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Ms. Fernandez from Klein, TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Little Engineers Build With Their Senses

Help me give my students a variety of building materials to use their visual, kinesthetic and auditory senses in new ways during STEM time, including Legos, Qubix , IO Blocks, Plus Plus, Osmo Little Genius and Specdrums.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Fernandez's classroom raised $749

This project is fully funded

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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

My students come to school to learn tons of fun and amazing things! My goal is to share experiences with them that they would otherwise not have the chance to experience because of their diverse backgrounds. They come from a low socioeconomic (low SES) background, are recipients of free and reduced lunch and are all English Language (EL). Every day they must overcome adversity to reach their goals.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are very important, even in a Kindergarten classroom.

I believe that my students, even though they are labeled "at-risk", "low SES", "EL", should be afforded the same opportunities as those without those labels. Not only this, but they are NOT too young to start learning about STEM and integrating STEM projects into their learning and lives. My classroom is where they come to learn new and exciting things, especially about STEM. Everyday they can learn a little bit more about STEM, problem solving, and thinking outside the box. They deserve the chance to succeed in world that revolves around STEM.

My Project

Younger aged students have always been very interested in building, whether it is a castle, cars, people, or mazes, etc. They are our little engineers. I would like foster their need to build at a young age, to hopefully continue into their later educational experiences.

STEM has come to the forefront of the educational needs of our students, especially our minority students.

Less and less engineers are graduating from US colleges and universities. We have gotten away from our students' need to "play" or "explore", thus taking away the need for different types of building materials in the classroom.

I would like to give my students the opportunity to "play" and "explore" using different types of building materials. These materials will be used to implement STEM centers on a daily basis. The STEM centers will work on a rotation basis, where students will either have a free explore type build, use a card with a picture to build a specific object, or create a town/city with certain parameters for several rotating students to add on to their creation. I will orally give students an objective, and they will be assessed on who meets the objective, ie. tallest object, and hold a certain item, etc. Allowing my students to have these hands on opportunities will enhance students' ability to use science, technology, engineering and math principals, analyze data, and problem solve. Not only are they playing and exploring, but collaborating and problem solving with their peers. This will enhance their resumes as students, and prepare them for the rest of their educational careers.

Ms. Fernandez Northampton Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

17 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sphero 2 Ring Specdrums • Amazon Business $99.99 1 $99.99
Guidecraft IO Blocks Digital Puzzle Building STEM Educational Construction Toy 76 - Piece Set • Amazon Business $23.00 4 $92.00
Osmo - Little Genius Starter Kit for iPad - 4 Hands-On Learning Games - Preschool Ages - Problem Solving, & Creativity (Osmo iPad Base Included) • Amazon Business $79.99 1 $79.99
LEGO Classic Bricks Set - 10717 | 1500 Pieces | for Ages 4-99 | Plastic | 3 Levels of Building Complexity | Handy Brick Separator • Amazon Business $68.95 1 $68.95
PLUS PLUS - Construction Building Toy, Open Play Set - 1200 Piece - Basic Color Mix • Amazon Business $53.99 1 $53.99
Magna-Qubix 19Piece Clear Colors Set – The Original, Award-Winning Magnetic 3D Building Shapes – Creativity & Educational – STEM Approved • Amazon Business $13.49 4 $53.96
LARGE 800 Piece Straws Builders Construction Building Toy - Giant Pack with Special Connectors by Playlearn • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
dreambuilderToy Building Bricks 1040 Pieces Set, 1000 Basic Building Blocks in 10 Popular Colors,40 Bonus Fun Shapes Includes Wheels, Doors, Windows, Compatible to All Major Brands • Amazon Business $27.50 1 $27.50
Plus-Plus - Open Play Construction Set - 400 piece - Learn to Build Basic • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Plus-Plus - Open Play Construction Set - 400 piece - Learn to Build Pastel • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Creative Kids Flakes – 1400 Piece Interlocking Plastic Disc Set for Safe, Fun, Creative Building – Educational STEM Construction Toy for Boys & Girls - Non Toxic – Ages 3 and Up • Amazon Business $24.97 1 $24.97
Plus-Plus - Construction Building Toy, Open Play Tube - 70 Piece - Neon Color Mix • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Darice Multi Novelty Pop Beads • Amazon Business $3.04 1 $3.04

Materials cost

$597.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$636.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.29

Total project goal

$748.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $748.60

3 Donors

-$614.78

Donations toward project cost

-$537.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.07

Matching donations from our partners

-$116.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$98.60

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.40

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.82

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 $0.00

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