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BEEcome Engineers and Mathematicians

Help me give my students Bee-Bots. These robots are a wonderful digital technologies resource to introduce students to coding and computational thinking.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ballant's classroom raised $874

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My Students

My second grade class of twenty-one students arrives each day between 7:20 and 8:10. Most of them love order, have perfectionist tendencies and are many times unwilling to take risks. The students are comprised of middle to low income and all receive free breakfast and lunch at school. All students have backpacks but may lack the daily supplies for success. Our school is located in Montgomery, Alabama, which is the capital city.

I am always striving to build a sense of community within the classroom and provide opportunities to succeed for all students.

Some of the projects I am looking for this year deal with cooperative play, understanding / embracing culture and diversity, creative writing, and reading.

My Project

Bee-Bots are a wonderful digital technologies resource to introduce students to coding and computational thinking. The small robot can remember a sequence of up to 40 commands, directing it to move forwards and backwards, and to turn 90 degrees left and right.

STEM education creates critical thinkers, increases science literacy, and enables the next generation of innovators.

These hands on activities teach sequencing, estimation, coding, and problem solving. These programmable robots help students learn algorithms and algorithmic thinking across the curriculum. Whether the lesson is reading, science, mathematics, or social studies; these robots can help to develop logical thinking, while working as a team to solve problems.

After each command, the Bee-Bot beeps and blinks, which allows students to count its movements and follow the sequence of code they develop to ensure its accuracy. This enables students to create simple algorithms while developing their problem solving skills in a fun learning environment.

Project tagged as

Montgomery, AL
Grades PreK-2
Engineering & Technology
Mathematics
Traditional School
Educational Kits & Games
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Mrs. Ballant Dalraida Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Montgomery, AL View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Bee-Bot(r) Rechargeable Robot • Kaplan Early Learning Company $79.95 5 $399.75

Bee-Bot(r) Starter Pack • Kaplan Early Learning Company $199.95 1 $199.95

Bee-Bot(r) Docking Station • Kaplan Early Learning Company $49.95 1 $49.95

Materials cost			$649.65
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$52.95
3rd party payment processing fee			$9.74
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$742.34
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$131.00
Total project goal			$873.34
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$873.34
3 Donors			-$437.00
Donations toward project cost			-$372.20
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$64.80
match offer			-$435.46
Match offer toward project cost			-$370.14
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$65.32
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$0.88
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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BEEcome Engineers and Mathematicians

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