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Mrs. Sheila Moore from Newport, NC is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Great Solar Race of 2020

Help me give my students 25 photon solar car kits to demonstrate solar energy.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Sheila Moore's classroom raised $783

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school is an academically successful, rural high school that is filled to the brim with about 900 wonderful students. We serve our military community. Our students are smart, athletic, and driven to succeed.

In the state's ranking system, our high-performing high school has been ranked as a top ten public high school in NC for eleven consecutive years.

We are proud of our success in the classroom.

On September 13, 2018, our community was hit hard by Hurricane Florence. Again, in 2019, we were hit by Hurricane Dorian. Although the hurricanes might have re-shaped us, they won't define us. Even though the storms seem so long ago, some of us are STILL in recovery mode. We were "CarteretStrong" then and my students remain that way now: strong, resilient, flexible, and hard-working.

And NOW, we are dealing with a pandemic and distance learning.

My Project

One of the earth science curriculum standards concerns an environmental component: the effective use of solar energy resources. I hope to expand the solar energy unit to be more individualistic in the hands-on approach. The instructional supplies for my project are 25 solar race cars. I know that my students will have such a great time building and using race cars and varying the amount of solar energy they receive. I know that it is hard to believe, but most of my students have never built a model on their own. When we get ready to have our own version of the "sun race" (there is a national collegiate competition with solar energy cars), my students will not want to be placed in groups. I would love for each individual student to have access to a car. I anticipate getting both qualitative and quantitative measurements in this individualized hands-on lab activity.

Ultimately, by using the solar energy supplies and making the solar cars, my students can more effectively see how the sun can power these small contraptions and certainly the larger ones, like our homes and buildings.

Thank you for considering funding this project for my students and our future. The Great Solar Race is indeed on.

Mrs. Sheila Moore Croatan High School Grades 9-12 Newport, NC 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PHOTON SOLAR RACER KIT • Ward's Science $23.25 25 $581.25

Materials cost

$581.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $45.34

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$665.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$117.41

Total project goal

$782.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $782.72

10 Donors

-$747.64

Donations toward project cost

-$647.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$99.75

Matching donations from our partners

-$20.50

Match offers toward project cost

-$17.42

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.08

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.58

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 $0.00

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