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

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Developing 21st Century Skills, Closing The Achievement Gap

My students need six Sphero Robotics Balls to develop critical thinking skills as well as collaboration and problem solving skills.

  • $961 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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 Students

All students are special and deserve the very best educational opportunities no matter what! Each of my students has talents and abilities that will grow and flourish when provided with these learning opportunities. 85% of the students on our campus fall into the economically disadvantaged category. 75% of our students are minorities. This, however, does not mean they should receive inequality in education.

My hope is to eliminate the achievement gap for my students and provide them with the 21st century skills they will need to be successful.

I will teach my students key elements in creative and critical thinking, collaboration and teamwork skills, and problem solving. They are the future of this country and should not have to settle for anything other than the best learning environment.

As educators, we must remember that we are training our students for jobs that have not yet been created. Providing them with these 21st century skills is the best way to ensure they are a positively contributing society as they grow up.

My Project

Using these Sphero Robots in the classroom will not only help develop necessary 21st Century skills, they will cross reference learning in all STEM classes. It is important that my students learn to think critically, collaborate, and problem solve while learning to work with others.

My students are so excited to be able to take responsibility for their own learning.

They are working on ways to incorporate activities that will bring in ELA, Social Studies, and Art as well as Science and Technology. With these robots, they will also be able to participate in competitions with students from other schools throughout the district.

Mrs. Turner
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Orbotix S003RW1 Sphero 2.0: The App-Controlled Robot Ball • Amazon Business $129.20 6 $775.20

Materials cost

$775.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$816.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$144.15

Total project goal

$960.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $960.98

12 Donors

-$775.68

Donations toward project cost

-$689.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.35

match offer

-$150.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.30

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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