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Mr. Diaz from Salt Lake City, UT is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Diaz's classroom raised $977

Hands-on Discovery through 3D Printing (with Nachos on the side)

Help me give my students a FlashForge Adventurer 3 3D Printer and filament (the printer ink) in order to allow my students to challenge their math and science skills by developing actual 3D math models and science displays.

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Mr. Diaz Wallace Stegner Academy Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, UT Grades 6-8

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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

Our school is new to the education world but a dominating force in a wonderful suburb of Salt Lake City called West Valley. Our school is classified as Title I meaning over 70% of students qualify for free/reduced breakfast and lunch. My students LOVE friendly competition between each other and the other 6th grade classes. They see the reasoning that competition, when done right, can lift up everyone to success.

I have a large group of diverse and engaged learners who come from a variety of families and cultures.

With all those unique differences, COVID has created a large learning gap for various reasons ranging from anxiety to lack of basic at-home resources. More than 85% of my class has reported a loss of physical and emotional contact with close friends, family, or educators during the past two years.

While my students have all these amazing attributes, they have failed to have practical and hands-on discovery nurtured.

My Project

I believe Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India states the importance of my need the best, "In this digital age, we have an opportunity to transform the lives of people in ways that were hard to imagine a couple of decades ago.” I believe that giving students access to a 3D printer will truly transform the lives of my students.

The Flashforge 3D printer will help reduce the learning gap of my students by giving them tangible math shapes, scientific models, and unique rewards for academic achievement.

By creating 3D math models, my students can physically touch and understand shapes. This would allow them to quickly understand how to find measurements. I would create the basic building blocks of life such as DNA and atoms which would allow the students to see how they connect directly. Many students have felt disconnected and anxious about returning to a full class schedule and fun incentives such as 3D printed nachos and toys can, when properly executed, motivate a student to perform their best academically.

3D printing in my school can help transform my students from being passive consumers to active creators. In addition, having access to 3D printing technology at the classroom level allows more students to adopt a practical hands-on approach. After consulting with multiple teachers in my school, we believe that while a 3D printer would not be the "golden solution" for making up what students have lost during COVID but would easily help strengthen the transition to more rigorous academics.

THANK YOU so much for your consideration.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

490 students impacted 1 donor
Mr. Diaz Wallace Stegner Academy Salt Lake City Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Salt Lake City, UT View local requests

More than half of 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

490 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
FlashForge Adventurer 3 3D Printer • Amazon Business $449.00 1 $449.00
HATCHBOX PLA 3D Printer Filament, Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03 mm, 1 kg Spool, 1.75 mm, Yellow • Amazon Business $24.99 4 $99.96
HATCHBOX PLA 3D Printer Filament, Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03 mm, 1 kg Spool, 1.75 mm, Red • Amazon Business $24.99 2 $49.98
iSANMATE 3D Printer Filament, Red PLA Wood Filament 1.75mm, 1 kg Spool (20% Wood Powder+80% PLA+) • Amazon Business $26.34 1 $26.34
HATCHBOX PLA 3D Printer Filament, Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03 mm, 1 kg Spool, 1.75 mm, Green • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
3D Printer Filament, PLA Filament Glow in The Dark, 1.75mm Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03 mm, 1 kg Spool • Amazon Business $23.79 1 $23.79
iSANMATE Wood Filament 1.75mm, PLA+ Wood Filament 1.75mm, 3D Printer Filament 1kg Spool (20% Wood Powder+80% PLA+) • Amazon Business $23.79 1 $23.79
HATCHBOX PLA 3D Printer Filament, Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03 mm, 1 kg Spool, 1.75 mm, White • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
3D Printer Filament, Color Change Rainbow PLA Filament 1.75 mm Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.02 mm, 1 KG Spool, PLA Rainbow Multicolor • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
HATCHBOX PLA 3D Printer Filament, Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03 mm, 1 kg Spool, 1.75 mm, Black, Pack of 1 • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Furinno Turn-N-Tube Easy Assembly Multipurpose Shelf, Blackwood/Black • Amazon Business $21.11 1 $21.11

Materials cost

$787.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$829.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$146.43

Total project goal

$976.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $976.18

1 Donor

-$976.18

Donations toward project cost

-$829.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$146.43

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