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Mr. Lai from Oakland CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

TI Calculator Motion Detector

My students need TI CBR Motion Detects to allow our calculators to display distance, velocity, and acceleration graphs from movement!

  • $448 goal

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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 Students

My AP Calculus classroom is challenged daily to relate algebraic formulas with nontrivial graphs. Through deep comprehension of calculus concepts, they are able to display information with formulas or graphs interchangeably!

I teach Geometry, Pre-Calculus, and AP Calculus this year, and my AP Calculus students are the school's 2nd cohort of students to take this advanced-level math.

Our district has a history of failure in my school's community, in both dropout rates and not being able to serve the vast array of student needs. Our relatively new public school is committed to serve the surrounding neighborhood by providing a high-quality secondary education to interrupt patterns of underachievement, and we have graduated two classes that have gone on to colleges and universities such as UC Berkeley. My desire is to see students graduate and enter the STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) fields well prepared and competitive!

My Project

With a "TI Calculator Motion Detector", a group of students will be able to collect and track data of a student moving across the classroom. They will be able to then compare graphs of distance, speed, and acceleration that are produced to gain a deep conceptual understanding of the derivative (the most fundamental concept of high school Calculus). They will be able to analyze graphs collaboratively, and verify their understanding with a practical application.

Donations to this project will make AP Calculus students more confident in math.

They will be prepared to connect graphical and algebraic representations of movement, and have the resources to persevere through math. Thank you for supporting my students to have this high conceptual understanding of calculus!

Mr. Lai
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ti Cbr Motion Detect • Amazon $105.53 3 $316.59

Materials cost

$316.59

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$28.97

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$380.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.11

Total project goal

$447.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$447.42

5 Donors

-$78.45

Donations toward project cost

-$75.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

Matching donations from our partners

-$358.66

Match offers toward project cost

-$304.86

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.31

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$0.00

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