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Mr. Lochiatto from Chelsea MA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Wimshurst Machine and Balloon Race Car Kits!

Help me give my students a Wimshurst Machine and Balloon Race Car Kits!

  • 1 donor
  • $363 goal

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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

Our students will learn that Wimshurst machines were used during the 19th century in physics research, Today they are used only in science museums and education to demonstrate the principles of electrostatics.

Our students will also learn that static electricity dates back to the earliest civilizations, but for millennia it remained merely an interesting and mystifying phenomenon, without a theory to explain its behavior and often confused with magnetism.

Also, our students will Race to the finish with balloon-powered race cars and Newton's laws of motion. Our students with this kit will: Design, build, and test a prototype race car, then explore how changes to the wheels, body, and balloon alter performance. This Kit provides a hands-on activity on how to design to overcome friction and stabilizing forces for our students of physics.

Mr. Lochiatto
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wimshurst Machine • Carolina Biological Supply Company $208.84 1 $208.84
Carolina STEM Challenge: Balloon Race Cars Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $65.25 1 $65.25

Materials cost

$274.09

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$308.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.39

Total project goal

$362.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $362.59

1 Donor

-$362.59

Donations toward project cost

-$308.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.39

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