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Mrs. Anderson from Deer Lodge, MT is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Surround Sound Planetarium!

My students need a sound system for their cardboard planetarium.

  • $369 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

What do you think a planetarium would be like without a sound system? Sure the images would be amazing, but without sound students' attention goes out the door.

My students are 10th through 12th grade astronomy amateurs.

They attend school in a small, rural area. Most of my students are sons and daughters of ranchers. They are hardworking, dedicated, and curious about the world around them. They attend sky observations every month with their classmates, as well as make informal observations of the sky on their own. They most recently worked together to build a cardboard planetarium for our school from scratch.

My Project

With the construction of the planetarium behind them, students are in need of just one more resource to complete their planetarium construction journey, a 3-way tower speaker. With the addition of a permanent sound system, students will be able to share astronomy knowledge with their peers and elementary students through sound enhanced planetarium shows. The sound system will bring their created planetarium shows alive for all audiences. The sound system will create an ambiance for aspiring astronomy students and, hopefully, inspire them to learn more about astronomy science.

With a decreasing enrollment, our school is not fulfilling retiring teachers' positions.

I have taken on three science courses. With a decreasing budget, I need materials that I can use from year to year without making further purchases. This 3-way tower will allow me to continue to use the planetarium with all my classes and the elementary school students.

Mrs. Anderson
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
VE-12F 3-way Tower Speaker • Woodwind & Brasswind $279.00 1 $279.00

Materials cost

$279.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$313.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.27

Total project goal

$368.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $368.45

16 Donors

-$278.09

Donations toward project cost

-$236.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.41

Matching donations from our partners

-$90.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$76.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.36

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 $0.00

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