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Mr. Timbs from Mountain City TN is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Friction: It's a Rough Life

My students need the friction apparatus, friction cubes, and the friction on an inclined plane devices to understand how friction and forces interact with each other.

  • $237 goal

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My Students

I teach science and social studies to approximately sixty kids every day. As soon as they come in, we get to work. We have lots of discussions and try to get our "hands dirty" as often as possible. I try to incorporate art and storytelling into our day as well.

I work with the best kids in the world!

Even though the majority of them come from poverty, they come in on most days with big smiles on their faces and an eagerness to learn. Many of them come to us without a lot of background experiences, so I try to give them numerous opportunities to get their hands on science and social studies materials.

My Project

It seems that the physical sciences can be some of the hardest concepts for students to grasp. By using the requested friction apparatus, friction cubes, and friction on an inclined plane devices, my students will be able to transfer the concepts we are discussing to several hands-on activities. These resources will allow students to see how friction is influenced by factors such as gravity, texture, and slope. These resources will also enable students to observe and understand how friction must be accounted for in everyday life.

My goal is to give students as many opportunities as possible to be captured by the "coolness" of science.

The donation you so generously give will allow these kids to have another chance to experience science in action.

Mr. Timbs
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Friction Apparatus • Carolina Biological Supply Company $31.83 2 $63.66
Friction on an Inclined Plane • Nasco $37.95 2 $75.90
Friction Cube • Nasco $6.95 2 $13.90

Materials cost

$153.46

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.35

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$201.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.49

Total project goal

$236.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $236.60

4 Donors

-$113.89

Donations toward project cost

-$100.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.33

match offer

-$118.29

Match offer toward project cost

-$100.55

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.74

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.42

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 $0.00

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