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Ms. Brown from Farmington ME is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Shadow Questions

Help me give my students laser pens to see how light is refracted with different light types.

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How are shadows made? Do different types of light reflect shadows differently? What if the light is in a different spot? Do all things make a shadow? These are just some of the questions my students have while learning about shadows.

The laser light pens will allow my students to use a different light source to see how shadows and see what happens when different types of light reflect off different materials.

The light pens are small enough and light enough that students will be able to move them all around the object they are experimenting with to see what happens with light-based on the object.

My students love hands-on science and they have many questions that would be more fun for them to experiment and find the answers than it would be to just tell them or have them read about the answer.

Ms. Brown
Grades 3-5
  • Cascade Brook School
  • Farmington, ME
    • More than a third of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 100 students.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cat Laser Toy, Red Dot LED Light Pointer Interactive Toys Indoor Cats DogsLaser, Long Range 5 Modes Lazer Projection Playpen for Kitten Outdoor Pet Chaser Tease Stick Training Exercise,USB Recharge • Amazon Business $6.98 20 $139.60

Materials cost

$139.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $6.98

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$178.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.53

Total project goal

$210.20

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Total project goal

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 $210.20

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