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Mr. Byrne from Seattle, WA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Technology for the New Generation

My students need 4 digital thermometers to investigate the varying wave lengths with varying surface temperatures, applied to technology to Biology, Astronomy, and Physics.

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My Students

Many students do not have a concrete grasp of what temperature and energy levels really are. By investigating the temperature of various items in the IR spectra my students with be able to better understand temperature and how it relates to every day objects.

My school serves a very culturally diverse region of Washington state.

The students here a presented many challenges and struggles resulting from socio-economic diversity as well. They are bright and knowledge-hungry kids but usually do not the same educational advantages as other students.

My Project

The students in my class yearn for knowledge. They demonstrate this on a daily basis in my class. What I am looking for is a way to demonstrate to them, in a hands-on and practical manner, the simple principle of temperature and how it relates to molecular motion, a fundamental property of all matter. By the use of digital IR temperature probes, they will be able to directly measure the temperature of various items, hot and cold, and relate it to the movement of the atoms in the objects. The students will then relate this to temperature as it relates to metabolic rates in organisms, expansion and contraction of various materials, as well as application in the exploration and properties of distant stars.

By giving my students the opportunity to explore difficult concepts in a very hands-on manner they will be much more likely to fully comprehend the idea.

They will then be able to better apply that knowledge to the world around them.

Mr. Byrne South Shore School Grades 6-8

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Seattle, WA 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

87 students impacted 16donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
IR THERM WD RNG BIG DGT 8:1 -5 • Lab Safety Supply $90.00 4 $360.00

Materials cost

$360.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $36.00

Sales tax

 $31.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$467.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.57

Total project goal

$550.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $550.47

14 Donors

-$548.71

Donations toward project cost

-$467.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.81

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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