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Mr. Scott from Los Angeles, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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To Infinity and Beyond!

Help me give my students water rocket launchers, pumps, detachable fins, clinometers, and calculators so that they can not only learn about launching rockets into the air, but also to calculate how high they went!

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My Students

The world has been deeply impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the massive toll that it has taken on our society, and especially our children, has been unsettling. Even though our school doors are still closed, it seems like we are on the road to getting back and seeing everyone in person. My students are a very diverse group that comes from a wide socioeconomic and ethnically diversified background from Los Angeles's Westside. I teach everything from highly accelerated students to students with special needs.

But all students deserve meaningful opportunities for hands-on learning.

All good teaching requires using multiple strategies, resources, and tools so that all learners can access the curriculum. For many of my students, Science is their favorite class because it’s actually "hands-on." They are bright and eager to learn, and recently I even had a student tell me she wanted to be an astrophysicist. Imagine how excited she would be to do a lab where we launch rockets!

My Project

Inspired by the IF/Then project, "Actually, It's Rocket Science," and Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket program of landing reusable rockets, we aim to launch water rockets into the infinity and beyond! The If/Then Curiosity Camp's Pom Pom launcher is a great template to start with, but then we'll take it up a notch for my middle schoolers. Instead of pom poms, we will make and decorate water bottle rockets and launch them into the air by pressurizing the water with a bicycle pump, then use instruments to measure their acquired altitude, and lastly calculate out how high they launched into the air. With a good pump, we might get these rockets over a hundred feet! This Next Generation Science Standards lab would work for the cross-cutting concepts of both force/space standards with concentration of the engineering and mathematics SEP's.

Launching rockets have been captivating kids for generations and this hands-on lab will put them in the pilot's seat.

In the process, they will use the scientific process and the inquiry-based learning to connect what they observe to concepts like Newton's Three Laws of Motion. To support what we'd be learning, we would be adding in the IF/Then Collection video resources, Mission Unstoppable: Behind the Scenes with Rocket Scientists and, Mission Unstoppable: Precipitation, as an introduction of our fuel "source", then add how that water can be pressurized and used to lift rockets off the ground.

Mr. Scott Mark Twain Middle School Grades 6-8

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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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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

185 students impacted 11donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
AquaPod Water Bottle Rocket Launcher Science Kit- STEM Toy Launches Soda Bottles Up to 100 ft in Air • Amazon Business $37.99 6 $227.94
BV Bicycle Ergonomic Bike Floor Pump with Gauge & Smart Valve Head, 160 psi, Automatically Reversible Presta and Schrader • Amazon Business $32.00 6 $192.00
Estes 302232 Alti Trak Altitude Finder • Amazon Business $19.08 6 $114.48
EAI Education CalcPal EAI-350 Scientific Calculator - Set of 10 • Amazon Business $89.95 1 $89.95
StratoFins Screw-on Water Rocket Fins - Compatible with 2 Liter Bottles or Smaller • Amazon Business $10.99 6 $65.94
Pgzsy 6 Pack Multi-Function Electronic Digital Sport Stopwatch Timer, Large Display with Date Time and Alarm Function,Suitable for Sports Coaches Fitness Coaches and Referees • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98

Materials cost

$720.29

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $65.91

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$827.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$145.94

Total project goal

$972.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $972.94

10 Donors

-$318.43

Donations toward project cost

-$285.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.76

match offer

-$636.85

Match offer toward project cost

-$541.32

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.53

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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