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Mrs. Hirschmiller from El Cajon, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Scientists Need Science Tools

Help me give my students balloon powered helicopter and race car STEM tools, test tubes and graduated cylinders for math and science and wet wipes to keep our science tools clean.

  • $368 goal

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

Why do vehicles move? How do helicopters rise into the air? What happens when you pour liquid? from a skinny tube into a wide tube? What happens when you mix two different solutions together? What happens when you mix two different colors of liquids together?

Pre-kindergarteners have so many questions about the world they live in, and science is at the root of many of those questions--right now, while their curiosity is at a pique, is a perfect time to introduce them to ideas of physics and the science behind the questions they have about how our world works.

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Your donation to this project will give these students a variety of ballon launchers that give students hands-on experiences with creating forces to make objects move. It will provide helicopter propellers that will demonstrate the forces needed to give an object lift so that it can fly, and it will give them test tubes, droppers, and graduated cylinders so that these young scientists can pour, measure, and explore the wonders of the natural world! The test tubes and graduated cylinders will make science fun with hands-on activities that encourage experimentation, observation, and analysis. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions, learn basic scientific concepts, and perform simple experiments using common classroom materials. The wet wipes will give us a tool to keep the materials and workspaces clean and tidy before and after work periods.

I am grateful for your help to bring these learning tools into our classroom. Your support is helping to enhance my students' imaginations, creativity, observation, cognitive and hands-on skills through STEM work that is sure to help them fall in love with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Mrs. Hirschmiller
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
BAKAM Power Balloon Car Toy for Kids, Balloon Launcher Car Toy Set for Kids Science Toy, Inflatable STEM Balloon Pump Cars Racer Kit for Boys Girls (Frog) • Amazon Business $24.95 4 $99.80
Kids Toy Balloon Helicopter (12 pack) Children's Day Gift Party Favor easter basket, stocking stuffer or birthday! Flying Toys for Boys and Girls - Outdoor Sport Toy for 7 8 9 10 Year Old • Amazon Business $12.99 3 $38.97
Amazon Elements Baby Wipes, Unscented, 810 Count, Flip-Top Packs, Pack of 9 • Amazon Business $17.73 2 $35.46
Teenitor Graduated Cylinder Plastic Beaker, 5pcs Plastic Graduated Cylinder 10ml 25ml 50ml 100ml 250ml and 5pcs Plastic Beakers 50ml 100ml 250ml 500ml1000ml Clear 10pcs • Amazon Business $16.99 2 $33.98
Lysol Disinfectant Wipes, Multi-Surface Antibacterial Cleaning Wipes, For Disinfecting and Cleaning, Lemon and Lime Blossom, 80 Count (Pack of 4)(Packaging may vary) • Amazon Business $14.97 2 $29.94
Weewooday 12 Pieces Jumbo Test Tubes with Stand Set, Primary Science Including 5 Pieces Jumbo Test Tubes, 6 Pieces Liquid Droppers Silicone and 1 Piece Storage Stand, Multi-Color, Ages 3 and Above • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99

Materials cost

$255.14

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$23.35

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$312.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.12

Total project goal

$367.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$367.44

11 Donors

-$176.84

Donations toward project cost

-$162.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.83

match offer

-$176.84

Match offer toward project cost

-$150.31

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.53

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.76

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$0.00

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