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Mrs. Hillhouse from Pascagoula MS is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Future Engineers: STEM Opportunities in the Gifted Classroom

My students need four LEGO Mindstorms kits in order to integrate robotics and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) into our gifted-education classroom.

  • $1,844 goal

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My Students

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn." -Benjamin Franklin My gifted students are hungry for hands-on learning experiences in the classroom! LEGO Mindstorms EV3 are perfect for my gifted students as they learn to be inventors and builders this year.

In my class each week, I teach about 60 gifted students from seven elementary schools in the district.

These students are classified as intellectually gifted, meaning they have an IQ of 120 or higher. My students are very creative and they love computers and building with their hands. Most of my students are kinesthetic learners, they learn best by doing. Many of students are from economically disadvantaged homes. Some have never even played with LEGOs before, much less built a fully-functioning robot or invention with them. If my students don't experience it in the classroom, oftentimes they won't get to experience it at all. I want to give my students every opportunity possible for them to be as successful as possible. Many of my students are extremely intelligent and creative, they just need to be given the proper resources in order to shine their brightest.

My Project

With LEGO Mindstorms EV3, my students can build robots and use software to plan, test and modify sequences of instructions from a variety of real life robotic behaviors. Robotics is an exciting way to bring STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to our classroom. STEM is crucial, especially, for my students who want to be doctors, architects, engineers, scientists, computer programmers etc. My students will not only be able to learn how to build and program robots using LEGOs, they can also use the kits to create new inventions to make our lives easier.

I want to give my students every opportunity and experience I can, so that they are fully prepared to reach their goals in the future.

With the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 kits, I will be able to give my students the opportunity to dream big and create fully functioning robots and other inventions.

Mrs. Hillhouse
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Mindstorms EV3 31313 • Amazon Business $349.95 4 $1,399.80
The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Idea Book: 181 Simple Machines and Clever Contraptions • Amazon Business $16.88 1 $16.88

Materials cost

$1,416.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $99.17

3rd party payment processing fee

$21.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,567.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$276.55

Total project goal

$1,843.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,843.65

17 Donors

-$1,490.05

Donations toward project cost

-$1,312.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$177.95

match offer

-$300.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$255.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$53.60

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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