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Mrs. Turski from Santa Clarita, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Shocking Classroom Science Demonstrations

Help me give my students a shocking experience with a Van De Graaff machine.

  • $426 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Students get excited about our study of electric fields by generating static electricity with a Van De Graaff machine.

Once charged up students can experience their hair standing straight up, watch static discharge jump from one sphere to another (like in the Frankenstein movies), and experience the power of electric fields through several activities.

Our science department will benefit when we share two of these devices with all our eighth-grade students. 50% of our students are at or below the poverty line, and bringing fun, cool science demonstrations into the classroom gives students great phenomena to hook their learning on.

Thank you for being so supportive.

Mrs. Turski
Grades 6-8
  • La Mesa Junior High School
  • Santa Clarita, CA
  • More than a third 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

    This project will reach 500 students.

    4 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hand Crank Van de Graaff Generator, up to 100kV - Static Electricity Generator, Hand Generator - 7.5" Dome, 4" Discharge Sphere, 22" Tall - Eisco Labs • Amazon Business $149.99 2 $299.98

Materials cost

$299.98

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$27.45

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$361.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.87

Total project goal

$425.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$425.80

3 Donors

-$313.26

Donations toward project cost

-$276.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.33

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.54

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$0.00

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