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Mr. Haywood from Mount Vernon, WA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Soldering for Sirens and Flashing Lights!

Help me give my students the opportunity to learn soldering. The kit contains a soldering iron, wire cutters, and 25 components to be soldered onto a board connected to a battery producing flashing lights and siren.

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My Students

My inquisitive, creative and energetic students love STEAM projects. They love engaging projects to move them to a deeper understanding of important concepts. Our school is a small rural k-8 school of 440 students, and the only school in the Conway School District, WA. As the 7-8 Science Teacher, I am consistently hunting for engaging and authentic projects for our students. We pride ourselves in preparing students to excel at the High School level in one of the 3 surrounding school districts.

My Project

While attending a STEM training at the US Naval Academy last summer I learned how to solder electronic components to a board for a simple flashing light kit. The feeling of accomplishment was awesome and empowering. The Naval Academy Instructors at this activity emphatically told us, "We really need to teach soldering to Middle School students. It just doesn't seem to happen very much and it is becoming a lost skill." This kit offers more components than other kits and student engagement should be phenomenal.

I knew right then when that little red light started flashing on my soldered circuit board, I wanted to create this same opportunity for my students to experience the empowerment and thrill of gaining a valuable skill.

My students have created circuits and built small solar cars and now they are ready for an experience they will never forget. Soldering resistors, jumpers, LEDs, volume control, battery connections, and speakers will be their crowning achievement and open the doors for more electronics and robotics in the future.

Mr. Haywood Conway Elementary School Grades 6-8

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Mount Vernon, WA View local requests 49 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
KIT LEARN TO SOLDER • Frey Scientific $16.19 50 $809.50

Materials cost

$809.50

Vendor shipping charges

 $97.14

Sales tax

 $70.83

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,019.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$179.93

Total project goal

$1,199.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,199.54

11 Donors

-$987.78

Donations toward project cost

-$853.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$133.92

match offer

-$195.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$165.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.76

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 $0.00

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