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Ms. Becker from Baltimore, MD is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Math Skills in the Art Room

My students need basswood bridge building kits and mitre boxes with saws.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Becker's classroom raised $398

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students need to build bridges to the more challenging math classes in their future! I want to give my 4th and 5th grade students the opportunity to be motivated in math by letting them design and create wooden bridges and analyze the efficiency and strength of their bridges.

I am an art teacher at an urban Title 1 school.

My students are creative and enthusiastic and they definitely work best when they are working hands on. I know how important it is for my 5th and 6th graders to have a firm foundation in basic math skills so they can succeed in more challenging math classes in high school. I also know that this is their gateway to college. Many of my students are lacking the motivation and the basic skills to do well in math. I know they can do better!

My Project

The bridge building supplies and tools will teach my students geometry, physics, technology education, math, and general science as well as self-confidence and motivation. In art class I plan to motivate my students by having a school- wide bridge building contest for the entire 5th and 6th grades. My students will learn how to design and build bridges but most importantly they will learn how to analyze their bridges.

By donating to this bridge building project you will enable my 5th and 6th grade students to obtain much needed math skills.

They will learn these skills the way children learn best, through hands on direct experience. By learning to build bridges my students will learn to love math and to use math in the real world.

Ms. Becker Coldstream Prk Elementary Middle School 31 Grades 6-8

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.

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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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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MITRE BOX/W/HANDLE & BLADE • Blick Art Materials $13.49 4 $53.96
MIDWEST BRIDGE KITS/BASSWOOD CLASS PACK • Blick Art Materials $75.90 3 $227.70

Materials cost

$281.66

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.90

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$337.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.61

Total project goal

$397.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $397.39

4 Donors

-$198.69

Donations toward project cost

-$168.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.80

match offer

-$198.69

Match offer toward project cost

-$168.89

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.80

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