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Mr. Fuller from Redford MI is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Projectile Motion

My students need 3 Projectile Launchers.

  • $467 goal

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My Students

How does the range of a projectile fired at a 30 degree angle compare to that of one fired at a 60 degree angle? What angle is needed to maximize the range of a projectile? It's easy to derive the answers to these questions mathematically, but it's much more memorable to go hands-on.

My students are like most.

They've been taught to play the game of school all their lives. Sit still, listen, and do your work. It's possible to go on enforcing that model and teach physics using equations on paper, but with the right equipment, it's possible to engage students and show them that school can be something more.

My Project

Plenty of basic kids' toys can launch projectiles, but few can do so with precision and repeatable results. The basic use of this equipment is to be mounted on a lab table and try to predict the landing point using a known angle and launch velocity. The activity can be expanded upon knowing the spring constant and using an approach with conversation of energy. This is far from a single use piece of lab equipment - this could be used in a 9th grade basic physics class all the way up to an advanced AP class. My students need the Projectile Launcher Basix.

This is one more step moving my class toward more hands-on investigations that yield accurate results which can be used to crate models of physical phenomena.

It's about more than just playing around, we need quality lab equipment to be able to draw any conclusions from the data.

Mr. Fuller
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Projectile Launcher Basix • Sargent-Welch $118.80 3 $356.40

Materials cost

$356.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$396.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.01

Total project goal

$466.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $466.76

14 Donors

-$450.88

Donations toward project cost

-$384.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.88

match offer

-$15.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$12.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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