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Ms. Ng from Philadelphia PA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My students need 30 calculators for math and science class.

  • $681 goal

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My Students

Imagine yourself smiling awkwardly in 8th grade as you found the discount price of a pair of shoes. In your hand, you held a scientific calculator, the gateway to becoming the brilliant thinker (and shopper) you are today. Like you, my students also need calculators for their future success!

My students are 125 eager and hardworking 6th, 7th, and 8th graders studying math and science.

They attend a diverse charter school in an urban Pennsylvania city. 50% are living at or below the poverty line, so parents cannot all afford to purchase the calculators needed to support their children's education. The students range in ability and development, and include students with special needs, students who are below grade level, and students who are gifted.

My Project

Using calculators reduces the emphasis on tedious computation, so middle school students can build confidence by focusing on problem solving, number sense, and patterns. Through your donation, you will provide my students with the tools to better understand the concepts of physics, graphs, and more. For instance, in a lesson on discount, my student is pondering the following purchase: a pair of sneakers for $88.50 for 25% off, or a pair of sneakers for $69.99 for 5% off. When she performs the calculations using pencil-and-paper, she is frustrated by the multi-digit multiplication of decimals. When she performs the calculators on a calculator, she proudly gives the best sale price, and explains how she can use this knowledge on her next shopping trip. Calculators help my students learn more quickly, and they can apply their knowledge in the real world, well after they have graduated middle school. Further, your donation will help students in my classes in future years.

Your donation of calculators help students learn math and science concepts more efficiently.

The higher-order thinking skills and the confidence they develop will support them in high school, college, and beyond.

Ms. Ng
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TI-30X IIS Calculator • Nasco $16.25 30 $487.50

Materials cost

$487.50

Vendor shipping charges

 $48.75

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$578.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.10

Total project goal

$680.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $680.66

13 Donors

-$568.36

Donations toward project cost

-$493.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.80

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.30

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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