{"id":3529,"date":"2021-08-07T15:48:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T19:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3529"},"modified":"2021-08-07T15:48:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T19:48:27","slug":"lets-help-florida-science-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3529","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s help Florida science education!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We don&#8217;t get to do this often enough, but I&#8217;m happy to kick off our Fifth Annual (can I call it annual if we don&#8217;t do it every year?) fundraising for Florida classroom science supplies on Donors Choose. We typically match your donations up to $500 but this time we&#8217;re doubling that! We&#8217;ll campaign for donations for a month (until about September 7) and then we&#8217;ll match your donations up to $1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3037\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?attachment_id=3037\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/thanks.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"thanks\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/thanks.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/thanks.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/thanks.jpg?resize=245%2C184\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3037\" width=\"245\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/thanks.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/thanks.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/thanks.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve chosen five classrooms to support, making sure to help teachers from across the state and at different grade levels. If we fully fund these, we&#8217;ll add more to our list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donorschoose.org\/giving\/florida-citizens-for-science-giving-page\/21777617\/?active=true\">Donors Choose Giving Page<\/a> and let&#8217;s get this year off to a great start for science education in Florida!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding Climate Change<br>\nHelp me give my students climate change kits, a hands-on lab experience to discover how carbon dioxide interacts with the atmosphere to contribute to rising global temperatures from both natural and human resources.<br>\nLehigh Senior High School\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2Lehigh Acres, FL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dissecting for Science<br>\nHelp me give my students first-hand dissection experience. My advanced middle schoolers dissect flowers each year but we use old or substitute instruments. These dissection kits will give them a much better experience!<br>\nGlades Middle School\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2Miramar, FL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>K-Style Scientists<br>\nHelp me give my students authentic lab coats and fog free goggles for fun Science.<br>\nShaw Elementary School\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2Tampa, FL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>STEM Makes The Difference!<br>\nHelp me bring science to life for my scholars with Science Instant Learning Centers and the K-1 STEM that will help to make Science Alive.<br>\nU B Kinsey-Palmview Elementary School\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2West Palm Beach, FL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experiential Learning in Space Science<br>\nHelp me give my students understand and experience space science using visuals and models!<br>\nJames W Johnson Prep Middle School\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2Jacksonville, FL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We don&#8217;t get to do this often enough, but I&#8217;m happy to kick off our Fifth Annual (can I call it annual if we don&#8217;t do it every year?) fundraising for Florida classroom science supplies on Donors Choose. We typically &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3529\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-UV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2853,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2853","url_meta":{"origin":3529,"position":0},"title":"4th Annual science education fundraiser LAUNCH!","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"July 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida Teachers Need Your Help Supporting Science Education The best way to learn about science is to actually do science. 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