You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Dr. Colbert from Raleigh, NC is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Dr. Colbert is requesting
Fully Funded

Dr. Colbert's classroom raised $648

Temperature, Kinetic Energy, & the Particle Model of Matter

My students need six temperature probes and three conductivity probes for our existing data loggers to perform labs investigating kinetic energy and ionic compounds.

Classroom photo
Dr. Colbert profile photo
Dr. Colbert Wake Early College High School Health & Science
Raleigh, NC Grades 9-12

My Students

Beginning chemistry students must develop a consistent model of matter as discrete particles, rather than a continuous material with no substructure. Hands-on activities investigating temperature and conductivity allow students to infer the microscopic behavior of particles based on energy transfer.

Our students attend an Early College with a health sciences focus located in an urban setting.

The science curriculum consists of Earth Science in 9th grade and Biology and Chemistry in 10th. Students gain their remaining required science credits in college classes. It is important that they develop the necessary critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills by the end of 10th grade. The foundation for my instructional approach is the constructivist model of learning, with the teacher as a facilitator, not a final authority. My students respond well to the inquiry-based cooperative activities, but they often struggle to construct relevant conceptual models, particularly of abstract concepts like the particle model of matter, kinetic molecular theory, and the behavior of charged particles.

My Project

The temperature and conductivity probes will allow my students to perform laboratory activities using existing data collection devices. The labs using this equipment include developing heating curves for water and cooling curves for lauric acid, determining the effect of temperature on pressure and volume of gases, and determining the conductivity of various ionic and molecular compounds. Students that develop robust mental models of the structure and behavior of particles of matter are generally more adroit at characterizing chemical reactions and solving problems in stoichiometry than students that maintain a continuous model of matter. Students with weak or inconsistent microscopic models usually resort to algorithmic approaches rather than conceptual understanding.

By providing the opportunity to explain observations of temperature and conductivity students realize that they must modify their model of matter to account for the existence of different physical states for the same substance and the existence of negatively charged particles that are mobile to varying degrees in different materials.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

150 students impacted 4 donors
Dr. Colbert Wake Early College High School Health & Science Grades 9-12 Raleigh, 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

150 students impacted 4donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Dr. Colbert is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Conductivity Probe • Vernier $95.00 3 $285.00
Stainless Steel Temperature Probe • Vernier $29.00 6 $174.00

Materials cost

$459.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.77

Sales tax

 $35.80

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$550.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$97.14

Total project goal

$647.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $647.59

3 Donors

-$197.00

Donations toward project cost

-$167.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.55

match offer

-$450.59

Match offer toward project cost

-$383.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.59

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Dr. Colbert and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"NC","teacherPossessivePronoun":"their","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":4,"name":"High School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/temperature-kinetic-energy-the-parti/681533/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":150,"isEquityFocusV1":false,"teacherScreenName":"Dr. Colbert","isEquityFocus":false,"proposalHash":"1600426359","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Raleigh","teachersOnPage":[378477],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":681533,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":30285,"schoolName":"Wake Early College High School Health & Science","authorIds":{"378477":{"owner":"Dr. Colbert","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[681533],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp378477_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1470624659952","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":31479,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["NTA4MzI4","NTU1MzA0","MTIzMDk1Mg==","ODcwOA=="],"teacherId":378477,"schoolCounty":"Wake","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"NC","name":"North Carolina"}}