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Mrs. Fernando from Glendale, AZ is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inspiring STEM Students to Code Robots!

Help me give my students the ability to program robots to gain experience with coding and programming!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Fernando's classroom raised $2,284

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students from Arizona are creative and innovative. They love hands-on activities that inspire their creativity. The students thrive in a project-based learning environment. When given limited supplies, the students create masterpieces. In this STEM class, students are given the freedom to create new things, investigate things that interest them, and learn new ways to impact the community.

Students come into class excited to learn, but also excited to create and use their creativity to make the projects their own.

My Project

Students will be able to use the Sphero robots to practice their coding skills. Students will code the robot to complete specific tasks. For example, the students will first create an obstacle course out of cardboard and classroom supplies. Then students will work in groups to code their robots to successfully get their the obstacle coarse.

Students will work collaboratively to write code to allow the robot to move.

This helps students to understand how the code that they write directly impacts how things work, and one mistake in the code can cause the robot to not be able to move through an obstacle course. Students learn through trial and error. They are able to start with small mazes and obstacle courses, and then as they become more experienced they can navigate more challenging ones.

These robots encourage critical thinking, collaboration, and real-life skills. Hopefully by gaining this experience, students will learn to love STEM.

Mrs. Fernando Hillcrest Middle School Grades 6-8 Glendale, AZ View local requests 180 students impacted 29donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sphero BOLT App-Enabled Robot • Amazon Business $117.24 15 $1,758.60

Materials cost

$1,758.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $125.74

3rd party payment processing fee

$26.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,940.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$342.48

Total project goal

$2,283.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,283.20

27 Donors

-$1,454.00

Donations toward project cost

-$1,292.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$161.85

Matching donations from our partners

-$763.04

Match offers toward project cost

-$648.58

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$114.46

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$66.18

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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