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Science Leadership Academy at Beeber
5925 Malvern Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19131
215-581-2107
May 20, 2016
Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation
1000 Lowe’s Boulevard Mooresville,
NC 28117
WHITEBOARD PAINTED WALLS PROJECT
Science Leadership Academy at Beeber in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is looking for a grant to provide the students clear, focused and interactive space…. (some more intro).
Science Leadership Academy has approximately 325 students. Of those 325, about more than half use use the Engineering/Math room on a daily basis. Multiple students use the space has a collaboration space during lunch. This space engages in a lot of creativity, collaboration and innovation. However, the space is not engaging or pleasing to let ideas run and create. There is a small chalkboard space and unneeded construction paper that takes up space from drawing and sketching ideas.
Painting whiteboard paint hopes to promote effective teamwork and communication. If people find verbal communication an issue, whiteboard paint can open up a space for visual communication. It doesn’t require paper to be used for ideas, just draw and snap a picture. This project is to create a more welcoming environment where ideas aren’t limited to the size of a paper.
The budget required to carry out this project is $500. $450 will be spent on the painting material. We are looking to buy Transparent, Eco-Friendly Whiteboard Paint from Writeyboards for $150 per 50 square feet. The amount of square feet we will be painting is approximately 96.72 square feet. Thus we require two purchases, each at $150. However, to be on the safe side we would prefer to buy 50 square feet more paint. The rest of the $50 will be spent on paint supplies such as rollers and paint trays. We will not need much supplies as it is a one room project, a budget of $500.
To visually see a difference in the room with whiteboard paint, we have a virtual model. The model was created through Tinkercad, a real depiction of our Engineering/Math room. The image has been split. One side with the mounts, that we want to remove. One side with a view of how clean the room would look without the whiteboard mounts. Another image is of the side view, another place where mounts would be removed. It has the same idea as the previous one. It is clearly visible, a room without chalkboard or whiteboard mounts looks more modern and inviting.
Respectfully,
Mallika Saini, Emanuel-Spain Lopez, Jacqueline Shepard and Adam BennettHand Sanitizer
There’s been multiple times i've when to the hand sanitizer dispenser for hand sanitizer and there’s none in there and it really frustrates me. So what my plan is I want to put hand sanitizers all over over the classroom. I think it’s best to have hand sanitizer because number one it's more sanitary and we always have engeneering after lunch and some people be playing basketball or doing whatever and it makes their hands dirty. Also there is never soap in the bathrooms so personally I am always looking for something to make my hands more sanitary. This project will not take long at all , all i'm going to do is go to like a dollar store and purchase 5 hand sanitizers and we can place 3 out in the class and keep 2 hidden for when they run out.
Team
Amna Clean ‘em
Michael Tape ‘em
The tables are very dirty and student needs better grades. Only tape and soap and water and a pair of hands are needed. The students that clean get extra cred. In addition, only one person needs. Every person after that gets the job done faster. Afterward tape the tables so they can’t not dirty ‘em again. We can’t remove and we don’t use so taping is the best. Glue is too sticky. This project can be done today. Once the tables are clean and taped then the success is real.
The before
The after
Shelves: | Potential Solutions: |
Kiersten Michelle Iris Cristian Zoe Jean Mercedes Kemet Salina |
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Floor and Wall Space | Potential Solution |
Domenick Ngozi Queren Tyrone |
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Before:
The problem with the current situation in the back of the room is that it’s incredibly messy. It’s almost impossible to find anything back there, and it’s really easy for people’s work to get destroyed.
Plan:
There are projects lying on the ground everywhere. Things are just sitting on tables. Some things are in different shelves or in different places from where they are supposed to be. Our job will be to fix this. Here are some ideas we had to fix these problems.
Create a group of student to clean up the back of the classroom, either during class or during lunch.
Divide the back of the classroom into sections to help organize
Supplies
Projects
3D Printing
Etc.
Using the maker space create shelves or new places for storage throughout the back of the classroom
Clean up the boxes in the back of the classroom
After:
With our current timeline, we probably won’t be able to finish reorganizing the back of the room. We would probably need around 3 more class periods of every member in our group organizing and cleaning to fully complete this project. We would also need to make the shelves and storage space in the maker space, which could organize a small team to do during class or at lunch. This should take about 2-3 classroom/lunch days.
There are projects lying on the ground everywhere. Things are just sitting on tables. Some things are in different shelves or in different places from where they are supposed to be. Our job will be to fix this. Here are some ideas we had to fix these problems.
Create a group of student to clean up the back of the classroom, either during class or during lunch.
Divide the back of the classroom into sections to help organize
Supplies
Projects
3D Printing
Etc.
Using the makerspace create shelves or new places for storage throughout the back of the classroom
Clean up the boxes in the back of the classroom
With our current timeline, we probably won’t be able to finish reorganizing the back of the room. We would probably need around 3 more class periods of every member in our group organizing and cleaning to fully complete this project. We would also need to make the shelves and storage space in the makerspace, which could organize a small team to do during class or at lunch. This should take about 2-3 classroom/lunch days.
