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Mrs. Valenti from Manchester NJ is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help me give my students six Sphero Mini Robots for our new Media Center STEM lab.

  • $383 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our elementary school comprises over 400 students in grades K-5 who love to explore and learn. My students love to read and use technology in the Media Center, and they look forward to the Media class each week.

As the media specialist, it is my job to help foster a love of learning and to offer opportunities for students to develop skills and interests.

My Project

This year our Media Center is implementing a STEAM lab in order for students to work hands-on with technology and to practice problem solving skills. We wish to undertake many exciting projects that will allow students to think outside the box, but we do not have a budget to do so.

These Sphero Mini Robots make STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) education fun for students.

These robots will enable my students to collaboratively explore robotics and coding. They will be able to develop and apply the critical computational thinking skills needed to solve problems in the 21st Century.

Mrs. Valenti
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sphero Mini (Green) App-Enabled Programmable Robot Ball - STEM Educational Toy for Kids Ages 8 & Up - Drive, Game & Code with Sphero Play & Edu App, 1.57", Green • Amazon Business $48.49 6 $290.94

Materials cost

$290.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$325.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.41

Total project goal

$382.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $382.71

6 Donors

-$274.75

Donations toward project cost

-$253.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.85

Matching donations from our partners

-$84.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$71.40

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.96

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 $0.00

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