You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. G. from Greenwood IN is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. G. is requesting

Engaging Our Minds & Hands With STEM!

My students need K’nex Imagine sets for this STEM activity that will help them to develop engineering design skills.

  • $329 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Each year, I have about 150 sixth graders in my science classes. My students love science! They are always exciting about labs and investigations! They enjoy building spaghetti towers, learning to use a triple beam balance, observing the changes in Gobstoppers when you put them in water or vinegar, using radio telemetry receivers, and building and fine-tuning K'nex roller coasters!

Our school is a place where we want our students to feel safe and where we want them to know that they can make a difference and that they can be someone's "marigold." Science is a tested subject on our state standardized test, so we have a lot of content to teach each year, but it is even more important to me that students enjoy what we are doing in class and learn life skills like problem-solving and critical thinking.

My Project

Our students love to build things! With this project, the sixth grade students at my school will be able to practice the steps of the design process to build various items with one of the K'nex Imagine building sets that I've requested. These sets include various K'nex pieces that students will use to complete a task that I randomly give to them. These random prompts may ask students to build something that rolls, a tower, or maybe even a fidget spinner.

My students stay on task and work well together when they are at the lab stations and using their hands to investigate and/or to create something.

These K'nex sets will give my students another opportunity to work together and develop engineering and critical thinking skills that they will need for high school, college, and their future careers.

Mrs. G.
Grades 6-8

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. G. is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
SET KNEX IMAGINE CREATION ZONE • School Specialty $24.84 9 $223.56

Materials cost

$223.56

Vendor shipping charges

 $22.36

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$279.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.28

Total project goal

$328.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $328.55

1 Donor

-$279.27

Donations toward project cost

-$279.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$49.28

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. G. and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Greenwood","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[4886904],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"IN","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":3372824,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/engaging-our-minds-hands-with-stem/3372824/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":140,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. G.","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"4886904":{"owner":"Mrs. G.","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[3372824],"proposalHash":"132762418","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4886904_272x272.png?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1507769900456","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":21023462,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MTY3MzgwNg=="],"teacherId":4886904,"schoolCounty":"Johnson","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"IN","name":"Indiana"}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.