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Mrs. Gragert from Saint Ann MO is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Robo - Engineering

My students need Lego MindStorms kits and motors to learn engineering and problem-solving. They will construct and program robots to solve team-generated problem.

  • $1,191 goal

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My Students

"Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know." David J. Boorstin Struggling, collaborating, discussing, and arguing; students become "Smarter, Together" as they investigate problems and design solutions to answer the questions they generate through their team inspired projects

My students encompass a wide range of economic and ethnic backgrounds.

Many of our families struggle financially, with limited access to resources to encourage their children's curiosity about the world around them. As a result, many also struggle academically. In spite of these challenges, the students are active and interested in engaging lessons, especially lessons that allow them to interact with materials and use their ingenuity to solve real, self-generated problems. As a member of STOM (Science Teachers of Missouri) I strongly support the philosophy of challenging students to apply, not just memorize, the important concepts of science. I'm fortunate to work for a district which is fully embracing the STEM movement and encouraging teachers to design lessons to reflect these ideas. The materials I'm requesting will allow many more students to experience this style of learning directly as they design and modify programs to meet challenges they design together in their teams.

My Project

Students will investigate the question, "What code will instruct the robot to most efficiently solve my problem?" The question is deliberately open-ended, allowing for success among a range of student abilities. Many students have never worked with a robot before or had any coding experience. These students may design a simple problem such as delivering an object to a team mate across the room. Others are members of the school or a community robotics team, and will be able to challenge themselves and inspire their classmates with much more elaborate problems. Each team of students will create a problem they can imagine and describe the robot solving. They will then create code to instruct the robot to follow their plan. Throughout the project, students will be reminded of the engineering process of designing, testing, refining, and retesting. They will be encouraged not to be frustrated by struggles or unexpected outcomes, but to see these as a vital part of the process.

I attempted this project early in the school year, as an introduction to coding and the engineering process.

Students worked hard to design interesting problems and code that would model their vision. However, with only one robot, they were often left waiting for a turn to test their ideas. We had to resort to a class project in the end, to allow everyone to experience a simple program. The additional materials would give us four complete robot kits, allowing for teams of six to seven students.

Mrs. Gragert
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Mindstorms EV3 31313 • Amazon Business $349.95 2 $699.90
LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Intelligent Brick • Amazon Business $179.99 1 $179.99
Lego Mindstorms Ev3 Medium Servo Motor • Amazon Business $43.95 2 $87.90

Materials cost

$967.79

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,012.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$178.64

Total project goal

$1,190.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,190.95

1 Donor

-$595.47

Donations toward project cost

-$506.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.32

match offer

-$595.48

Match offer toward project cost

-$506.16

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.32

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$0.00

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