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Mr. Rickard from Virginia Beach VA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Rube Goldberg Would Be Proud

Help me give my students 4 X 8 feet 1/2 inch plywood and 2X4 feet half inch plywood

  • 6 donors
  • $195 still needed

expires Aug 21

  • 6 donors
  • $195 still needed
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My Project

The kids are working on Rube Goldberg Machines but cardboard for the backdrop just isn't sturdy enough.

Up to six teams will be building a Rube Goldberg Machine with the challenge being join them all up together to make a monster Rube Goldberg Machine.

The larger sheets of plywood is for an upcycle project to replace damaged and aging bottle cap murals that were created six years ago. This time the students are going to help with designing them. The whole school will support with sending plastic caps and lids of all sizes in. Once created, they will hang in our courtyard garden as wall art to spruce up the place, add some color in that students created.

Mr. Rickard
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
1/2 in. x 2 ft. x 4 ft. BCX Sanded Plywood (Actual: 0.451 in. x 23.75 in. x 47.75 in.) • Home Depot $23.75 6 $142.50
15/32 in. x 4 ft. x 8 ft. BC Sanded Pine Plywood • Home Depot $40.25 2 $80.50

Materials cost

$223.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $79.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$335.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.18

Total project goal

$394.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $394.52

4 Donors

-$100.00

Donations toward project cost

-$85.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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 $194.52

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