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Mr. Viles from Dallas, TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mouse Trap Car Project

Help me give my students mouse trap car kits, to have the tools needed to build mouse trap cars as part of our end of the year project. They will be optimizing speed builds.

  • 4 donors
  • $266 still needed

expires May 09

  • 4 donors
  • $266 still needed
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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

Students will use what they have learned all year to build a mouse trap car that they will race in multiple heats against their classmates. Between each heat, the student will use the engineering cycle of evaluation and adjustments to improve their performance. The final top 5 finishers will compete in front of the school at the end of the year Pep Rally.

Students will use the concepts of mechanical advantage to transfer energy stored in their mouse traps to the axles and wheels of their cars.

I have included a lot of basic parts and tools as well as some commercial car kits that I will separate into parts and added to my general maker space supplies. Students will be evaluated on creativity, innovation, and their race time adjustments.

Students will make tactile and concrete connections between what they have learned and how it can be used.

Mr. Viles PTAA North Dallas Grades 9-12

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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Dallas, TX View local requests

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

Never Before Funded 50 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TeacherGeek Mousetrap Vehicle, Pack of 10 - Middle-High School - Adult • School Specialty $97.48 1 $97.48
Carolina STEM Challenge: Mousetrap Cars Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $79.11 1 $79.11
Victor M156 Metal Pedal Sustainably Sourced FSC Wood Snap Mouse Trap - 64 Traps • Amazon Business $51.72 1 $51.72
Mini Hot Glue Gun Set for Class Project, Small Glue Gun Hot Melt Arts Craft DIY Glue Gun for Crafts School DIY Arts Home Quick Repairs (Multicolored 8 Pieces) • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
Large Plastic Toy Project Wheels and Axles, for Mousetrap Car and Rubber Band Car Projects, 20 Wheels, 20 Rubber Bands, 10 Dowels • Amazon Business $23.95 1 $23.95
WSICSE 30 Pcs Wooden Dowel Rods, 1/8 x 6 Inch Wood Dowels Craft Sticks Unfinished Natural Dowling Rods Wooden Sticks for Crafting and DIYers • Amazon Business $4.99 4 $19.96
Gorilla Glue Mini Hot Glue Sticks - Pkg of 30, 4" • Blick Art Materials $4.99 3 $14.97
Amkoskr 4.5 Inch Wooden Popsicle Sticks for Crafts, 500pcs Premium Popsicle Sticks Bulk Craft Sticks for Mixing，Waxing，Handmade • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$322.17

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.98

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$386.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.29

Total project goal

$455.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $455.27

3 Donors

-$170.00

Donations toward project cost

-$144.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.50

match offer

-$20.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$17.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $265.27

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