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Mrs. Koch from Mount Orab, OH is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Interactive Volume and Pitch Tools!

Help me give my students these musical instruments that were specifically chosen to teach volume and pitch.

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My Students

Our students are in an area where the Arts are not emphasized outside of the classroom. Our schools do a great job of keeping art, music, and PE as classes, however, our students do not get exposed to art and music outside of the classroom.

Our district is an hour away from a large city with cultural events.

Therefore they do not get to see professional cultural events. Our school funding has to go to meet many of our student's basic needs for the classroom - pencils, notebook, etc.

One of my science units is sound energy. There are many great activities that would enable students to actively be engaged in lessons that involve instruments. These activities using instruments would help students grasp the concepts of pitch and volume.

We use videos, but some hands-on activities would go a long way in helping students grasp the topic of sound energy.

My Project

The terms volume and pitch are often confused by my science students. Even though the music teacher uses the same vocabulary, they are not able to make the connection from music class to science class.

Musical instruments in the Science classroom would increase my students' music and science connection!

The instruments would take the place of rubber bands and glasses of water. Don't get me wrong, students love the activities we do for volume and pitch, however, but they are just not making the connection and when it is time to assess them on Sound Energy, volume and pitch are often confused.

Please consider helping me bring these tools into my already interactive classroom!

Mrs. Koch Mount Orab Middle School Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
INSTRUMENT MUSIC KIDSPLAY HANDBELLS - SET OF 8 • Frey Scientific $51.11 2 $102.22
INSTRUMENT MUSIC RHYTHM STICK ROUNDERS SET OF 24 • Frey Scientific $35.28 1 $35.28
INSTRUMENT BOOMWHACKER STAND DS • Frey Scientific $15.75 2 $31.50

Materials cost

$169.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $20.28

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$221.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.14

Total project goal

$260.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $260.96

4 Donors

-$130.48

Donations toward project cost

-$110.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.57

match offer

-$130.48

Match offer toward project cost

-$110.91

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.57

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 $0.00

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