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Mrs. Gagner from North Ferrisburgh VT is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Us Create a Makerspace!

My students need the gears, motors, wires, toggles, and other implements of mass creation that a genuine makerspace entails!

  • $589 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

To foster creativity in science, tech, engineering, and math (STEM) we need a maker-space. This is a learning environment that is more like a mad scientist's best-lab-ever, than a "traditional" classroom. It allows kids to tinker, wonder, build, solve, grapple, and learn together in a neat new way.

We are creators in every sense of the word!

The productive buzz in our room generates buzz around the school and in our community about the work we do. Our classroom community values creativity, inquiry, and taking apart problems big and small. We are in love with the unknown (it's much more fun than the known!) and enjoy getting as close to the bottom of things as we can--it helps us be in a constant state of curiosity and collaborative problem solving, which is how we operate best!

My Project

This raspberry pi isn't for dessert! The items we are requesting might seem like they would be at home in a garage or workshop, but we are going to use them to figure out how the world works, one toggle switch at a time. The materials we need for our maker-space will be complemented by donations from basements around the community (we are already promised an old, non-working TV!) and the tools we are asking for will give us a great foundation for tinkering and exploring. Our dream is an always-open (and very large) corner of the room that we can dip into when we are feeling inspired or need to unwind. Working with our hands is something we are always game for and our very own maker-space is just what we need to stoke our creative fires.

Nothing feels better than seeing someone or something light up and a maker-space will give us the opportunity for both!

Our community is a place where ideas light up all the time and a well-stocked maker-space will help us light up literally and figuratively. We suspect that the chance to fiddle and tinker with these creative materials will give kids practical opportunities to find out how things work but also inspire them to be a part of a collaborative scientific community.

Mrs. Gagner
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
CanaKit Raspberry Pi Ultimate Starter Kit (Over 35 Components: Raspberry Pi + WiFi Dongle + 8GB SD Card + Case + Power Supply and many more) • Amazon $74.99 1 $74.99
Gardner Bender GSW-18 Medium Duty Toggle Switch 8A 125V DC / 10A 125V AC, Single Pole Single Throw, ON-OFF (includes faceplate), Stripped 6-Inch Leads • Amazon $6.99 10 $69.90
Small Solar Panel 5.5V 40mA with wires • Amazon $6.95 10 $69.50
1700-7300RPM 1.5-6.5V High Torque Cylinder Electric Mini DC Motor • Amazon $5.80 10 $58.00
Arduino Uno Ultimate Starter Kit -- Includes 72 page Instruction Book • Amazon $54.99 1 $54.99
SE MZ101B Helping Hands with Magnifying Glass • Amazon $6.26 5 $31.30
20ga 25' Red/Black Hookup Wire 12V DC • Amazon $5.62 5 $28.10
Soldering Station Features Continuously Variable Power Between 5-40W, a 1.5mm Pointed Tip • Amazon $23.95 1 $23.95
Electronix Express - Hook up Wire Kit (Stranded Wire Kit) • Amazon $20.00 1 $20.00
Raspberry Pi User Guide • Amazon $17.22 1 $17.22
Elenco Electronics ST-12 Soldering Tool Kit • Amazon $14.95 1 $14.95

Materials cost

$462.90

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$499.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.21

Total project goal

$588.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$588.05

6 Donors

-$294.03

Donations toward project cost

-$249.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.10

match offer

-$294.01

Match offer toward project cost

-$249.91

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.10

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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