You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

Ms. Carter from San Francisco CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Next Stop, Mars

My students need LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0 Core and Mindstorm Robot sets

  • $765 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our inner-city school serves a culturally and linguistically diverse population of second language learners. Many of our students are immigrants or children of immigrants, and most come from low-income families.

My fourth and fifth graders are never short on curiosity, just the materials they need to begin exploring!

Your generosity can help fire up our engines and steady our course as we launch a new hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) unit to pair with a study of the Red Planet.

My Project

When I showed my class footage captured by the Mars rovers, they were hooked on space exploration, but videos alone cannot replace experiencing the laws of physics in action. It's the dynamic, interactive quality of hands-on science that sparks the why, how and what if questions that drive innovation and engender the sort of creative approaches to problem-solving today’s kids need to thrive in a tech-mediated world.

A class collection of Lego Education WeDo Core and Mindstorm Robot sets will make this sort of investigation possible, providing my students with opportunities to build machines that simulate the ways the NASA rovers navigate the Marian landscape.

With your help here on earth, my students can explore principals that govern the heavens.

Ms. Carter
Grades 3-5

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Carter is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 31313 Robot Kit for Kids • Amazon Business $349.95 1 $349.95
LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 Core Set 45300 • Amazon Business $209.99 1 $209.99

Materials cost

$559.94

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$51.23

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$649.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$114.63

Total project goal

$764.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$764.20

1 Donor

-$764.20

Donations toward project cost

-$649.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$114.63

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support a teacher
near you!

Explore a map with requests from teachers across the country.

View map of requests

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"San Francisco","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[41554],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"CA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":2992343,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/next-stop-mars/2992343/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":20,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Carter","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"41554":{"owner":"Ms. Carter","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[2992343],"proposalHash":"-1424520494","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp41554_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1495903840052","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":55227,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["NTIzNDM4NQ=="],"teacherId":41554,"schoolCounty":"San Francisco","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"CA","name":"California"}}