| Project name | Amount requested | Teacher | School Where Teacher Works | Project Description |
| Touch our lives! | $915.00 | Jenna Shaner | Arnall Middle School | I teach students with a variety of disabilities, including Autism, Down Syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy. My students experience difficulties in communicating with others and understanding the world around them. By utilizing the iPod touch and available applications, my students will be able to build communication skills and practice educational skills. |
| Investigating Hypoxia | $900.00 | Dan S. Gant | Starr's Mill High School | As a result of career choices and environmental issues, the study of hypoxia is becoming more important to our community. Many students and their relatives do not understand its relevance. This investigation will teach students about hypoxia, its onset, its danger, and its prevention. The investigation involves various laboratory exercises. |
| What's in my Food? | $1,255.00 | Kelly Rock | Starr's Mill High School | This project will investigate the amount of organic compounds (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins) in our daily food. Based upon this information acquired by testing, students will evaluate whether their meal should be considered healthy and plan a meal that meets the nutritional requirements for their body's specific needs. |
| Doable Renewables | $1,500.00 | Anne Hertzog | Crabapple Lane Elementary School | How will we fuel our future? Fifth graders will explore valuable hands-on opportunities when they construct actual working models that use renewable, alternative energy sources to produce electricity. Young scientists will combine their love of building gadgets with their quest for a future of abundant, safe, and sustainable energy. |
| Flying Your Way to Understanding Forces | $1,327.00 | Katie Lowrie | East Coweta High School | Students learn best by doing. Because we cannot take them all out for a flight in a real airplane, this project allows them to fly, using a simulator. Students will learn about aerodynamics and how different types of forces affect the flight of an airplane. |
| iPad therefore iCan | $1,387.90 | Kimberly Walden | Braelinn Elementary | The iPad has been shown to offer programs which enable a non-verbal student the ability to communicate. Programs are available to assist teaching a child new words and basic concepts. It also aids development of fine motor skills. The door this technology opens for special needs students is impressive. |
| Using Real World Technology for a 21st Century Career | $1,480.00 | Martha Milam | East Coweta High School | Students will use Vernier Probeware as part of Inquiry-Based Chemistry Labs, which are structured to promote student collaboration in the design and performance of experiments. Working with the real-word technology of probeware will prepare students for a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) work environment. |
| Science is a Blast | $1,500.00 | Guy Serapion | Huddleston Elementary | Students will build model rockets from a kit and launch them as a culminating activity to connect several different science standards paying homage to the recently retired space shuttle program. Students will apply the scientific method to intelligently modify and build their individual rocket and test them on "Rocket Day" |
| Finch Robots | $1,307.00 | Lori Decker | McIntosh High School | Students will be introduced to Java programming concepts and computer science by working collaboratively to program Finch Robots to complete an assigned task or activity. |
| Outside Learning Center | $1,500.00 | Tom Barnett | Central Educational Center | Outside Leaning Center - The OLC is a free standing open air pavillion 10' x 24' to be used by students and faculity as an alternate/non traditional classroom. |
| Elmo: Document Camera | $821.00 | Kristina Lightfoot | Rising Starr Middle School | The use of a document camera in a math classroom will allow students to see teacher use of manipulatives at the same time, as well as giving students the opportunity to present their own ideas and understandings to the class through the use of manipulatives or diagrams. |
| Mimio for Education | $1,500.00 | Stephanie Steerman | White Oak Elementary | The project would entail installing a Mimio board and all of it's components into my classroom for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. |
| Kid's Playhouse | $1,200.00 | Larry Singleton | McIntosh High School | 2nd an 3rd year Construction students will build a 1/2 scale kids playhouse designed by 1st year Architectural Drawing and Design students. The playhouse will be sold and delivered to the highest bidder at a local spring home and garden expo. Proceeds will fund next year's playhouse. |
| Birthday Book Club | $1,500.00 | Tina Marsh and April Young | White Oak Elementary | The Birthday Book Club would give every student the opportunity to celebrate their birthday by choosing a book on their reading level that would become part of their personal home library. Children will be recognized on the daily news and visit the Birthday Book Room to choose their book. |
| Lets Do the Wave | $1,500.00 | Robert Lutz | Madras Middle School | The project provides students hands on opportunities to test basic principles of wave behavior. Students explore characteristics of electromagnetic and mechanical waves. Specifically, students will gain knowledge of the electromagnetic spectrum, sound waves, the behavior of light, and observation of color. |
| Go Green--Go Clean! | $1,500.00 | Gail Widener | Heard County High School | Our Go Green--Go Clean campaign will be a long-term project that will educate students about the importance of recycling. They will learn the business of recycling and accept responsibility of collection of recyclable items. |
| Real World Math | $1,039.00 | Mary Lou Goehring | Braelinn Elementary | Students will engage in critical thinking and problem solving using everyday materials to build math concepts through investigations to connect mathematical concepts to applications in life and the work place. Math concepts include estimation, speed, fractions, ratio, proportion, averages, statistics, volume, geometry, weight, and measurement. |
| Video Game Math | $1,500.00 | Kristen Brady | Lee Middle School | The purpose of this project is to incorporate the hand held Nintendo DS and a variety of math games into our sixth grades classes. Using modern technology that is engaging and fun will provide excellent motivation for students of all skill levels to improve. |
| Character Counts in Alternative Education | $1,500.00 | Dr. Margrite Wimbish | Fayette County Alternative School | The alternative program serves at-risk students (6-12th). In addition to meeting the academic needs of students, it is important to address social, emotional, and behavioral needs. This program will supplement the current Habitudes program, provide student recognition, access to community resources and daily Character Counts lessons and activities. |
| Georgia Science Through Our Eyes | $1,500.00 | Tammy D. Hyder | East Coweta Middle School | The students will produce a photographic/video field journal for other students to use throughout the year and in years to come. This project will focus on Georgia in the areas of Earth Science, Life Science and Physical Science. The project has the potential to reach over 1,000 students. |
| I tech--I talk | $1,500.00 | Beth Posta | White Oak Elementary | Ipads will be used in special needs classes and with pre-k students to facillitate communication. It will allow severely communication impaired students to have a socially acceptable means of communication, reading instruction and vocabulary development. We will train families to facilitate this type of communication/learning at home. |
| Teaching Young Singers Musical Skills Using Digital Piano | $1,500.00 | Becki Mayo | Hood Avenue Primary School | In my Title 1 school, where 46% of students receive supplemental funding, budgetary restrictions limit my classroom to an outdated piano with no funds for tuning. Other schools in my county are equipped with adequate upright or digital pianos. My school requires similar equipment for teaching age-appropriate musical skills. |
| TOTAL | $29,631.90 | | | |