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Mrs. Jimenez from Boise ID is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Energy Transfer with Rube Goldberg Machines

Help me give my students the materials to build amazing Rube Goldberg machines!

  • $695 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

Our school is a high need school located on the edge of town in a tight-knit community. Generations of families have attended this school. Students live in the nearby neighborhood and on acreage with mini-farms or ranches. Families use the school grounds as the neighborhood park to run their dogs, play basketball, and engage in Nerf games. We have an increasing number of families who come from diverse cultures and hold different beliefs.

We have a regular pulse of movement thumping through our classroom.

The kids are energetic, hardworking, and

kindhearted. Many students have attended school together since kindergarten and have strong connections to each other.

My Project

As our final project in our energy unit, my students will build their own Rube Goldberg machines. Many of the items they need will be brought from home, but I'd like to provide a foundation of resources for them to choose from. The Tegu blocks are magnetic so we can build a class model on our magnetic whiteboard. These blocks would also be used for other STEM building projects.

Funding this project would help make learning about the transfer of energy into an authentic and memorable experience.

The race tracks and wooden dominoes will be the heart of each project. Students will work collaboratively to plan, try out, and revise their projects until they are working models showing the transfer of energy.

Mrs. Jimenez
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
130 Piece Tegu Classroom Magnetic Wooden Block Set, Future • Amazon Business $240.00 1 $240.00
42 Piece Tegu Magnetic Wooden Block Expansion Pack Large, Tints • Amazon Business $89.14 1 $89.14
Click N' Play 300-piece 100% Real Wooden Domino Blocks Set, Racing Toy Game, Building and Stacking Toy Blocks • Amazon Business $17.99 2 $35.98
6 Piece Tegu Travel Pal Magnetic Wooden Block Set, Spaceship • Amazon Business $15.29 2 $30.58
6 Piece Tegu Travel Pal Magnetic Wooden Block Set, Kitty • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
Lights By Night Wireless LED Light Switch, Battery Operated, 100 Lumens, Manual On/Off Toggle Switch, Portable Light Switch, Wireless, Easy to Use Stick-On LED Lights, No Wiring Needed, White, 39641 • Amazon Business $4.99 4 $19.96
Hot Wheels Car & Mega Track Pack • Amazon Business $19.58 1 $19.58
6 Piece Tegu Pocket Pouch Prism Magnetic Wooden Block Set, Tints • Amazon Business $18.79 1 $18.79
6 Piece Tegu Pocket Pouch Prism Magnetic Wooden Block Set, Sunset • Amazon Business $18.69 1 $18.69
4 Inch Wheel High Grade Impact Plastic Clothesline Pulley Weather Resistant Noiseless Operation (2) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Magnetic Hooks,22LBS Heavy Duty Neodymium Rare Earth Magnet Hook with 3 Layers Ni Strong Corrosion Protection,Ideal for Indoor Hanging(Silvery White,Pack of 10) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Icy Super Balls - 32mm Vibrant Two Tone Color Bouncy Balls 24 pack • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95

Materials cost

$520.63

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$31.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$589.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$104.11

Total project goal

$694.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$694.05

6 Donors

-$622.94

Donations toward project cost

-$589.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$71.11

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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