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Mrs. LaRosa from Killingworth CT is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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3D Printer to Encourage Engineering

My students need a 3-D printer to investigate areas of engineering and encourage more students to go into engineering fields.

  • $2,453 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

At my school every child takes technology education. Showing them 3-D printing would expose so many students to some areas of engineering and manufacturing. Students need this exposure in middle school to hopefully encourage more interest in these areas leading to more careers in the future.

My students are sixth, seventh and eighth grade middle school students.

They love to investigate ideas with hands on projects, and are always curious to learn and try new things. In FIRST LEGO league club we solve missions by programming robots to complete tasks and think outside the box to come up with different innovations/inventions to solve a give problem. My school always encourages technology of all types. This year I was lucky enough to get desktops for my classroom and attend training for Project Lead the Way curriculum.

My Project

This year is the first year I have computers in my classroom. Students would use the 3-D printer to bring their CAD designs to life. Students would design certain parts, probably for the projects they are making in class (co2 car wheels, propellers for boats etc.), and then actually print that part on the 3-D printer. How exciting to see each student's design come to life!

This project will make a difference because we are living the age of hands-on learning and a 3-D printer helps make that a reality in my classroom.

Students are able to see their creation through all the steps of the design process and have a tangible end product!

Mrs. LaRosa
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
MakerBot Academy - 3D Printing Bundle • MakerBot $2,000.00 1 $2,000.00

Materials cost

$2,000.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $25.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$30.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,085.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$367.94

Total project goal

$2,452.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,452.94

1 Donor

-$50.00

Donations toward project cost

-$42.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Matching donations from our partners

-$2,402.94

Match offers toward project cost

-$2,042.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$360.44

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 $0.00

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