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Mr. Camarena from Chicago, IL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Code Your Future!

Help me give my students robot kits to learn coding. This donation will allow my students to explore coding and robotics.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Camarena's classroom raised $466

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My students are 9th grade Design students who take an interest in computer science and coding. At our high school, these students are part of the Major Studies department and take World Studies, Technology, English, and Math classes where they learn and apply different aspects of these subjects to their daily lives. My Design 1 class places a heavy emphasis on researching, planning, and creating art, technology, code, and models through the 'design cycle'. I teach my students how to think critically about a problem and take logical steps to solve them both independently and through using teamwork.

My primary goal is to give my students fair and open access to higher quality coding and technology education through a hands on exploration of self driving cars.

The project I am seeking donations for is part of a unit on micro-bits and the technology that is part of making a self driving car. The goal of this project is to introduce students to the fast changing and relevant modern technologies of autonomous vehicles through coding. My students will be able to explore how computers and coding programs can make a vehicle move, and the engineering that goes on behind the scenes of these technologies, such as LIDAR, Radar, and motion sensors. As my students are growing up in our technologically advanced society, I believe giving them access to a hands-on exploration of autonomous vehicles is crucial; there is no better way to have my students learn than by doing and exploring the technology themselves. The items I am requesting will give my students this opportunity and allow them to connect this aspect of technology and automation to their own lives. My students have aspirations of becoming engineers, web developers, programmers, and architects; this donation would help cultivate their curiosity.

Mr. Camarena Nicholas Senn High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of 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

180 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Yahboom Micro:bit DIY Coding Science Building Kit Smart Toys Car Robotic Kit Learning Educational STEM Projects for Kids Ages 8-12（Without Microbit） • Amazon Business $29.99 12 $359.88

Materials cost

$359.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$395.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.76

Total project goal

$465.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $465.04

1 Donor

-$232.52

Donations toward project cost

-$197.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.88

match offer

-$232.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$197.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.88

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 $0.00

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