Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
We're in the last hour of week one of Blogger Challenge 2008, and ScienceBlogs readers have already donated a respectable $8,999 to public school projects. Yay ScienceBlogs readers!
You know I'm offering you enticements to donate to my challenge, but tonight I want to point out some proposals in other ScienceBloggers' challenges that need to be funded soon before the proposals expire.
Here they are, with the ones expiring soonest at the top:
Chefs & Cooks with Autism
(a refrigerator to store perishables for cooking classes in NYC)
3 days left
need $2,253
(Dispatches from the Culture Wars)
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Throw Us a Bone!!
(hands-on materials to teach anatomy and physiology to kids in Mississippi)
8 days left
need $315
(Laelaps)
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Say Cheese! Digital Camera for High School Newspaper
(what it says -- for a school in Mississippi; newspapers are the new blogs, right?)
11 days left
need $200
(Dispatches from the Culture Wars)
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Disarticulated Cat Skeletons for Animal Science
(what it sounds like, for a classroom in Indiana)
11 days left
need $146
(Laelaps)
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Donors, You Rock!!!
(materials for rock classification for a classroom in Oklahoma)
14 days left
need $320
(Green Gabbro)
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Game Plan--Paper Needed
(copy paper, to make handouts, diagrams, and other day-to-day classroom necessities in a science classroom in Mississippi)
15 days left
need $428
(Uncertain Principles)
Make no mistake -- we ScienceBloggers are competitive gits. But more important than our bragging rights is our ability to harness your generosity to accomplish concrete good for public school students and teachers in need.
So, follow the links, read about the project, and give what you can. We don't underestimate your awesomeness.
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