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Mrs. James from Milwaukee WI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Full STEAM Ahead!

Help me give my students fun and challenging engineering activities and building materials to enhance their learning where they can use their imaginations to build and create.

  • $339 goal

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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

I teach at a K4-8th grade charter school in Milwaukee. Our school has over 700 students of which 96% are receiving free or reduced-price lunch. I have a high number of English Language Learners in my classroom.

Within my Project Lead the Way class, I teach all 1st through 4th grade students about engineering and have an elective class for 7th and 8th graders where I teach them all about financial literacy.

Project Lead the Way is a project-based curriculum that allows students to explore math and science in a different way than their regular classroom. Students are faced with real-world problems which they are expected to work collaboratively to solve. The class also allows them to be creative by using the engineering design process.

My Project

My students participate in project-based learning throughout the year in my class. I teach all the first through fourth-grade students all about the engineering design process and complete design challenges. In my engineering classroom, I often give my students fun challenges to complete to keep their excitement for STEM going. With supplies like LEGO bricks, marble run sets, magnetic tiles, and other building materials, my students can use their imagination to build and create. They learn how to work with other students and realize the importance of teamwork.

Engineering building materials and activity sets are an excellent way to grow students' love of engineering and STEAM while instilling them with problem solving skills which will assist them in becoming lifelong problem solvers and critical thinkers.

Mrs. James
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Blocks Rock! A STEM Toy and Educational Game for Competitive Structured Block Play, Ages 4+ • Amazon Business $57.99 1 $57.99
Magnetic Blocks, 110 PCS Magnetic Tiles for Kids, Magnetic Building Blocks Set Educational Toys for Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $28.99 2 $57.98
LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box 10698 Build Your Own Creative Toys, Kids Building Kit (790 Pieces) • Amazon Business $43.99 1 $43.99
BMAG Marble Run Set for Kids, Marble Race Track , Marble Maze Game Toys, STEM Construction Building Set 112PCS • Amazon Business $38.99 1 $38.99
ThinkFun Rush Hour Junior Traffic Jam Logic Game and STEM Toy for Boys and Girls Age 5 and Up - Junior Version of the International Bestseller Rush Hour • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Lekebaby Classic Baseplates Building Base Plates for Building Bricks 100% Compatible with Major Brands-Baseplates 10" x 10", Pack of 6 • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Do A Dot Art! Markers 6-Pack Rainbow Washable Paint Markers, The Original Dot Marker • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99

Materials cost

$253.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$287.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.77

Total project goal

$338.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $338.46

2 Donors

-$311.99

Donations toward project cost

-$287.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.30

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.47

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