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Ms. Mitchell from Encino, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Phenomenal Investigation Starters!

Help me give my students items like Newton's Cradle, Magic 8 Ball, a spinning top, and other "How did they do that?" items to help students think about the phenomenon.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Mitchell's classroom raised $680

This project is fully funded

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My Project

My students are beginning to study force and motion and experience Newton's Laws of Motion for the first time.

I want to create exploration stations where students have hands-on items that spark their curiosity and have them question, "How did they do that?" Having items such as a Newton's Cradle, spinning top, traveling wheels, and magical items involving hovering and predictions, helps us give them hands-on items to experience the phenomenon to help them want to question and investigate then recreate their learning by showing and demonstrating through engineering and science.

Ms. Mitchell Emelita Street Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of 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

30 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
novium Hoverpen Interstellar Edition - Futuristic Luxury Pen Made With Aerospace Alloys, Desk Aesthetic, Free Spinning Executive Pen, Unique Gifts, Christmas Gifts for Men & Women (Space Black, Basic) • Amazon Business $94.00 1 $94.00
JZWLW Sand Art Liquid Motion, Moving Sand Art Decor Picture, 360° Rotate Wall Mounted Sculpture, Glass Crafts Solid Wood Frame Room Decoration, Relaxing Mood Home Office Work Decor (Black, 17.3IN) • Amazon Business $76.00 1 $76.00
ForeverSpin Titanium Spinning Top - World Famous Spinning Tops • Amazon Business $56.00 1 $56.00
NICENICY Perpetual Motion Machine Simulator, Kinetic Art Perpetual Motion Device, Stable Electromagnetic Drive, Educational Gadget for Teaching Students, Science Physics Gadget. Black • Amazon Business $42.99 1 $42.99
CERROPI Large Newtons Cradle Pendulum with 7 Balls, Physics Perpetual Motion Desk Toys for Office, Calm Down Fidgets, 50+ Sec Swingtime (Beech Base) • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
Bochino Moving Sand Art Picture Dynamic Sand Picture 3D Sand Art Frame Sandscape Moving Sand Picture for Home & Office Décor • Amazon Business $34.96 1 $34.96
Flagest Magnetic Levitation Globe with LED Lights & Touch Control and Pen, Floating Globes for Educational Home Office Desk Bookshelf Decor, Birthday Holiday Christmas Creative Gift(3.3 Inches Globe) • Amazon Business $25.49 1 $25.49
Worlds Smallest Slinky, Walking Spring Toy, Fidget Toy • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97
Garosa Electric Newton Pendulum Ball Physics Science Balance Ball Desktop Decoration, 4 AA Batteries Powered(NOT Included) • Amazon Business $21.88 1 $21.88
CMY Cubes Mini (30mm) - Cyan, Magenta & Yellow Cube - Optical Color Cube - Teaches Subtractive Color Mixing - Educational, Scientific, Physics & Kinetic Art Desk Toy, STEAM, Sensory Toy • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Magic 8 Ball Kids Toy, Retro Themed Novelty Fortune Teller, Ask a Question and Turn Over for Answer (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $9.77 2 $19.54
Jishi Retro Magic Rail Twirler 3Pcs Light Up Glow Magnetic Gyro Wheel, Kids Classic Vintage Trick Yoyo Sensory Fidget Toys, Cool Unique Nostalgia Gifts Fun Stocking Stuffers for 3+ Year Old Boys Girls • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
World's Smallest Slinky Dog (5027), Red • Amazon Business $8.65 1 $8.65
Worlds Smallest Magic 8 Ball, Classic Black • Amazon Business $8.16 1 $8.16
Mattel Games ​Stranger Things Magic 8 Ball Kids Toy, Limited Edition Novelty Fortune Teller, Ask a Question & Turn Over for Answer • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$494.56

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$45.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$577.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.86

Total project goal

$679.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$679.09

1 Donor

-$115.45

Donations toward project cost

-$115.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$543.27

Match offer toward project cost

-$461.78

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.37

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$0.00

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