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Mr. Cipriano from Chichester, NH is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Geometry - Area, Surface Area, Volume

Help me give my students Magna Tiles master set to assist with geometry.

  • $507 goal

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My Project

When learning about geometry concepts such as area, surface area, and volume, I have always tried making it a hands-on experience. A couple years ago I tried a lesson using some of my son's old Magna Tiles I had brought from home with my middle school classes. It was an instant success. The students were creating a lot of different shapes but also making much needed connections to concepts like area, surface area, and volume.

Once the students had explored for a while, we began discussing how to calculate area, surface area, or volume and how we could relate what we had to an algorithm for the different shapes.

I found that it helped the students bridge the gap from abstract algorithms to concrete examples and was easier for them to understand than just memorizing a formula.

Mr. Cipriano Chichester Central School Grades 6-8

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Chichester, NH View local requests 55 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Magna-Tiles® - Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.99 2 $259.98
Magna-Tiles® Rectangle Expansion Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 3 $74.97
Magna-Tiles® Polygon Expansion Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 3 $59.97

Materials cost

$394.92

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$430.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.03

Total project goal

$506.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$506.87

5 Donors

-$406.87

Donations toward project cost

-$345.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.03

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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$0.00

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