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Mr. Biornstad from Vancouver WA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ozobots-One of the Best STEM Learning Tools Ever!

My students need a Ozobot Bit to be STEM ready when it comes to their near future as well as their long-term future.

  • $2,158 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

Kids want to code, they love to code, many of them have already started to explore this on their own.

I currently teach a self-contained fifth grade classroom.

They work hard, strive for achievement, and are become highly engaged in STEM projects. They are constantly pleading to do more with design thinking, science and engineering. After our last school-wide STEM Challenge it was hard to put the genie back in the bottle.

Everyday I endeavor to show them short videos highlighting various areas in which these skills can be applied. My desire is to share with them the vast opportunities that await them in fields from clothing design to stop-motion animation. They eagerly engage in hands-on activities that require them to think, problem-solve, and design. I can truly see that this passion for design thinking is represented throughout my class. I feel that this generation perhaps will finally turn back the tide that has heretofore left certain parts of our population underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.

My Project

Code.org sums up the situation nicely:

“Computer science drives innovation in the U.S.

economy and society. Despite growing demand for jobs in the field, it remains marginalized throughout the U.S. K-12 education system.”

Our school is working hard to become a STEM elementary school. We already have many students who are greatly interested in technology and engineering and will soon hold a school-wide computer design STEM challenge where all the students in our school from K-5 use Code.org's online curriculum to learn coding skills. I want my fifth grade learners to pilot an experience whereby they extend and apply their knowledge of block coding to introductory robotics. They will go through the design process, creating their code, testing it, redesigning, improving their iterations until their programs are able to achieve the desired task.

This project will help my learners develop the skills needed for STEM careers; “to develop in students the computational practices of algorithm development, problem solving and programming within the context of problems that are relevant to the lives of today’s students.”

It’s amazing that these eighteen tiny, relatively inexpensive robots will provide engaging, challenging opportunities for learners to collaborate in teams to solve problems and create programs. Learners will use imagination, logical reasoning, persistence and communication skills embedded in the process of creating, testing, improving, and sharing their program design.

“Teaching young learners how to code on a large scale will help change the paradigm of children, and ultimately adults, from being technology consumers to technology producers. And that's precisely what our students -- and our country -- need right now. “ - Edutopia

Mr. Biornstad
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ozobot Bit - Classroom Kit • Nasco $1,499.95 1 $1,499.95

Materials cost

$1,499.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $150.00

Sales tax

 $131.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,833.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$323.59

Total project goal

$2,157.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,157.29

7 Donors

-$1,599.70

Donations toward project cost

-$1,387.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$212.25

match offer

-$525.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$446.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$78.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$32.59

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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