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Mr. Carlson from Worcester, MA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Carlson's classroom raised $1,005

Future Engineers of America (Part 2)

My students need 8 scientific and 8 graphing calculators to prepare them for their future careers as rocket scientists and engineers!

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Mr. Carlson South High Community School
Worcester, MA Grades 9-12

My Students

You wouldn't want a doctor to operate on you without training in modern techniques and methods; why would you want any less from the engineer designing your bridges, buildings, or the next generations of spacecraft?

In my classroom, my students teach each other on a daily basis.

I teach ninth grade algebra and geometry in a low-income urban school in Massachusetts. My students tend to enter my class with less knowledge than they should and a steadfast belief that they can't do math. I've made it my mission to build my students' confidence and fight for them with every ounce of stubbornness I possess and every tool I can muster.

My Project

To prepare my students for the world beyond algebra and geometry, they need the chance to work with modern resources. I'm able to introduce them to some of the tools they'll be using throughout high school and college-Geometer's Sketchpad, Excel and Google Sketchup-using the resources that have recently become available, and the SmartBoard that's recently been installed in my room. Providing the graphing and scientific calculators for my classroom will give my students the chance to work with the technologies they need to be successful in higher level high school math courses, and any math or science course they take in college.

I want my students to find success in the best way I can, and prepare them for their brilliant lives as scientists, mathematicians and engineers.

I want my students to enter their freshman year of college with every advantage I can give them, including the chance to avoid the double learning curve of having to learn a new math language and a new technology simultaneously. You can help make this possible.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

125 students impacted 32 donors
Mr. Carlson South High Community School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Worcester, MA View local requests

Nearly all 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

125 students impacted 32donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TI83 PLUS SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR -- Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus Graphing Tool for Statistics and Finance • Quill $89.99 8 $719.92
TI-30XA BATTERY SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR -- Texas Instruments TI-30X-A Scientific Calculator • Quill $9.89 8 $79.12

Materials cost

$799.04

Vendor shipping charges

 $7.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$854.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$150.71

Total project goal

$1,004.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,004.73

30 Donors

-$991.79

Donations toward project cost

-$854.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$137.77

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.94

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 $0.00

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