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Ms. Horne from Pleasant Hill, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Photogates for Freefall and Forces Phenomena!

Help me give my students photogate sensors and calculators to measure velocity and acceleration of moving and falling objects.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Horne's classroom raised $1,050

This project is fully funded

My Project

A vital component of our inquiry-based science program is helping students build understanding of big concepts by adding to their mental models, activity by activity, while exploring real-world applications. Although science teaching is my career, I trained to teach foreign language and English as a Second Language. I was surprised to discover that the process of building science ideas and language acquisition are very much the same! Both involve goals of communicative competence with lots of vocabulary. Students come from all over our large district to attend our school. They reflect the diverse area we live in, representing over 40 home languages and include immigrants from around the globe, refugees, and many long-term English Language Learners. ELL is one demographic our school is targeting this year to increase academic performance.

We need photogates and calculators to add to 8th grade kinematics labs.

From measuring and calculating speed, distance and acceleration to deriving the acceleration due to Earth's gravity, students will use these science tools in many labs involving motion and forces! They will build their science ideas while working in lab groups using both academic language and vocabulary as well as conversational English.

Middle school is a time of great physical, mental, and social development, and science class is the perfect setting for my young teens to engage in natural conversations as they acquire new language and ideas! Today's science students are tomorrow's inventors and stewards of the environment. To solve the issues of the future, they will need to understand science concepts and be familiar with data analysis tools such as the graphical analysis software that accompanies the photogates, use their creativity to devise solutions, and be able to communicate their ideas to implement their visions. Students develop these skills by participating in hands-on investigations in science classes!

Ms. Horne Sequoia Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Pleasant Hill, CA View local requests

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

300 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Go Direct Photogate • Carolina Biological Supply Company $95.01 7 $665.07
Learning Resources Primary Calculator - 10 Pieces, Ages 3+, Basic Solar Powered Calculators, Teacher Supplies, Back to School Supplies • Amazon Business $28.43 4 $113.72

Materials cost

$778.79

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $71.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$891.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$157.36

Total project goal

$1,049.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,049.09

10 Donors

-$484.86

Donations toward project cost

-$464.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.04

match offer

-$502.25

Match offer toward project cost

-$426.91

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.34

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$61.99

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 $0.00

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