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Mrs. Velez from Richmond TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Building Each Other Up With STEM!

My students need KEVA brain builders, building blocks, and plank sets to build a variety of structures to participate in STEM challenges.

  • $264 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Welcome to Mrs. Velez's classroom!! My students love to explore, think outside the box, create, and work as a team to problem-solve!

During Enrichment time, my students participate in a variety of STEM activities that allows them to think divertingly, inventively, and imaginatively!

Using their unique thinking my students take PRIDE in building strong relationships. They encourage each other and learn to keep trying until they are successful! I love taking a moment to watch them in action - it is heart filling and they make me proud!

My Project

Our school's vision and mission is based on encouraging team building through creativity, communication, and problem solving.

We understand that our students all have unique gifts, different thinking capabilities, and learning styles.

This is why I decided to include STEM challenges during Enrichment time.

Using the variety of materials, such as magnet building tiles, plastic pattern blocks and play doh, in this project and their own thinking, students will work in groups to create, build, or fix structures. Providing a variety of materials will help differentiate for students who have not yet developed fine motor skills. Students will learn to build on their skills as they help build each other up!

Mrs. Velez
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
KEVA Contraptions: 200 Plank Set • AKJ Education $36.46 1 $36.46
KEVA Connect: Builder Set • AKJ Education $36.46 1 $36.46
Budding Builders Tub • AKJ Education $35.99 1 $35.99
PicassoTiles 60 Piece Set 60pcs Magnet Building Tiles Clear Magnetic 3D Building Blocks Construction Playboards - Creativity beyond Imagination, Inspirational, Recreational, Educational, Conventional • Amazon Business $33.98 1 $33.98
Play-Doh Modeling Compound 24-Pack Case of Colors (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
Learning Resources Plastic Pattern Blocks (Set of 250) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
KEVA Brain Builders • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64

Materials cost

$191.51

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$224.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.60

Total project goal

$263.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$263.98

1 Donor

-$263.98

Donations toward project cost

-$224.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.60

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$0.00

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