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Ms. Paradise from New York NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Its Getting Hot Out Here!

Help me give my students scientific infrared thermometers to help us measure the impacts of urban heat islands in our community.

  • 3 donors
  • $237 goal

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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.

My Project

As city dwellers, my students know that it can get HOT in the city during the summer months. This is due to the urban heat island effect, which explains why urban areas can get so much hotter than their suburban or rural counterparts. But it is one thing to experience the urban heat island effect, and it is another to prove that this concept is real, and is impacting students on a day to day basis.

We want 4 infrared thermometers to help students measure outside temperatures of different surfaces to quantify the urban heat island effect in our city.

With these four infrared thermometers, students will be able to measure the temperature of different surfaces outside, such as asphalt, concrete, brick and grass, and generate data of what sun and shade temperature values. With this quantitative data, students will be able to prove, with data, that the urban heat island effect is really impacting them and the people in their communities. It is one thing to qualitatively say "it's hot out" and another to be able to prove with science that this is something real happening on a daily basis.

Ms. Paradise
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TK101352455T Infrared Thermometer 54TZ29 Avg/Difference/Max Temp/Min Temp Fixed 0.95 0.95 0.95 • Grainger $42.13 4 $168.52

Materials cost

$168.52

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$201.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.48

Total project goal

$236.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $236.53

2 Donors

-$118.26

Donations toward project cost

-$100.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.74

match offer

-$118.27

Match offer toward project cost

-$100.53

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.74

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 $0.00

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