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Mrs. Greene from Sun Valley, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Crazy Contraptions!

My students need peg boards to have a base to set up the Rube Goldbergs aka Crazy Contraptions.

  • $596 goal

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Mrs. Greene has another project! Donate to Celebrating Medical Success to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $487.
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My Students

As a title 1 school my students face many difficulties in and out of the classroom; such as where the food will come from when we are on spring break. Many of them have experienced such hardships in their lives. Coming to school allows for them to escape into a world of success. The structure that is provided in my classroom enables both the flow of creativity & meaningful experiences with the comfort of safety and security. Creating design challenges for my students provides the structure to gain success by attaining an end goal.

My Project

Currently, students have been studying applied science through various mini labs focused on simple machines.Their culminating task is to build a Crazy Contraption, also known as a Rube Goldberg experiment. Rube Goldberg is a complex compound machine focused on a simple end task. The students will get to choose what the end task is they want to do. The choices they will get to select from are popping a balloon, zipping up a zipper, turning a page in a book, ringing a bell, turning a light switch on, or pouring milk into a bowl of cereal. Here the students will gain knowledge on the ability to build, test, and evaluate a model of a design problem. First the students will be introduced to a variety of Rube Goldberg projects that will inspire and excite them.As a team, they will then sketch out their initial model that will include a series of simple machines focused on an end task. After students have passed their safety test, they will begin construction. Through this building the students will face many obstacles. This project can be a grueling process where teamwork is put to the test. They will learn about the design process because most likely they will not be able to hit their end task right away. In the design process the students will go back to their initial sketch and redesign it. Then they will have to go through their upgrade of their model based off of their second sketch.

Mrs. Greene Sun Valley Magnet School Grades 6-8

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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.

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Nearly all 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wall Control 30-P-3232GV Galvanized Steel Pegboard Pack • Amazon Business $33.12 13 $430.56

Materials cost

$430.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.40

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$506.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.37

Total project goal

$595.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $595.79

1 Donor

-$297.90

Donations toward project cost

-$253.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.68

match offer

-$297.88

Match offer toward project cost

-$253.20

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.68

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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