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Ms. Donais from Haverhill, MA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bring STEM to Life with Straw Rocket Launcher

Help me give my students Straw Rocket Launcher to bring more STEM activities to them

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Donais's classroom raised $273

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate 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

My students are hard-working, creative, curious, and kind children who strive every day to improve their learning. They come from diverse backgrounds and struggle with common inner city barriers. In our ever changing world of education, technology is now a "norm." This is why I am requesting a straw rocket launcher for my students. Students are engaged by technology. There are wonderful resources out there to assist with what students are learning in school. Learning can be fun, competitive and there is quick feedback (which is so important) to assess students.

My desire is to close the achievement gap for my students and provide them with more technology in the classroom to get them ready for 21st century skills with STEM.

Your donation will be generously received and used by the most deserving students I know. I am often told that my students are lucky to have me as a teacher, but I know I am even more lucky to have the privilege of knowing them. I would love to share that privilege with the donors that contribute to our project.

My Project

I would like to bring more STEM education to my elementary school. As the math coach I have this ability. After going to Space Camp this summer I want to expose students to more STEM activities through Space. I want to get a straw rocket launcher for students to be able to see the affects of difference angles and forces on rockets. Students can also use problem solving skills to be able to get to straw rocket into a certain area. Students can see how math and science are connected through activities with the straw rocket launcher. This can help bring math and science alive for students in all grade levels.

Having more STEM activities inside the classroom with the straw rocket launcher will help bring math and science alive in an authentic way.

They will get 21st century skills that they will be able to use for a lifetime. The straw rocket launcher can be used in a center activity or as a whole group demonstration. Students can start to understand NASA's mission to get us to Mars and how rockets are used to get us there.

Ms. Donais Silver Hill Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Haverhill, MA 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

580 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pitsco Straw Rockets - Getting Started Package (For 30 Students) • Amazon Business $199.00 1 $199.00

Materials cost

$199.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$231.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.94

Total project goal

$272.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$272.92

2 Donors

-$133.00

Donations toward project cost

-$120.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.45

match offer

-$131.09

Match offer toward project cost

-$111.43

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.66

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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$0.00

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