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Ms. Berns from Spanish Fork UT is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fantastic Fires

My students need Kindle Fires to learn how to code robots.

  • $380 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

I have 30 awesome students who vary tremendously in their abilities and interests. I try to present the fifth grade core content in a way that gets them excited to learn while allowing them to be confident and successful. My students love learning when they are able to have hands-on experiences to discover the reasons behind phenomena they see in the world around them.

My students are enthusiastic to learn despite the many challenges they face.

The school I teach at is located in a low income area. My school was 1% away from being qualified as a Title l so we do not receive extra funding and resources for being low income. With a lack of funding, it is extremely difficult to provide the exciting and challenging opportunities that my students need to improve.

My Project

My students have been learning how to code this year. We are lucky to be able to have several Sphero Minis and Dash and Dot robots in our classroom. Unfortunately, I only have one iPad so we are not able to use the robots unless we find other teachers who will let us borrow their iPads.

My students would be able to code more often if we had devices in our own classroom.

Recently my students worked on a challenge to get a robot through a maze. I loved the teamwork and perseverance that was displayed as my students were working on this task. The students were so excited when they completed the task. I want to be able to create tasks like this more often. With the Kindle Fires, I will also be able to find ways to utilize them in helping with math, reading, and science.

Ms. Berns
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fire HD 8 Tablet with Alexa, 8" HD Display, 16 GB, Punch Red - with Special Offers • Amazon Business $71.99 1 $71.99
Fire HD 8 Tablet with Alexa, 8" HD Display, 16 GB, Marine Blue - with Special Offers • Amazon Business $71.99 1 $71.99
Fire HD 8 Tablet with Alexa, 8" HD Display, 16 GB, Canary Yellow - with Special Offers • Amazon Business $71.99 1 $71.99
Fire HD 8 Tablet with Alexa, 8" HD Display, 16 GB, Black - with Special Offers • Amazon Business $71.99 1 $71.99

Materials cost

$287.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$322.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.87

Total project goal

$379.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $379.15

1 Donor

-$322.28

Donations toward project cost

-$322.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$56.87

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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