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Ms. Birdwell from Saint Charles MI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engineering With Stomp Rockets

Help me give my students an engineering experience that enhances their science and math knowledge.

  • $338 goal

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My Students

My students have been excited to be a part of my STEM class where we focus on engineering projects that incorporate science and math knowledge to complete. Their abilities to create, problem-solve, and improve their own learning have grown immensely through this class. We have worked on building roller coasters, creating effective hurricane shelters, learning and designing in CAD programs, practicing coding, and much more.

By building these essential skills, my students ensure that they will have what they need in order to be successful in whichever career field they choose later in life, whether it is STEM-related or not.

We are in a small school district where there is a small amount of extra funds for experiences that larger districts are able to provide for their students.

My Project

These stomp rockets will help give students a chance to engineer their own rockets and then test multiple designs to compare successful solutions to maximize their distance. Students will use these materials to go through the engineering design process to use critical thinking and problem solving skills to create and continually improve their own rocket designs.

This project will tie in multiple science and math content skills.

Students will be engaged in this hands-on project which will increase their interests in calculating speeds of their rockets, finding trajectory, and learning how to use projectors to measure and decide on the best angle to send off their rockets.

Ms. Birdwell
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stomp Rocket Dueling Rockets, 4 Rockets and Rocket Launcher - Outdoor Rocket Toy Gift for Boys and Girls Ages 6 Years and Up - Great for Outdoor Play with Friends in The Backyard and Parks • Amazon Business $21.00 10 $210.00
Astrobrights Color Paper, 8.5” x 11”, 24 lb/89 gsm, “Brights” 5-Color Assortment, 500 Sheets (99608) • Amazon Business $16.80 2 $33.60
Scotch Brand Magic Tape, 6 Dispensered Rolls, Writeable, Invisible, The Original, Engineered for Repairing, Great for Gift Wrapping, 3/4 x 650 Inches (6122) • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30

Materials cost

$252.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$286.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.59

Total project goal

$337.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $337.28

6 Donors

-$168.00

Donations toward project cost

-$144.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.55

Matching donations from our partners

-$167.34

Match offers toward project cost

-$142.24

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.10

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.94

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 $0.00

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