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Mr. Powell from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My students need 25 scientific calculators to complete necessary problem solving in physics.

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Mr. Powell David Starr Jordan High School
Los Angeles, CA Grades 9-12

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

What is the tangent of a 60 degree angle? ---- Calculate the hypotenuse of a triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem.

I teach in a public school in south Los Angeles.

Our students have few expendable resources and are often the first in their family to go to college. In addition, many students are the first to graduate High School!!!! Calculators are an essential part of a high school physics course and at many schools, they are part of the required materials to take the course. They are much like a $15 pencil and paper. However, for our student $15 is often more than they can spend on non-essential items such as food and clothing.

My Project

These calculators will allow access to vital components of a rigorous high school physics curriculum. Egg drops, bridge building, rocketry, and projectile motion are fun and engaging projects that introduce fundamental concepts of physics. However, then students take standardized tests and go on to college and are left behind because they never learned how to solve a problem using a calculator. These calculators will be issued to students to use for the entire semester so they have them in class and at home. They will then return them so future classes can benefit.

Fundamental math concepts are the core of two-dimensional motion in physics.

Although simple with the right tool, this would be impossible without a scientific calculator. Like driving a nail without a hammer!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

50 students impacted 1 donor
Mr. Powell David Starr Jordan High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Los Angeles, CA 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

50 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR -- Sharp Scientific Calculators; EL-W535B, 12-Digit • Quill $14.39 25 $359.75

Materials cost

$359.75

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.60

Sales tax

 $32.92

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$436.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.25

Total project goal

$501.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $501.92

1 Donor

-$501.92

Donations toward project cost

-$436.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.25

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