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Mr. Nesbitt's classroom raised $425

Soaring High With STEM: Water Bottle Rockets

My students need a water bottle rocket launcher, chipboard, and a foot pump to build and launch water bottle rockets.

This project expired on June 10, 2015.

Mr. Nesbitt Richard Henry Dana Middle School

San Pedro, CA Grades 6-8

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

In my classroom, students are learning engineering design through project-based learning. Students work in pairs or groups to research, design, build, test, analyze and present an engineering design project. I hope that my students develop deeper critical thinking and problem solving skills.

My students are a diverse mix of 7th and 8th graders from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

They are curious, inventive, and enthusiastic about the challenge of the various STEM projects they encounter throughout the year. They attend a school that is in the heart of an urban port town in California. My students taken pride in their cities, families and cultures. They strive to do their best for themselves, their schools and their families.

My Project

With these materials, students will learn about rocketry, trajectory, parachute design, and forces. Students will design a water bottle rocket that can fly as high as possible and deploy a parachute at the top of the launch. Students will design and assemble the materials to make their projects. They will launch them using the foot pump and rocket launcher. During the launch, they will measure the height of the rocket launch using basic mathematics techniques.

Your generous support and donations for this project will have a permanent and lasting impact on my students.

Your donation will create a positive echo in each student's life which will propel them into the future with motivation, knowledge, and skill. Donations to this project will make a difference because the focus of this project is on 21st Century skills for students that will create a positive impact on our local and global communities.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

190 students impacted 8 donors

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San Pedro, CA
Grades 6-8
Engineering & Technology
Mathematics
Technology
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Mr. Nesbitt Richard Henry Dana Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

San Pedro, CA 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

190 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

All Purpose Stik Mini Glue Sticks: .27x4" 100-Pack • Amazon $7.22 12 $86.64

Grafix Medium Weight Chipboard Sheets, 8-1/2-Inch by 11-Inch, Natural, 25-Pack • Amazon $6.84 8 $54.72

Estes 302232 Alti Trak Altitude Finder • Amazon $12.99 3 $38.97

Darice 1096-53 Power Strip Surge Protector with 6 Outlets and 2-Feet Cord for Lighting, Cream • Amazon $9.09 4 $36.36

Aquapod Bottle Launcher, Fluorescent Orange • Amazon $34.99 1 $34.99

Genuine Joe GJO03339 2-Ply Low Density Puncture Resistant Liner, 33 gallon Capacity, 39" Length x 33" Width x 0.60 mil Thickness, Brown/Black (Case of 60) • Amazon $8.70 3 $26.10

Schwinn Double Barrel Foot Pump • Amazon $15.21 1 $15.21

Materials cost			$292.99
Vendor shipping charges			$6.49
Sales tax			$26.81
3rd party payment processing fee			$4.39
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$360.68
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$63.65
Total project goal			$424.33
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$424.33
6 Donors			-$331.68
Donations toward project cost			-$296.93
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$34.75
match offer			-$75.00
Match offer toward project cost			-$63.75
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$11.25
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$17.65
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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This teacher needs your help!

Soaring High With STEM: Water Bottle Rockets

This project expired on June 10, 2015.

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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