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Coach Joe Bandini from San Diego, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Wood, Gears and Circuits: Shadow Puppet Theaters

Help me give my students access to drills and basic tools to learn and apply STEM skills in hands-on projects this year and beyond.

  • $501 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 diverse ninth grade students from across San Diego County are entering a quarter-long project, seeing the marriage of physics, math, and storytelling.

They are working with project collaborators from cultures across the globe, designing wooden "crankie box" puppet theaters, driven by gears and a crank and also lit by student-created electrical circuit work.

Students will present final storytelling performances, having integrated math, physics, and humanities into the project. We will perform for our elementary school partners, and for the public, with the crankie boxes being shared with a community partner to live on beyond this project.

Coach Joe Bandini Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Technical High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Coach Joe Bandini

San Diego, CA View local requests

More than 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

46 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Makita CT232 CXT 12V Max Lithium-Ion Cordless Drill Driver and Impact Driver Combo Kit (1.5 Ah) • Amazon Business $129.95 2 $259.90
ENERTWIST Drill Bit Set, 246-Pieces Drill Bits and Driver Set for Wood Metal Cement Drilling and Screw Driving, Full Combo Kit Assorted in Plastic Carrying Case, ET-DBA-246 • Amazon Business $45.99 1 $45.99
Mr. Pen- Rafter Square, Metal Square, 7 Inch, Carpenters Square, Square Tool, Metal Square Ruler, Carpentry Squares, Woodworking Square, Square Angle Tool, Aluminum Rafter Square, Carpenter Square • Amazon Business $7.84 4 $31.36
LICHAMP Tape Measure 12 ft, 8 Pack Bulk Easy Read Measuring Tape Retractable with Fractions 1/8, Measurement Tape 12-Foot by 1/2-Inch • Amazon Business $19.79 1 $19.79

Materials cost

$357.04

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$32.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$425.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.01

Total project goal

$500.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$500.08

2 Donors

-$440.07

Donations toward project cost

-$425.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$60.01

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$0.00

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