Sustainable Concert Design & Light Sculpture Art Show
My students need a variety of LED / high efficiency lighting to analyze schoolwide energy consumption, create low footprint classrooms, and light our fall music concert!
$571 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Mr. Hendrix for his next project!
Help Mr. Hendrix
Give this project a boost!
A chain reaction of support starts with one share.
We need high quality, student-inspired Project Based Learning now more than ever. Our school adopts a rigorous, comprehensive model of PBL that encourages students to explore the world by engaging in long term, meaningful projects that emphasize creativity, iteration, play, and depth over breadth.
My students are the most dedicated people I have ever met.
Although I spend more than two hours every day in my car getting to and from my tiny school in rural Vermont, those hours are spent eagerly brainstorming the latest possibilities for design projects that we'll all create together. Students and faculty value unique experiences that emphasize creativity and authenticity in equal measure. In biology, students will learn about cell theory, biomolecules, and microbiology by creating and marketing their own soap to the community and internet; Earth science will engineer an "alternate Earth" in a Sci-Fi action narrative that combines lawful tectonic processes in new ways; physics will curate a maker culture 'Break It & Build It' community art show using Newton's laws and electricity; and AP Environmental Science is using their knowledge to engineer the set, creative lighting, and energy analysis for our early December student-led band production. Problem is... we need backing.
My Project
AP Environmental Science students are already hard at work studying global and local community energy usage, and how it influences our lives, ecosystems, and sustainable practice - including evaluating our own footprint as a school. As part of a collaborative project between science and the performing arts, APES students are designing and implementing a set and lighting design for our school band's famous fall community concert (this year, a folk opera influenced by the ocean's plastic pollution). In addition to analyzing and making recommendations for more energy efficient systems within our performing arts center, students are creating the stage design using high efficiency light sculptures crafted exclusively from recyclable plastic bottles in new and creative ways. At the opening of the event and prior to the interactive concert, students will present their data, conclusions, cost analyses, and recommendations for sustainable future practice as a culminating exhibition.
With no budget for this year, students are in danger of compromising their dreams of a project that has the potential for creating a tremendous impact on those involved.
In addition to raising community awareness, LED lighting will also to continue the evolution of our students' science design space, cut costs for electricity, replace institutional overhead fluorescents, and continue to revitalize the lab as a place where students want to be, where anything is possible, and where ideas are born.
More than a third 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
8 Modes 10M 100 LED String Fairy Light for Wedding Christmas Party Holiday(Warm White)
• Amazon
$6.99
3
$20.97
Kawell® Slim 18w Flood Beam LED Work Light ATV 4X4 Off Road Light 1800 Lumen 6500K 90 Degree Waterproof Light
• Amazon
$19.99
1
$19.99
lederTEK 50 RGB Ball LED Color Changing with 16 Feet Linkable Ball String Christmas Xmas Lights USCRSMSLT-YQRGB
• Amazon
$9.70
2
$19.40
Multicolor Submersible LED Little Lights for Special Events (12-Pack)
• Amazon
$9.51
2
$19.02
Submersible Battery LED Everlasting Tealights Floralyte, Color Changing with 7 Rainbow Colors. Great for Wedding Centerpiece, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Party Lights. Set of 10
• Amazon
$7.95
2
$15.90
Submersible Battery LED 10 Lights~BLUE~Wedding~Tea Light
• Amazon
$7.45
2
$14.90
Flashing Led Bumpy Ring (Pack of 12)
• Amazon
$5.67
2
$11.34
EBL® 808(Latest Version) 8 Bay/Slot AA AAA Ni-MH Ni-Cd Quick Charger Smart Battery Charger for Rechargeable Batteries
• Amazon
$9.99
1
$9.99
PLT - 13 Watt CFL Light Bulb - Compact Fluorescent - 60 Watt Equal - Black Light Blue Party Light -
• Amazon
$9.98
1
$9.98
GE Lighting 78960 Energy Smart CFL Party Light 13-Watt Blue T3 Spiral Light Bulb with Medium Base (25-watt replacement) 1-Pack
• Amazon
$8.78
1
$8.78
Submersible LED Decor Tea Light * Wedding or Events * (Pack of 10) - Green
• Amazon
$7.75
1
$7.75
Materials cost
$448.21
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.72
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$484.93
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$85.58
Total project goal
$570.51
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$570.51
11 Donors
-$431.68
Donations toward project cost
-$374.43
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$57.25
match offer
-$130.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$110.50
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.
As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mr. Hendrix and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.