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Ms. Griffith from Port Arthur, TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Griffith's classroom raised $363

Motion, Friction, Cause and Effect

Help me give my students hands-on experiences with cause and effect as they raise and lower objects on an elevator, move blocks on a conveyor and discover speed and momentum of rolling objects.

This project expired on May 30, 2019.

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Ms. Griffith Wheatley School of Early Childhood Programs
Port Arthur, TX Grades PreK-2

My Students

As a teacher in a low-income school district which was heavily flooded by Hurricane Harvey many of my students face several challenges both in and out of the class. Early Childhood is such an exciting group of mixed interests, abilities, and goals. Some of my students are learning to read, write, and count, while some of their classmates are learning to imitate sounds or hold a paintbrush. Our group loves hands on learning activities.

My class consists of 18 awesome and appreciative children.

My children are eager to learn and are always excited about new concepts and ways to learn them.

Despite their academic and physical struggles, I want to provide my students with creative, hands on and meaningful learning experiences.

My Project

Our children will learn how simple machines make work easier! We will ramp up our block center excitement! Children will build, test and experiment, they will develop critical thinking, early STEM skills and explore motion, friction, and cause and effect.

Simple Machines, Ramps, Roll, and Race resources will help teach children more about each of these machines and help develop skills in exploring motion, friction and angles that are important solutions in helping engineers, and all humans, do hard work.

Our children will be using evidence, discussing ideas about

what is making something move the way it does

and how some movements can be controlled. They will also explore and describe various actions that can change an object’s motion.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

18 students impacted 9 donors
Ms. Griffith Wheatley School of Early Childhood Programs Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Port Arthur, TX View local requests

Nearly all 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

18 students impacted 9donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF253 - Ramps & Balls Exploration Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00
LC200X - Block Play Simple Machines - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $95.00 1 $95.00
AA898 - Roll & Race! Activity Ramp • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$273.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$308.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.37

Total project goal

$362.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $362.47

8 Donors

-$189.00

Donations toward project cost

-$161.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.90

match offer

-$172.94

Match offer toward project cost

-$147.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.94

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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