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Mr. Moore from Wilmington NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Alternative Energy and the Alternative School

My students need solar energy exploration kits, solar cells, and butcher paper to make posters displays documenting their project work and results.

  • $287 goal

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My Students

The students in our alternative middle school come to us after having taken a big fall--they have all been long-term suspended from regular public schools for behavior infractions. Our school represents their last best hope of rediscovering school as a place they can fit in and succeed.

One best chance of turning things around for these students is to engage them in meaningful hands-on learning activities.

For me as a science teacher, that often means helping them discover how they can wrestle with 21st century issues using science processes and 21st century technology. Unfortunately, most of my teaching materials are mid- to late-20th century and significantly older than my students. That's why I'm seeking resources my students can use to explore alternative forms of energy.

My Project

With three basic solar energy kits and some additional resources, I can use the "wow-challenge" method of inquiry-based science instruction to entice my students to design and carry out their own science experiments to answer their own questions. Using this approach, students groups engage in both open- and guided-exploration of the solar energy kits and resources(the "wow" part of the process). When they are sufficiently "wowed" with what they can do, I challenge them to come up with their own questions that can only be answered through experimentation with the materials at hand: "How many light bulbs do you think we could get this solar cell to light up at once?" "If we also use stuff in the pulleys and levers box we worked with last month, how much weight do you think we could get that solar powered motor to lift?" In order to answer these questions, the students will need to work cooperatively to design and carry out their own experiments.

The middle school students who enter our alternative program have taken a big fall; we are their safety net.

These students have not found their way in the traditional school system, and each year that passes makes it less likely they ever will. If you can help provide the materials that set these kids up for success, we can nurture that success. For many of these students this year in our program represents their last best hope of learning how to do school. Let's make it happen together.

Mr. Moore
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PAPER PRJT RL WHITE 60# 20 YD - SCHOOL SMART • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $11.39 4 $45.56
KIT SOLAR POWER EDUCATIONAL • Frey Scientific, Inc. $33.52 3 $100.56
SOLAR CELL .45VOC 100MA • Frey Scientific, Inc. $8.95 3 $26.85

Materials cost

$172.97

Vendor shipping charges

 $19.85

Sales tax

 $13.49

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$243.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.04

Total project goal

$286.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $286.94

5 Donors

-$97.00

Donations toward project cost

-$82.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.55

match offer

-$189.94

Match offer toward project cost

-$161.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.49

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 $0.00

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