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Mr. Kirkpatrick from Houston TX is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Wolverine Rocket Force

My students need rocket kits, launching systems and engines as projects for my Summer program geared towards Advanced Placement students.

  • $579 goal

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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

Controlled chaos! Students intensely running around solving problems and accessing materials...these are descriptions of my STEM-Project Based classroom. Highly differentiated and accessible projects with high interest and participation characterize the projects at M.C. Williams STEM Academy.

M.C.

Williams STEM Academy is the 3rd most highly rated Middle School in Houston ISD and is located in a subdivision of Houston called Acres Homes; the sixth most poverty stricken community in America. Acres Homes is a proud community with origins in the post Civil War Era and M.C. Williams is a shining beacon for the students in the area. The students at M.C. Williams typically have an 8 to 4 day but half of our students stay for tutoring until 5pm and have all three meals at school. We have Saturday School every Saturday with over half of our students attending and having 2 meals at school. We have few discipline problems primarily because our students are highly motivated and feel privileged to be part of the Project Based Learning at M. C. Williams STEM Academy.

My Project

We will be using the rocket kits for an integrated Science and Math lesson touching on a few Social Studies elements as well. During the month of June, I will be conducting a group of advanced students in our Bridge Summer Program. My goal with the rocket kits is to introduce and reinforce Newton's Three Laws of Motion (Introduction to Physics), use the clinometer function of home made astrolabes and tangent tables to calculate altitude of launches (Trigonometry) and use the Internet to research Goddard's history (Social Studies). The lessons will be self-differentiating and accessible to all functional levels with numerous hands on components as well as computations with pure research and documentation.

The goal of the project is primarily two fold.

First we intend to reinforce the Introduction to Physics that some of the students will have already had during the regular year and to introduce new material to others who have not had the exposure. Second we intend to counteract the negative academic effects of not attending school during the Summer; to keep the students engaged in academic endeavors.

Mr. Kirkpatrick
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Alpha III Rocket Bulk 12/Pack  • Sargent-Welch $124.09 2 $248.18
Wizard Bulk Pack 12/Pack  • Sargent-Welch $83.09 1 $83.09
Rocket Engine A8-3 24/Pack  • Sargent-Welch $78.89 1 $78.89
T-Minus 5 Rocket Starter Set  • Sargent-Welch $45.00 1 $45.00

Materials cost

$455.16

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$491.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.82

Total project goal

$578.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$578.81

12 Donors

-$577.93

Donations toward project cost

-$491.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.94

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

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$0.00

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