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Mr. Dechter from Mountain View, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Green Energy!

My Green Energy project needs 1 Solar House, a basic solar kit, and Energy Alternatives Kit, a physical science activity book, a conductometer and a set of basic equipment.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Dechter's classroom raised $503

This project is fully funded

I work at a title one school. I am the fifth grade teacher and the Gifted and Talented Coordinator.

I am teaching green energy to students who live in the Silicon Valley. These are the students of the fast food workers, etc. so they have little to no technology at home, but they are full of potential and deserve the same rights as all of the other families around them. These technologies will benefit not only them but all students of our school.

These resources will be used to help the students understand green energy. This donation will pay for a physical science activity book that is full of experiments dealing with solar and alternative energy sources. Three different solar energy kits ranging from powering a house to powering solar cars. These kits will give the students hands on experience that is far more valuable then reading from a book about this subject. The next step will be to create proposals to help our country change to a more green environment to help stop the Global Warming Situation.

This donation will not only help my students, but my students will be the potential leaders of tomorrow. They will be the future leaders that our nation will need in handling the problems of tomorrow.

Mr. Dechter Theuerkauf Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Solar House • Frey Scientific, Inc. $53.00 1 $53.00
Energy Alternatives Kit • Frey Scientific, Inc. $129.00 1 $129.00
Basic Solar Kit • Frey Scientific, Inc. $21.95 1 $21.95
Physical Science Activity Book • Frey Scientific, Inc. $12.65 1 $12.65
Conductometer • Frey Scientific, Inc. $16.55 1 $16.55
Basic Equipment Unit • Frey Scientific, Inc. $97.00 1 $97.00

Materials cost

$330.15

Vendor shipping charges

$33.02

Sales tax

$23.94

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$412.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.44

Total project goal

$502.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$502.44

6 Donors

-$484.71

Donations toward project cost

-$412.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.73

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$0.00

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