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Ms. Dewar Dituri from Clifton, NJ is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engineering Moving Dragons for Chinese Lunar New Year (Part 1)

Help me give my students paper dragons, cordless glue guns, batteries, and a battery charger to create their Lunar New Year Cam Dragon Project.

  • 4 donors
  • $497 goal

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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 Project

This is one of my engineering student's favorite projects each year: creating a moving dragon using paper tubes, sticks, and a lot of hot glue. This concept comes from the building of a caterpillar activity which uses the concept of cams (a projection on a rotating part in machinery, designed to make sliding contact with another part while rotating and imparting variable motion to it).

Imagine this, designing a set of cams where you off-center the axle so this rotating axle creates an uneven up and down motion which makes the body of your dragon move.

Then, you make different shapes for the cams and offset them so this movement changes throughout the entire dragon. This is how my students learn about rotational and linear motion, by creating these Lunar New Year Chinese dragons.

Last year I had to borrow corded glue guns, which made it very difficult to do this project since my room has limited outlets. This year, we would like a set of cordless glue guns that use an 18 V rechargeable battery. This style of battery will also be used for our drills and other power tools. This is part 1 of a 3 part Lunar New Year project where will also be requesting additional sticks and paper tubes. We have enough dragons and boxes left over from the project last January.

January 29th Chinese Lunar New Year is celebrated in 2025 and it is going to be the Year of the Snake. Technically, I could have them design snakes for this project in 2025, but I find that using the beautiful Chinese dragons is more eye-catching and meaningful.

Thank you for supporting this project and helping us create our Chinese New Year Dragons.

Ms. Dewar Dituri Clifton High School Grades 9-12

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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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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PRO2-60 60 Watt 18 Volt Cordless Professional Heavy Duty Full Size Hot Glue Gun - Battery NOT Included • Amazon Business $26.24 6 $157.44
2Pack 18V 3.6Ah P102 Replacement Battery for Ryobi 18V Battery Lithium Compatible with Ryobi Battery 18v P102 P103 P104 P105 P107 P108 P109 P122 Compatible with Ryobi 18v Cordless Power Tools (Green) • Amazon Business $35.99 4 $143.96
DMMNS P180-6 Ports Rapid Charger Replacement for Ryobi 18V ONE+ Supercharger P135 18V Six-Pack Lithium-Ion Charger,Compatible with All Ryobi ONE+ 18V Battery Without USB Port P135 • Amazon Business $65.99 1 $65.99
Biubee 8 Pcs Chinese New Year Paper Dragon Decoration- 4 Styles Chinese Paper Dragon Hanging Garland Crafts Handheld Chinese Paper Dragon Toys for Kids Toddlers, Style 1 • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99

Materials cost

$386.38

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$422.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.50

Total project goal

$496.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $496.68

1 Donor

-$211.09

Donations toward project cost

-$211.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$248.34

Match offer toward project cost

-$211.09

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$37.25

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 $0.00

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