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Mr. Perrone from Phoenix AZ is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Maintain & Repair the 3D Future

My students need 3D printer accessories so they can keep bringing their ideas to life!

  • $170 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

We believe that learning is part of life, with this in mind, we try to bring our STEAM Lab to life and avoid worksheets at all costs. Our students are consistently engaged in as many hands-on investigations as possible.

Our student body is incredibly diverse.

We are a Title I junior high school with students who come from some of our least affluent neighborhoods. Many of these students have little or no experience with science in Kindergarten through 6th grade. This is a serious problem and we do all that we can to provide nine years of Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) activities in only the two years that students attend our school.

Our students have a strong desire to learn about our world and the ways that STEAM ideas come to life. We are facing serious problems with our environment and ecosystems; our students today will be the decision makers of tomorrow. It is critical that we provide access to relevant STEAM information that connects learning with their daily lives.

My Project

Our students love to create computer-aided design (CAD) projects and then 3D print them to bring them to life. Over time, there is natural wear and tear on the 3D printers. These changes and breakdowns are a perfect opportunity to teach our students how the printers work and how to fix them. One of the most common issues is that the thermistor (like a thermometer) stops accurately reporting temperatures. This prevents the printer from working properly. Over time the little fans also get clogged and break down, requiring replacement. The PEI sheets are used as the build surface on most of our printers, and the blue tape works on the others. Occasionally we have to replace the entire "hot end" which is where the filament is melted and extruded, thus the replacement hot ends.

Mr. Perrone
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
EAONE All-Metal V6 J-Head Hotend Full Kit with 5 Pcs Extruder Brass Print Head + 5 Pcs Stainless Steel Nozzle Throat for E3D V6 Makerbot RepRap 3D Printers • Amazon Business $15.99 2 $31.98
Gizmo Dorks Blue Painters Tape for 3D Printers 6.25" x 100' • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Gizmo Dorks PEI Sheet 12" x 12" 1 mm 3D Printer Build Surface with 3M 468MP Adhesive Tape • Amazon Business $21.95 1 $21.95
3D printer NTC Thermistor Temp Sensor 100K for Reprap Prusa i3 Comgrow • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
WINSINN 4010 12V DC Quiet Cooling Fan 40x40x10mm For DIY 3D Printer Extruder Hotend Makerbot MK7 MK8 CPU Chip Arduino - 2Pin 0.1A 1.2W 6000+-10%RPM (Pack of 5Pcs) • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98

Materials cost

$104.89

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $7.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$143.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.40

Total project goal

$169.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $169.36

3 Donors

-$108.36

Donations toward project cost

-$94.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.00

match offer

-$58.35

Match offer toward project cost

-$49.60

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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