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Mrs. LaCasse from Glendale AZ is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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What's the Weather?

My students need weather devices, such as a barometer, anemometer, and forecast station, so that they can learn to measure weather by reading the instruments. Our fourth grade standards expect that they will know and understand how to read the measurements on the instruments.

  • $331 goal

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My Students

My fourth grade students come from a Title One school. Many live in apartments and have never had the experience of raising a garden. They are ready for new experiences and love to make observations as they study science.

These students have diverse learning needs.

This project will help to bind them together as a team as they learn about life science. They will need to use skills across the content areas, which will make those skills meaningful for them.

My Project

The materials that I have chosen, such as a barometer, anemometer, and forecast station, will provide the students with the opportunity to measure, read, and interpret data about the weather in Arizona. The first part of the new year is the perfect time of the year for this because we experience a variety of types of weather as opposed to our frequent sunny days with blue skies. There is also a variance in temperature!

Students will have an opportunity to build 3 small weather stations which I will also save for next year's students to use.

This will capture their interest. Using real materials to measure weather will leave them with a deeper understanding than simple videos and worksheets.

The barometer will help them read and interpret air pressure, the weather station will give us a digital format to track the weather, and will be used daily once they learn what it means. I was very excited to find the thermometers. They are perfect for reading practice.

Mrs. LaCasse
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
BAROMETER W/INSTR SHEET • Frey Scientific $22.85 3 $68.55
ANEMOMETER EA • Frey Scientific $9.89 5 $49.45
La Crosse Technology S85814 Wireless Color Forecast Station • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
4M Weather Station Kit • Amazon Business $11.99 3 $35.97
MARATHON BA030001-5 Vertical Outdoor Thermometer - 16-Inch, 5 Pack • Amazon Business $23.95 1 $23.95

Materials cost

$217.91

Vendor shipping charges

 $14.16

Sales tax

 $15.58

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$280.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.57

Total project goal

$330.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $330.49

6 Donors

-$322.91

Donations toward project cost

-$280.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.99

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.58

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 $0.00

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