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Ms. Foots from Mobile AL is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Music is Science, Part 2

Help me give my students an Orff Alto Xylophone so that they can create music as well as continue to learn more about the science of music.

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  • $898 still needed

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My Project

I teach at a STEM focused school, and as such, math and science are incorporated into our music lessons on a regular basis. My young scholars love learning about how sound is created, exploring the different sounds objects can make and then figuring out the 'why', and creating soundscapes, justifying their selection of instruments with 'sound' reasoning.

My sweet students are very curious, and I love it!

Adding an Alto Orff xylophone to our classroom will not only allow another student the opportunity to play the alto, or middle part, during ensemble time, but will also provide another student with an instrument on which to create his/her own music. It will allow that student hands on time to explore and really understand those scientific concepts of sound that we work on regularly, especially since it is easy to see that it is larger than the soprano xylophone. Since Orff instruments are well built and durable, this instrument will be around for years, available for future students to enjoy and learn on.

As always, thank you for your interest in my students, my music program, and my project.

Ms. Foots
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Studio 49 Series 1600 Orff Xylophones Diatonic Alto, Ax 1600 • Woodwind and Brasswind $750.00 1 $750.00

Materials cost

$750.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $61.12

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$852.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$150.42

Total project goal

$1,002.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,002.79

5 Donors

-$90.00

Donations toward project cost

-$81.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.00

Young Sheldon on CBS match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.29

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $897.49

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