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Mr. Young from Spartanburg SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Outbreak Alert: Medical Engineering in Elementary School!

Help me give my students an opportunity to problem solve and critical think with the Outbreak Alert: Engineering a Pandemic Response kit.

  • $739 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

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 Students

I have the privilege of teaching at three Title I schools that have diverse populations of students from all over the world. My students enjoy reading, project-based learning activities, robotics and being creative. I have the unique opportunity to teach Horizons, a gifted class at these schools. My students shine when I bring LEGO bricks or electronic kits into a lesson about animals, critical thinking, or problem-solving​ skills. With our students' economic backgrounds, they don't get many opportunities at home to interact with materials to encourage creative thinking.

My Project

The Outbreak Alert: Engineering a Pandemic Response kit is a great resource to use to teach students about what a Biomedical Engineer would do. Students will explore how to prepare for outbreaks of a highly contagious diseases. During this unit students will use the Engineering Design Process to design an antiviral to stop a newly discovered virus.

This outside the box unit will challenge my students develop their critical thinking and problem solving skills to solve a real world problem.

Along with this unit, I plan to develop partnerships with with my districts high school medical engineering program. My class will Skype with high school instructors to learn more about medical engineering.

This is a great activity to expose my students of a STEM field that is not as knowledgeable in elementary schools!

Mr. Young
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Outbreak Alert: Engineering a Pandemic Response • AKJ Education $550.45 1 $550.45

Materials cost

$550.45

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$38.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$627.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$110.74

Total project goal

$738.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$738.26

1 Donor

-$502.96

Donations toward project cost

-$427.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.44

match offer

-$200.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$170.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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