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Mr. Martin from Palmdale, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Use Technology to Protect Children in Vehicles!

Help us get needed sensors and wireless components to really make this innovation project awesome! The Neulog pressure sensor, GPS, and the Neulog WIreless module will allow our students to meet the unique design requirements.

  • $611 goal

This project expired on February 25, 2019.

This project expired on February 25, 2019.

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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.

About My Students

The students at "TPAA" represent an under-served population. Over 80% of our students are Title I, and former English Language Learners. We are a public charter school, 1700 students total, grades 6-12, where every student every year takes a PLTW (Project Lead the Way) Engineering Class. It is changing the culture of our community; our graduation rate is 100%, with over 80% applying to 4-year schools, and 60% of those going into Engineering Majors. We are approximately 48% female/52% male, and to us, Engineering is a Co-Ed environment. Our Engineering Design and Development classes (approx 90) are using their STEM knowledge to do capstone projects that will be showcased to our community in May 2019. We have had EDD classes for 3 years now, and our Alumni have gone on to places like UC Berkely, Johns Hopkins, UCLA, and other great UC and State schools. Our 3 students leading this particular project, Erica, Jason, and Randy, are anxious to represent our school well in the Solve for Tomorrow contest sponsored by Samsung. As a school, we know that through these projects, our students will develop leadership skills, and inspire others in our under-served community.

This STEM challenge comes from a passion to protect children in vehicles from being left in a hot car! The design and prototype will revolve around using pressure, temperature, and GPS sensors to communicate with the driver wirelessly and via text message that a child is still in the car seat, and alert them. This is part of an Engineering Design and Development course, that is a capstone project for students to showcase to our school and community next May. In addition to great teamwork, collaboration and project management, our students will gain valuable real world engineering skills, and leadership experience through their presentations.

In Their Own Words

Our goal is to develop a device created to use sensors that detect a child's slightest movement while they are in a car seat, even when the car is off. In addition, we hope to create a mobile app that can remind the driver there is a child in the back seat of the vehicle, if the message were to be ignored the vehicle itself will be capable to send warning signals to attract the attention of civilians around the area or the driver. Furthermore the car alarm sets off for approximately 3-4 times, 1 minute and 25 seconds apart but on the 5th alarm authority officials will be contacted. The alarm will disarm after the vehicle back seat door is unlocked and opened to recover the child and take precautionary action of the child's health conditions.

As a student team, we have characteristic of being open minded to the possible solutions we generate, or innovating the ones already made. We will strive to enhance them to help society. We will also be encouraging to each other, leading us to truly impacting our project and bringing the idea to life. We want to take action to bring focus to civilian eyes and higher authorities about how dangerous leaving children in the car is and how to prevent it. This project is essentially taking us a step forward in solving a tragedy that takes away the life of a young innocent soul unnecessarily from their loved ones.

Child Vehicle Protection is an opportunity that can protect children across our school and local community. Our weather conditions tend to be very hot, dry heat with little to no precipitation, heat temperature occasionally soars into triple digits even into the late hours of the night. In our school community it’s recognized by teenagers and adults that have dealt or have knowledgeable experience of someone who have gone through this endangerment. Overall we hope that our project can be expressed beyond our school and local community, to acknowledge the dangers of leaving children unattended in cars, and we have an opportunity to save a life before the incident happens.

Mr. Martin The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters of 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

90 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
NeuLog Logger Wireless Module • Nasco $169.50 1 $169.50
NeuLog Logger Sensor - GPS • Nasco $148.50 1 $148.50
NeuLog Logger Sensor - Pressure • Nasco $86.95 1 $86.95

Materials cost

$404.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $40.50

Sales tax

 $37.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$518.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.51

Total project goal

$610.08

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