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Ms. Tobe from Saint Louis, MO is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Tobe's classroom raised $602

Electric Youth: Electrifying the Science Classroom

My students need supplies to experience electric circuits and magnets hands on -- the only way to truly do science.

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Ms. Tobe Barack Obama Elementary School
Saint Louis, MO Grades 6-8

Electricity and magnetism cannot merely be read about, it must be seen and experienced by young minds! I teach 7th grade science to truly wonderful young people in a low income community where hands on science supplies are practically nonexistent.

As a second year teacher, I have seen what a difference hands on instruction makes in the classroom. Students are engaged, enjoy the learning process (Yes!) and retain the information significantly better when they are actually doing science. For some of my students, this is the first science instruction they've received in their 7 years of schooling. We have too much instruction to make up to be spending time reading outdated textbooks. Like all children, my students deserve the best science instruction possible, and this means hands on!

To learn simple, series, and parallel circuits, my students need the materials to make these circuits. It is through this experience that they will gain a deeper understanding of the content and truly retain the information. Additionally, many of my students have not experienced the attraction and repulsion of magnets. A magnet kit will allow my students to experience and understand magnetic fields, and the effects of like poles and unlike poles interacting.

Your help will ensure that my students stay engaged, experience what science truly is, and learn the joy of a quality education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

140 students impacted 15 donors
Ms. Tobe Barack Obama Elementary School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Saint Louis, MO View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

140 students impacted 15donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Circuits Kit • School Specialty Inc. $57.64 6 $345.84
Level 2 - Permanent Magnet Activity Kits • School Specialty Inc. $72.23 1 $72.23

Materials cost

$418.07

Vendor shipping charges

 $41.81

Sales tax

 $17.68

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$492.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.18

Total project goal

$601.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $601.01

12 Donors

-$601.00

Donations toward project cost

-$492.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$108.18

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