Help me give my students potassium iodide, hydrogen peroxide, a Tesla coil, a Jellyfish lamp, a dry ice bubble maker, a galaxy projector, a plasma ball, and a levitating moon lamp to do experiments all year long!
$640 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
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.
Our students are incredibly caring and eager to be back for face-to-face learning. Now more than ever, we have to try our best as teachers to provide them with the best that we can. We don't know how deeply this pandemic has affected them, but I will help them get ready for anything.
Our students are amazing, very smart, creative, funny, and curious, and I want to help our students be engaged and motivated!
We, as teachers, have to be even more creative than ever. So, I want to continue to bring the best resources that we can to help students improve their futures! Our students live in a community with a high poverty rate but we will try our hardest to not let that be the biggest determining factor for their futures.
My Project
My Special Education students often have a harder time understanding abstract concepts. Science has many abstract concepts but making it hands-on and including Applied Science research makes those concepts a lot easier and even fun for them.
Applied science is important as it enables science to be more applicable in real life.
All the materials that I am including are for various Applied Science research activities throughout the school year. The potassium iodide, hydrogen peroxide, and dry ice bubble maker will be used for chemical reaction experiments. The Tesla coil and plasma ball will be used to research electricity. The galaxy projector and levitating moon will be used to create a planetarium feel when we study planetary lessons. The jellyfish lamp will be used to show students what jellyfish look like up close without the danger of real specimens.
Applied research deals with solving practical problems that exist in the real world where mistakes are okay and part of the engineering process that is important for students.
Levitating Moon Lamp Night Light - FIRPOW 18 Colors Floating and Spinning in Air Freely and 3D LED Printing Moon Light,Brightness Adjustable,Timing Setting,for Unique Gifts,Room Decor - 6 Inch
• Amazon Business
$118.88
1
$118.88
Joytech Music Tesla Coil DIY Kit Arc Plasma Loudspeaker Wireless Transmission Experiment Desktop Toy Model YS11
• Amazon Business
$67.99
1
$67.99
Lightahead LED Jellyfish Lamp Round with Remote Control & 7 Color Changing Light Effects. The Ultimate Sensory Synthetic Jelly Fish Aquarium Mood Lamp. Ideal Gift (Large with Remote)
• Amazon Business
$64.99
1
$64.99
BlissLights Sky Lite 2.0 - RGB LED Laser Star Projector, Galaxy Lighting, Nebula Lamp (Blue Stars, Smart App)
• Amazon Business
Steve Spangler Science Kit Dry Ice Bubble Maker – Safe, Easy Science Kit for Hands-On Experiments – Stem Kits for Kids Ages 8 and Up – Includes Gloves, Solution, Activity Guide & More
• Amazon Business
$34.24
1
$34.24
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ITEM
• Frey Scientific
$25.00
1
$25.00
Materials cost
$492.79
Vendor shipping charges
$13.17
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$7.39
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$543.35
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$95.89
Total project goal
$639.24
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$639.24
4 Donors
-$416.30
Donations toward project cost
-$396.30
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$20.00
match offer
-$173.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$147.05
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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