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Ms. Dobler from Washington, DC is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Curious STEM Students Crave Lab-Based Light and Sound Unit

Help me give my students tuning forks, gels, graduated cylinders, and other hands-on supplies for exploring light and sound waves in a lab setting.

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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 Students

My students are eager to learn and willing to work. They come from all across the District of Columbia to attend our public charter school. To attend, students simply have to apply and win a lottery system; there is no achievement requirement. With students from every ward of the district, we have a huge range of diversity within our classrooms, including many ELL (English Language Learners) and special education students. The students are enthusiastic and ready to learn.

My students truly enjoy hands-on science experiences, often naming them as the "high" of the day.

I hope to provide them with even more authentic science experiences within the classroom.

My Project

The Next Generation Science Standards emphasize the importance of exploration and hands-on learning in Science. With these materials, I will be able to create a series of lab-based investigations to help my students learn more about light and sound waves.

Actively exploring light and sound with actual materials is far more meaningful than reading about experiments in a book.

The headphones will help my students listen to and compare different sounds to learn how changing the frequency and pitch changes what you hear. The tuning forks will help my students investigate how changing vibrations changes what we hear. The graduated cylinders will help my students better understand how musical instruments work as they make connections between the amount of water in a cylinder and the pitch that is heard. The colored gels will help my students discover the primary colors of light and make connections between bouncing waves and the colors we see every day.

Your donations will make these and other hands-on experiences a reality for my students this year and in years to come.

Ms. Dobler Washington Latin Upper Public Charter School Grades 6-8

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.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Plastic Graduated Cylinder Flask Set - 100ml Science Test Tube Beakers, 2-Sided Measuring Lines - Printed and Molded Graduations (Pack of 2) • Amazon Business $10.98 9 $98.82
United Scientific TFSET8 Aluminum Alloy Tuning Fork Set, 8 Forks • Amazon Business $37.10 2 $74.20
Koss KPH7 - headphones • Best Buy Education $5.53 10 $55.30
Crayola Ultra Clean Washable Broad Line Markers, 40 Classic Colors, Gift For Kids • Amazon Business $12.22 3 $36.66
American Educational 7-20-28 Tuning Fork Mallet, 1" Diameter (Bundle of 10) • Amazon Business $21.04 1 $21.04
12 Pack - Colored Overlays, Transparency Dyslexia Reading Color Film Plastic Sheets, Correction Gel Lighting Filter, Full Page 8xbd” x 11”, Blue • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Pangda 9 Pack Gel Filter Colored Overlays Correction Gel Light Filter Transparent Color Film Plastic Sheets, 11.7 by 8.3 Inches (Green) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Plastic Graduated Cylinder Flask Set - 100ml Science Test Tube Beakers, 2-Sided Measuring Lines - Printed and Molded Graduations (Pack of 2) • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
SAKOLLA 10 Pieces Transparent Color Correction Lighting Gel Filter - Red Gel Light Filter Plastic Sheet, 8.5 x 11-Inches • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Pangda 9 Pack Gel Filter Colored Overlays Correction Gel Light Filter Transparent Color Film Plastic Sheets, 11.7 by 8.3 Inches (Yellow) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$341.86

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.51

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$397.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.15

Total project goal

$467.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $467.65

2 Donors

-$467.65

Donations toward project cost

-$397.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.15

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