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Wind for my Earth/Environmental Science Classroom

My Earth Science (required course for High School graduation) students need 6 three speed fans for use in our Oceanography Unit.

  • $545 goal

This project expired on January 28, 2010.

This project expired on January 28, 2010.

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Ms. L. Carrboro High School
Carrboro, NC Grades 9-12

What do you remember most about your science classes? I'd bet it was the laboratory activities. Imagine, then, what it would have been like if, rather than being stocked with the appropriate supplies, you were asked to do arts-and-crafts projects: coloring a worksheet, cut and paste, etc. For several units in my Earth Science course, the students are reduced to doing just that sort of arts-and-crafts activity because we just do not have the appropriate supplies. As a young school, we had planned to acquire supplies slowly over the course of several years, but when the current economic crisis slashed this nation's educational budgets, it came as no surprise that I had to seek alternative funding for these critical laboratory supplies. I am asking for only the most critical supplies. No fancy equipment here. With a simple table fan, foil roaster pan, and bucket of water, I can create a valuable laboratory learning experience. However, the table fans are a bit pricey for one teacher to pay for out of pocket, so I am asking for your help. Please help my students understand the relationship between wind speed and wave velocity. Please help my students understand how hail is formed. Please help my students understand the relationship between wind and sand dune formation. These fans are used in more than one lab and more than one unit of study, but unless you fund the fans, those labs will never be carried out. Please help my students avoid having to color, cut and paste. Thank you.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

96 students impacted
Ms. L. Carrboro High School Grades 9-12 Carrboro, NC View local requests

More than a third of 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

96 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LAKEWOOD 14" THREE-SPEED MINI TOWER FAN -- Lakewood 14" Three-Speed Mini Tower Fan • Quill $62.99 6 $377.94

Materials cost

$377.94

Vendor shipping charges

 $37.79

Sales tax

 $16.06

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$446.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$98.00

Total project goal

$544.46

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