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Ms. Bitts from Gering NE is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Importance of Seat Belts

Help me give my students the opportunity to understand the relationship between velocity and speed in a fun and engaging way!

  • $717 goal

This project expired on July 5, 2020.

This project expired on July 5, 2020.

My Students

My students are from several small farming communities. Over half of these students come from a low income home. These students are hard workers from a young age and have very good family values. They are growing up in a world that shelters them from a lot of dangers, however, they all begin driving too young to help out around the farm and aid their families in whatever way possible.

These students need to see the importance of taking care of themselves and their families while traveling.

This project can help do that.

My Project

I am planning on doing a physical science unit of the importance of wearing seatbelts and the physics behind car crashes. In order to help with the overall understanding of force and acceleration I want to do several labs where students graph constant velocity and discuss how that relates to force.

Students of high school age are the most common age impacted by car crashes and it is largely due to a misconception of how physics can impact their lives in the event of an accident.

With the addition of these Constant Velocity Cars students will be able to engage in the content in a way that means something to them.

Ms. Bitts
Never Before Funded Grades 9-12
  • Gering High School
  • Gering, NE
    • More than a third of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 150 students.

    Never Before Funded

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Constant Velocity Car • Nasco $10.95 45 $492.75

Materials cost

$492.75

Vendor shipping charges

 $49.28

Sales tax

 $29.56

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$608.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$107.47

Total project goal

$716.45

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