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Mrs. Esposito from Brooklyn NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Building Engineers...One Plank at a Time!

My students need KEVA BOT MAZEs and KEVA PLANKS to learn about the Engineering Design Process!!!

  • $539 goal

This project expired on July 27, 2018.

This project expired on July 27, 2018.

My Students

Hello! I am the STEM teacher and I teach children from prek to 5th. My students are 39% ELL. This is the first time in schools for many of these students from other countries.

I also have an ICT class on each grade and a horizon which is an 8:1:1 program for Autistic children (k to 3) as well as three 12:1:1 (k to 4).

My school is also a title 1 school which qualifies 97% of the students for free lunch based on their economic status.

My Project

I would like for my students to become better problem solvers using the engineering design process. Using Keva maze bots and Keva planks with connectors the students will build mazes using different configurations. I feel that the distraction of the "bot" will limit the amount of stress when building.

My future "Bob the Builders" will also use the Keva planks as building materials to solve other engineering challenges.

I am hoping that by using the design process and becoming familiar with the steps, they will then carry over the process to solve other everyday problems as well as in their other subjects.

Mrs. Esposito
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
KEVA BOT MAZE • School Specialty $38.90 5 $194.50
SET KEVA MAPLE PLANK 400 PCS • School Specialty $141.99 1 $141.99
KEVA CONNECT BUILDER SET OF 144 • School Specialty $47.35 1 $47.35

Materials cost

$383.84

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.38

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$457.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.82

Total project goal

$538.80

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