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Mrs. Alves from Urbana IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Legos Create Meaning

My students need building materials for several projects and uses. We will use these Legos to help students understand math, science, and social studies concepts.

  • $201 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Fun or Dull? Students need ideas and concepts to be meaningful and real. When students can create, design, and apply problem-solving skills, multiple concepts will be embedded into their learning. By funding this project, you will help many students for years create meaning and understanding.

Due to high poverty, my students have a very limited childhood.

In order to solidify and make meaning of concepts, my students need experiences that others may take for granted. With these tools, students will gain experiences by creating and applying knowledge in order to build structures, machines, and stories.

My Project

My students will use these Legos for a variety of purposes in the areas of math, science, social studies, writing, and technology. For example, they can build structures with varying areas and perimeters. We can use them to build fractions, ratios, and to show scale. Students will also use them to build simple machines and run experiments for motion. We will also use them to build structures of ancient civilizations and then write about them. We can then use technology to create movies or photos of their work.

Your kind donation will allow my students to use their knowledge which will help them retain information and use higher level thinking to design and create.

These are skills that are necessary for the 21st century! Thank you for considering this project.

Mrs. Alves
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Education Brick Set 4579793 (884 Pieces) • Amazon $54.95 1 $54.95
LEGO Education Wheels Set 4598357 (286 Pieces) • Amazon $42.56 1 $42.56
LEGO Education Doors, Windows & Roof Tiles Set 4587438 (278 Pieces) • Amazon $40.67 1 $40.67

Materials cost

$138.18

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$170.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.04

Total project goal

$200.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $200.29

2 Donors

-$187.06

Donations toward project cost

-$170.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.81

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.23

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