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Ms. Stone's classroom raised $166

Hot Wheels for Learning Newton's Laws

My students need 60 matchbox cars to help them learn Newton's 3 Laws of Motion.

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Ms. Stone Unity Junior High School
Cicero, IL Grades 6-8

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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

Newton's Laws of Motion are difficult to learn when you only have a textbook. Inertia? Confusing, at best, from a textbook. But place a weight on top of a matchbox car, let it go down a hill and hit a block and you'll see inertia in action!

I have approximately 140 students in my science classes this year.

My students mostly come from a low-income minority background. They live in a community that has some difficult issues facing it yet they come to school daily and are focused on learning and improving their future. They are excited about learning science. I try to find hands-on ways for them to experience science concepts; I find that they do not have a lot of background knowledge and/or experiences to build on. When we do hands-on science, I watch their faces light up as they make the connections to what we've read and talked about. Their learning increases exponentially with their experiences in my classroom.

My Project

When we receive these cars we will be able to do different labs that enable the students to internalize their learning. We can experience inertia and the relationship of mass and motion, find the variables that impact acceleration and velocity, and many other activities. The students will be able to see the Laws of Motion in action.

Having the matchbox cars will impact my students' learning tremendously.

We have books and boards to make ramps but nothing to roll down the ramps. We can talk about the Laws of Motion but can only loosely visualize them in our heads. When we get the cars we will be able to learn these concepts more deeply and permanently by "doing science".

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

140 students impacted 5 donors
Ms. Stone Unity Junior High School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Cicero, IL 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 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MATCHBOX CARS SET OF 10 • School Specialty Inc. $18.99 6 $113.94

Materials cost

$113.94

Vendor shipping charges

 $11.39

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$136.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.86

Total project goal

$165.90

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $165.90

4 Donors

-$160.41

Donations toward project cost

-$136.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.37

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.49

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 $0.00

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