 2/26/2023: Hidden Figures in Oklahoma, Building Projects in Texas [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-26 Last one! For February, DonorsChoose has created a special project designation to help people who wish to direct their donations in observance of Black History Month. You’ll see the text below in a box near the top of projects with this designation, including both our projects today. There is a search available if you’d like to locate more such projects. CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black. (The reason I write these diaries at 2 am is to minimize people popping in and completing selected projects before we get to them. But I can’t write at 9:59 am, so sometimes, like today, it happens! It’s all good — kids get what they need.) This new project, a “Celebrating Black History Month” project, really is a project celebrating Black history! It currently has matching funds available from OG&E (Oklahoma Gas & Electric): Donations to this project are now being matched, thanks to support from OG&E. With partners in the community like you, we are energizing life for tomorrow by supporting teachers and education today. PROJECT #1 Project: Un-Hidden Figures Resources: Help me give my students the experience of learning about the contributions of Black women in the field of mathematics. Economic need: An Equity Focus School; half of students from low‑income households. A “Celebrating Black History Month” project. Location: F D Moon Middle School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Total: $289.16 (2x matching funds from OG&E) Still Needed: Ha! Completed! Please consider project #2 below. Project description by Mr. Sutton-Cannon: This project Un-Hidden Figures aims to provide students with a valuable learning opportunity. The book highlights the contributions of black women in mathematics and their involvement in the space program. Through this project, students will have access to thirty copies of this fascinating book, enabling them to learn more about this important piece of history. Additionally, this project supports student reading and comprehension. By supporting this project, donors can help students develop a deeper understanding of the role of minorities in the STEM field, and inspire the next generation of scientists and mathematicians. DONATE HERE Donations of ANY size can make a BIG difference! x x YouTube Video This substantial project is for a Dallas kindergarten teacher, and we’ve been moving it along for a couple of weeks now. Mrs. Scales needs lots of STEM building materials so her students can design and build whatever they imagine! Like our other project, this is also a “Celebrating Black History Month” project. PROJECT #2 Project: STEM Full Speed Ahead Resources: Help me give my students building blocks and resources to help my students create in the learning station. Economic need: An Equity Focus School; nearly all students from low‑income households. A “Celebrating Black History Month” project. Location: George W Truett Elementary School, Dallas, Texas Total: $491.27 Still Needed: $ 321.27 $221.27 Project description by Mrs. Scales: Students LOVE STEM! I am a kindergarten teacher hoping to add a STEM center to our station rotation. I would also love to have STEM Fridays where all students are able to collaborate together! STEM can be a great tool for building student thinking and imagination stimulation! I would love to have many different building blocks, magnetic blocks, bristle blocks, legos, and manipulative options for students to choose from and switch out weekly to keep things new and fun for them! These STEM building manipulatives can also be used in many different subject areas. So, students will always have a chance to have some hands-on learning! DONATE HERE Donations of ANY size can make a BIG difference! Here are a couple of the items in the request. These “bristle-lock tiles” by PicassoTile are intended for children still developing fine motor skills — it’s a cinch to stick them together! x YouTube Video KASHIAOTE Gears building sets make it easy for kids to build projects that move and do things. x YouTube Video Our main project from last week was completed, with the help of our readers and others, including a matching-funds grant! Project #1, Schoolhouse Succulents!: Mrs. Bush wanted a grow-box in which her Kansas City middle school students can grow succulents, like her own plants that she keeps in the classroom.. She writes: Thank you so much for investing in my students! We are so excited to get the opportunity to grow succulents in our classroom. Your generous donation made it possible for students living in low socioeconomic areas to have great learning experiences. Thank you! You are the reason students learn new things!​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ DonorsChoose has developed the designation Equity Focus Schools to describe some schools that submit projects. They meet two criteria: at least 50% of students are Black, Latinx, Native American, Pacific Islander, or multiracial, and at least 50% of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch, the standard measure for school economic need. You can read more at the link about their efforts to address the longstanding inequity in education. Founded in 2009, The Inoculation Project combats the anti-science, anti-education push in conservative America by funding science, math, and literacy projects in red-state public school classrooms and libraries. Our conduit is DonorsChoose, a crowdfunding charity founded in 2000 and highly rated by both Charity Navigator and the Better Business Bureau. Every Sunday, we focus on helping to fund projects in neighborhood public schools where the overwhelming majority of students come from low-income households. We welcome everyone who supports public school education — no money is required! Finally, here’s our list of successfully funded projects — our series total is 1017! The success-list diary also contains links and additional information about DonorsChoose. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/26/2155013/-The-Inoculation-Project-2-26-2023-Hidden-Figures-in-Oklahoma-Building-Projects-in-Texas Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/