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- School:
- Immokalee High
- Subject:
- Mathematics
- Teacher:
- Tamzon Reed-Hamilton
- Students Impacted:
- 120
- Grade:
- 9-12
- Date:
- July 12, 2018
Investor
Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.
Jinny and John Johnson - $625.00
Goal
The goal is to slowly replace my classroom set of TI-84 graphing calculators. My current calculators are getting old and wearing out. I lost 5 calculators that I can no longer "fix" at the end of last year.
What will be done with my students
Students are assigned a calculator to use each day and are responsible for its care. They are also asked to check one out through the library or the Migrant Center to keep at home to complete homework and projects at home.
I teach Honors Algebra 2 and Honors Pre-Calculus. At this level of math, students struggle to understand "why" they are doing the math I am teaching them. These calculators allow my students to manipulate variables and see how the function is affected, and what those changes mean in real-world context!
Benefits to my students
Many students struggle with the abstractness of what "x" and "y" are in algebra; the Color Graphing calculators that I am seeking funding for will allow my students to "SEE" what these functions involving x and y look like, and what is happening with these functions while applying the math to solve real-world problems. Putting this technology in my students' hands encourages student engagement, deeper understanding, and an increase in retention rate!
Students are also encouraged to explore and learn about other functions. I have had many students amaze me at what they can make them do just by playing around. For example, I had one student play around with various Trigonometry functions and came up with a beautiful graph! When we got to the section to learn Trigonometry, that kid and many others who saw what he had graphed were already hooked!
Budget Narrative
Using Amazon to determine budget amounts, I found:
5 Calculators @ $131.90 each which comes to $659.50, but they are on sale right now, so there is a discount of $34.50 and no taxes. which gives me a grand total of $625.00
Items
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 QTY TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator @ 131.90 each | $659.50 |
| 2 | Amazon Discount | $-34.50 |
| 3 | taxes | $0.00 |
| Total: | $625.00 |
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