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Mr. Lepisto from Oneida IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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How to Build a City From Scratch

Help me give my students a 3D printer to help create an interactive city.

  • $676 goal

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My Students

I teach Computer Applications at a small rural school. The students that take my classes have a vast interest in all things technology. I am a first year teacher, and I am striving to be as innovative as possible and bring some life to these outdated computer courses. Our school has made great strides in becoming more innovative and creating students who have a genuine interest in learning something new.

My goal is to continue to grow these students who have a burning desire to learn more about technology.

My Project

Finding ways to teach STEM practically can be a challenge. With the help of a few colleagues, I came up with the idea to create an interactive city. This city will be quite large measuring out at 4 feet wide and 8 feet long. The city will be primarily made of 3D designs made by the students that are then 3D printed and put into place. Along with these 3D printed designs, there will be traffic, garbage routes, and working stoplights. Ozobots will act as our traffic and garbage routes, and a makey-makey will be used to create our traffic lights. Students will also be creating a home based on some career research. The students will then be creating a video to be shown that describes their design process.

Mr. Lepisto
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bit Coding Robot (White) • Amazon Business $41.99 8 $335.92
Monoprice 133012 Select Mini Pro 3D Printer - Aluminum With (120 X 120 X 120 Mm) Auto Level Heated Bed, Touch Screen Display, Microsd Card And Wi-Fi • Amazon Business $199.99 1 $199.99

Materials cost

$535.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$573.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.29

Total project goal

$675.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $675.24

12 Donors

-$575.23

Donations toward project cost

-$488.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.28

Matching donations from our partners

-$100.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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