I am really excited about the stuff we've got going on at Steel City Science these days. I hope you read my latest diatribe about polyomavirus research, but today I want to point you to something I am even more excited about. There is a movement in the science blogging community (which our blog is hoping to break into) to support a non-profit called DonorsChoose. If you have not heard of this group, they help teachers gain money for small scale projects, and individual donors can support part or all of these projects. $10 for pencil sharpeners in a third grade classroom, $25 towards purchase of a laptop in a middle school, $100 for new textbooks. The donor chooses what they want to support and to what extent. Cool right?
Every year there is a challenge called Science Bloggers for Students, that allows different blogs to seek donations and encourages competition to maximize funding. I was heartbroken to see that Pittsburgh has 18 projects which are largely unfunded, including some really important requests for basic supplies (scientific calculators, ouch). So we've decided to jump into the challenge, check it out at Steel City Science. Or just follow or donation page here. From there, you can also track our brilliant successes, and I think track our progress against other blogs and blogging networks. Yeah, we are up against WIRED blogs, so we *might* not win. But if we try at all, hopefully students win, right?
Science Bloggers for Students, Steel City Science Page
If there are other projects you are more interested in supporting (the African drumming class needs drums. Ouch, my heart.), if you follow my link, it still counts towards our total.
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