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Mrs. Niehaus from Knoxville TN is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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An Electric Experiment With Energy!

Help me give my students an ENERGETIC experience by allowing them to experiment with energy and circuits!

  • 7 donors
  • $225 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

In my Science Classroom, my students are always so excited and curious to learn about how things work. I love to provide a hands on learning experience for all of my students in order to enhance their learning!

When learning about types of energy and circuits, it really helps to bridge the gaps whenever students are be able to get their hands on a circuit to see how it works!

Students do their best learning whenever they are able to have a physical object to practice with when applying their knowledge of what they have learned.

My goals are for my students to have an advanced grasp on the types of energy and how it can be transferred from one form to another. We will use the circuits by exploring:

1. How each circuit needs to have a power source and transducers to work.

2. How to create an open and closed circuit.

3. How to identify where the energy is being transferred to get the complete circuit to work.

I also would like to show my students a Newton's Cradle to show them potential and kinetic energy.

Thank you for considering donating to my classroom to allow my students to grow in their learning!

Mrs. Niehaus
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
EISCO Simple Circuit Kit - Electricity Kit for Building Basic, Parallel & Series Circuits - Includes Batteries, Wire, Bulbs, Knife Switch, Holders & Experiment Guide • Amazon Business $16.33 5 $81.65
Snap Circuits Classic SC-300 Electronics Exploration Kit | Over 300 Projects | Full Color Manual Parts | STEM Educational Toy for Kids 8+ 2.3 x 13.6 x 19.3 inches • Amazon Business $48.49 1 $48.49
QLKUNLA Newtons Cradle Balance Balls Science Physics Gadget Desktop Decoration Kinetic Motion Toy for Home and Office(7 Beads) (7 Beads) • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99

Materials cost

$158.13

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$190.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.62

Total project goal

$224.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $224.12

6 Donors

-$137.35

Donations toward project cost

-$118.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.10

match offer

-$85.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$72.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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 $0.00

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