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Mrs. Drum from Milwaukee, WI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Drum's classroom raised $545

Super Science Sleuths

My students need 9 basic electrical materials in order to explore the fundamental aspects of electricity including static electricity, current, circuits and usage.

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Mrs. Drum Green Bay Avenue Elementary School
Milwaukee, WI Grades 3-5

My Students

What is genius? Thomas Edison said, "Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration." The need to work hard can only happen in a setting that provides resources. My students attend an inner city school which lacks much of the basic scientific equipment & supplies necessary to work hard and learn.

My students are special education students with emotional and behavioral disabilities, in grades 3rd - 6th.

They learn best by doing! They need to develop their critical thinking and problem solving skills. One strong avenue of learning for them is to explore through hands on experiments. Once my students realize that they are going to be able to actually manipulate objects as they learn and explore, they take charge of their learning, collaborate with each other and start to demonstrate leadership qualities. To them, learning is FUN!

My Project

One of the subjects our students are researching and exploring in depth this coming school year is "Electricity". In order to study electricity, the students will need a variety of materials to manipulate. They will first discover what it was like to work by "candlelight" and work their way through solar power. The materials we are requesting include scientific equipment like: magnets, switches, wire, solar panels, sockets and lightbulbs, battery boxes, motors and resource books. These materials and activities will provide my special needs students the opportunity to explore, learn and demonstrate knowledge that will assist them as they progress in their scientific studies.

Without the opportunity to actually manipulate and explore these scientific concepts, the students will only read about the concepts.

This is not the most effective avenue of learning for them. It will be difficult for most to understand and incorporate the importance of electricity in their daily lives. If they don't understand electricity and where it comes from, how can we raise students, who look to the future for environmentally "green" and renewable energy.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

15 students impacted 4 donors
Mrs. Drum Green Bay Avenue Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Milwaukee, WI 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

15 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Student Investigations, Electric Circuits • Carolina Biological Supply Company $7.95 1 $7.95
STC BOOK: Electric Circuits, Pack of 8 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $125.00 1 $125.00
Literacy Enhancement: Electricity • Carolina Biological Supply Company $99.95 1 $99.95
Solar Electricity Demonstration Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $15.15 1 $15.15
DiscoveryKit Electricity • Carolina Biological Supply Company $17.34 1 $17.34
PHYSICAL SCIENCE GRAVITY, MAGNETS, ELECTRICITY EXPERIMENTS -- Remedia Science Experiments; Physical Science • Quill $6.11 1 $6.11
Electrostatic Charge Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $56.95 1 $56.95
Magnet Levitation Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $24.65 1 $24.65
Carolina Magnet Center • Carolina Biological Supply Company $40.80 1 $40.80

Materials cost

$393.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.84

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$473.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.78

Total project goal

$544.43

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $544.43

4 Donors

-$529.48

Donations toward project cost

-$473.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.83

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.95

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 $0.00

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