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Mrs. Calhoun from Kosciusko MS is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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K'Nex Car Challenge

Help me give my students more K'Nex building pieces for class STEM projects.

  • 2 donors
  • $98 still needed

expires Aug 18

  • 2 donors
  • $98 still needed
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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

Every year my students enjoy building a K'Nex car to carry an egg and a ping-pong ball safely down a ramp. This is a great opportunity for students to work on problem solving and also gives them a chance to practice their team building skills. My K'Nex pieces are old and beginning to break. We need some replacement pieces so that I can continue this STEM(Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) project with my gifted students.

STEM projects cover multiple gifted objectives for my 2nd and 3rd grade students.

Having these replacement pieces will allow my students to keep exploring their creative ideas through this engineering challenge.

The K'Nex building sets that I am requesting will not only give us replacements for the broken pieces but will allow plenty of extras pieces for the students to show me their creative ideas.

Mrs. Calhoun
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
K’NEX – 35 Model Building Set – 480 Pieces – For Ages 7+ Construction Education Toy (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $26.84 2 $53.68
K’NEX Imagine: 100 Model Building Set – 863 Pieces, STEM Learning Creative Construction Model for Ages 7-10, Interlocking Engineering Toy for Boys & Girls, Adults - Amazon Exclusive • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$103.67

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $7.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$142.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.15

Total project goal

$167.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $167.64

1 Donor

-$59.90

Donations toward project cost

-$59.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.57

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $97.16

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