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Mrs. Salazar from Richmond CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Let's Make Magic with a MAKERBOT!!

My students need a MakerBot so that they can be exposed to and enthused by some of the coolest technology we've ever seen!

  • $2,669 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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

Three dimensional printing is quite simply, amazing! I can't think of a single student in my room that won't be immediately engaged trying to come up with what we can do with this magical device. For my students who struggle to see themselves in a STEM field, this device can be a great hook.

I teach at a very small public charter high school.

Most of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch and nearly all students will be first generation college students. My students are incredibly curious about the world around them, and if given the chance, most would dive in deep to explore a topic of their choice. The problem is, for most students at our school, their cell phone serves as their only technology. They do not have computers or Internet access at home. Our school has a very limited technology budget and right now we have only 50 computers for 225 students.

My Project

The opportunity to use a MakerBot will be transformational for my students. My senior students who are teaching assistants will be able to explore and design their own math manipulative to use during tutoring sessions with freshmen. The freshmen will be instantly engaged knowing that these tools were made specifically with them in mind. My juniors and seniors who are studying statistics, will be able to make weighted dice to their own specifications and test the theories they are learning about in class. I can imagine students taking this project really far because their engagement will be peaked by the design aspect and the ability to actually make and test their ideas.

I can't tell you how excited I am at the possibility of bringing this project to the students I work with.

My students would never have access to this technology without the help of MakerBot and DonorsChoose. I know that this has the potential to hook students on engineering, design, and mathematics.

Mrs. Salazar
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
MakerBot Academy - 3D Printing Bundle • MakerBot $2,000.00 1 $2,000.00

Materials cost

$2,000.00

Vendor shipping charges

$25.00

Sales tax

$183.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$30.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,268.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$400.24

Total project goal

$2,668.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$2,668.24

2 Donors

-$62.00

Donations toward project cost

-$52.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.30

Matching donations from our partners

-$2,606.24

Match offers toward project cost

-$2,215.30

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$390.94

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$0.00

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