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Ms. Wright from Richmond, CA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exploration Stations

My students need building materials (blocks, logs, chutes, roadways, community worker figurines, signs, bamboo), strategic games, create/design kits, and manipulatives.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Wright's classroom raised $1,243

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you every where!" -Albert Einstein In first grade, our learning may look like play, but we mean serious business! I would like to create more opportunities for students to investigate math, science, and engineering through creative exploration.

My students have little bodies and BIG hearts.

Our school is in the heart of Richmond, California in a high crime, low income neighborhood. Our students face adversities before they even step a foot into the classroom but still come to school ready to tackle a new set of academic challenges. I believe that every student deserves access to the resources they need to be successful in life.

My Project

I want to create exploration stations for my students to use when we have Fun Friday. The resources I asked for will help expose students to math, science, and engineering concepts while encouraging critical thinking skills through creative play. My students need building materials like blocks, logs, and chutes, strategic games, create/design kits, and manipulatives. Students will explore their understanding of physics and engineering by constructing towers and ramps for marbles to run down in the marble run. They will need to use their critical thinking skills to assemble the pieces in a way that allows the marble to reach the end of the course. Students will design environments that encourage problem solving skills using LEGO and other materials. People learn from practice. Students that create small scale models are exposed to the same physical properties that engineers and scientists do on a larger scale. Strategic games will expose students to calculated concepts while helping support spatial reasoning, motor skills, divergent thinking, and language development.

"Girls don't play with legos, they're for boys!" I was told this by my three year old niece, and it made me sad!

I want to create a culture in my classroom where ALL students have an equal opportunity to explore tech subjects. Girls and minorities ARE interested in math, science, and engineering. I need resources for them to explore, create, and build. I hope to increase the participation of women and minorities in technical careers by creating a passion for math, science, and engineering now.

Ms. Wright Lincoln Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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

24 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AA612 - Best-Buy Wooden Blocks - Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.99 1 $129.99
RA402 - Best-Buy Building Bricks - Master Set - 1,495 Pieces • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.99 1 $99.99
FF764 - Connect & Build Roadway • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
HH669 - Bamboo Building Blocks - Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
HH358X - Following Directions Building Sets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $63.99 1 $63.99
NR30 - Log Builders - Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $54.99 1 $54.99
FG650X - Favorite Action Games Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $52.99 1 $52.99
HH482 - Panda Village Block Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
AR386 - Super-Fun Marble Run • Lakeshore Learning Materials $23.99 2 $47.98
PP507 - Create & Design Drill Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $23.99 2 $47.98
LC107 - Magnetic Designer • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 2 $39.98
LL892 - Block Play Homes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
RJ10 - Block Play Traffic Signs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LM826 - Hardwood Community Vehicles - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
RR637 - Lakeshore Community Block Play People • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
NR15 - Log Builders - Starter Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $26.39 1 $26.39
HH356 - Following Directions Building Set - Level 3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $23.99 1 $23.99
TR798 - Don’t Let the Bugs Fall! Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
LL895 - Mini Hardwood Vehicles - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $11.99 1 $11.99

Materials cost

$927.18

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $84.84

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,055.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$186.34

Total project goal

$1,242.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,242.27

1 Donor

-$1,242.27

Donations toward project cost

-$1,055.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$186.34

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