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Mrs. Hildebrandt from Shelbyville, TN is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Hildebrandt's classroom raised $210

A Matter Of Physics

My students need 3 energy and matter resources, including a Physics Solar Workshop.

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Mrs. Hildebrandt Southside Elementary School
Shelbyville, TN Grades 3-5

I teach 20 inquisitive students(a large percentage of whom live below the poverty level)who love to learn! I enjoy teaching third grade students, and strive to be an effective educator.

That love the students have for learning often isn't enough to master the skills needed to succeed--especially in the area of science. According to the State of TN, students will investigate energy and its uses. This is not done well with textbooks alone.

The Solar Workshop and the Matter & Energy science kit, along with the book that I am requesting, will enable my students to investigate the world of physics. The Book of Questions will get them thinking at higher levels about force and motion, inventions, and matter and energy before they are engaged in the experiments. They will, for instance, discover first-hand how the sun's energy can be changed into different forms of energy. Instead of simply filling in blanks on workbook pages, students will use these manipulatives/experiments to answer questions like "How are doing work and energy related?" and "How do things move and stop?". The kits will make science fun through hand-on activities involving force, Newton’s Laws, kinetic and potential energy, heat, and states of matter.

Your donation will make it possible for these under-served children to meet some important learning goals in the area of physics. Introducing physics in concrete ways now will help encourage students to like science, and maybe even love it.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

20 students impacted 5 donors
Mrs. Hildebrandt Southside Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Shelbyville, TN View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

20 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Physics Solar Workshop • Nasco $56.25 1 $56.25
Physical Science Higher-Level Thinking Questions • Nasco $18.95 1 $18.95
Power of Science Matter and Energy Grades 4-6 • Nasco $62.95 1 $62.95

Materials cost

$138.15

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.82

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$172.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.76

Total project goal

$209.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $209.76

4 Donors

-$200.50

Donations toward project cost

-$172.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.26

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 $0.00

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