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Mrs. Del Rio from Orange NJ is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Making Variables Fun

Help me give my students a chance to practice experimentation and variable manipulation with some awesome recipe contests.

  • $389 goal

This project expired on March 17, 2022.

This project expired on March 17, 2022.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My classes of students are super high energy, hands on, creative kids. I have students that can take pens and mechanical pencils apart in no time flat, students that draw and measure with great precision, but for whatever reason...they struggle to make the connection that these are SCIENCE skills!

My Project

Variables are always a difficult concept for students to understand. Which is the dependent variable? Which is the independent variable? The supplies in this project will go to help students experiment and develop their own "recipes" for giant bubbles, homopolar motors, and crystal gardens. Besides being a super fun experiment, students will track and record their independent variables in order to make the largest bubbles, the fastest motor, and the most diverse crystal garden. It will not be difficult for these students to identify variables in experiments and explain their significance in scientific study.

Mrs. Del Rio
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Aquarium/Terrarium, Plastic, 1 gal • Carolina Biological Supply Company $9.27 8 $74.16
GLYCERIN LG 1L • Ward's Science $21.04 3 $63.12
WIRE BARE COPPER 30 GA 259 M 113 G • Ward's Science $12.49 3 $37.47
Alum, 1-qt Pail • Carolina Biological Supply Company $28.32 1 $28.32
Energizer Industrial Alkaline Battery, Size AAA, Pack of 12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $9.09 3 $27.27
Starch, Corn, Powder, Laboratory Grade, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $10.12 2 $20.24
Sodium Borate, Decahydrate, Laboratory Grade, 500 g • Carolina Biological Supply Company $9.49 2 $18.98
Baking Powder • Carolina Biological Supply Company $4.27 3 $12.81

Materials cost

$282.37

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.64

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$330.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.28

Total project goal

$388.53

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