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Mr. Droste from Saint Louis, MO is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Droste's classroom raised $1,088

Engaging Energy Loss Head On and Envisioning Creative Solutions

Help me give my students the chance to see energy inefficiency in action by using the thermal camera to see the problem and use the laptop to find creative ways to solve the problems the camera reveals.

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Mr. Droste Betty Wheeler Classical Junior Academy
Saint Louis, MO Grades 3-5

My Students

My socially/environmentally conscious gifted students are learning virtually during this year. I noticed a number of my students layering their clothes. Most home thermostats are set to drop lower during the day when kids are typically in school and not at home. Efficiency is something I teach by showing the parallels between energy efficiency and making the best use of your time.

With that simple conversation, this project was born to study our energy usage patterns and to determine how effective cost-saving measures such as insulation and sealing points of heat loss are really a smart investment.

My Project

With a thermal camera, students can use the school building (built almost 100 years ago) to see how and where heat escapes. By studying the thermodynamics of heat loss and heat transfer students can suggest ways to improve our own building to prevent heat loss. With these materials, we can see how heat is either retained or exhausted by a structure.

Many virtual learning students are bundling up during these cold winter days and having the ability to partner and brainstorm with other students will allow them to create a better understanding of what they can each do at home to make their home to conserve heat.

Lessons learned from these experiments can directly translate to ideas to try at home to solve energy loss issues and save money at home.

The scope of this project can be easily transferred to other applications around the school to assist in answering other probing questions like the following: How does the compost pile work? How can garden creatures survive in winter? How hot is the playground in August? By allowing students to ask and answer questions like this, they grow up being constantly curious and will undoubtedly help shape tomorrow's technology and innovation.

Equity Focus

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

300 students impacted 5 donors
Mr. Droste Betty Wheeler Classical Junior Academy Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Saint Louis, MO 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

300 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lenovo IdeaPad 3 17IML05 81WC 17.3" Notebook, Intel i3, 8GB Memory, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 (81WC0003US) • Quill.com $539.99 1 $539.99
TK47554113T Infrared Smart Phone Adapter for iOS Devices Detector Resolution 160 x 120 Pixels • Grainger $341.04 1 $341.04

Materials cost

$881.03

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$924.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$163.10

Total project goal

$1,087.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,087.35

5 Donors

-$1,021.18

Donations toward project cost

-$924.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$96.93

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$66.17

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