Tesla Coils Help Physics Students Explore Electric Fields!
Help me give my students access to the amazing experience of using a Tesla Coil with light bulbs to explore the transfer of energy via electric fields!
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Alexander's classroom raised $632
This project is fully funded
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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
Thank you for taking the time to review my project proposal. I teach Honors Physics in Venice, CA, and am hoping for help equipping my five classes with a class set of Tesla Coils, plus class sets of LED and neon bulbs. The bulbs will allow students to examine the varying strength of the electric field as distance from the coil changes.
Tesla coils incorporate a transformer, capacitor, spark gap, and tuned resonant transformer, all of which are important and interesting electrical components.
I'm excited to give students a chance to explore something most of them have never seen, but have often used. Many have used a wireless charging pad for charging a smartwatch or phone, and there are solid connections between that technology and the wireless power distribution of the Tesla Coil.
More than three‑quarters 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
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Materials cost
$453.44
Vendor shipping charges
$4.69
Sales tax
$41.49
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.80
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$536.42
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$94.66
Total project goal
$631.08
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$631.08
9 Donors
-$314.07
Donations toward project cost
-$269.46
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$44.61
match offer
-$314.07
Match offer toward project cost
-$266.96
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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