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Ms. Silvia C. Mercado from Grand Prairie TX is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Putting a Reel Focus on STEM Learning

Help me give my students cameras and camcorders so we can expand our learners understanding of STEM subjects.

  • $2,980 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Project

Inquisitive, tenacious, and wonderstruck are only a few words that describe our students at our elementary academy of Science and Math. Our academy prepares students with the skills necessary to tackle the latest science and math programs on the cutting edge of early education. With an active science lab, innovative math instruction, interactive partnerships with area organizations, and the incorporation of technology, we are growing the future mathematicians and scientists of tomorrow!

“Photography has changed the entire vision of the world, it will go through every activity of humanity - science, medicine, space, all of them - you will not find one without photography.” - Lisette Model

Please help us raise funds for camera and camcorder equipment to help our students, faculty, and involved parents craft new and exciting ways to explore STEM subjects. Our curriculum centers around interactive and engaging learning experiences to better teach and impart knowledge to our young students, whom we call Little Dragons, the mascot of our humble school. For example, we want our students to be able to capture the launch of water-based rockets, so our students can learn the basics of forces and the response of a vehicle to external forces. So lets take our STEM program to new heights that only have ever been previously achieved by our soaring Little Dragon alumni!

Ms. Silvia C. Mercado
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nikon Z50 - digital camera NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm VR lens • Best Buy Education $999.99 2 $1,999.98
Sony Handycam HDR-CX405 - camcorder - Carl Zeiss - storage: flash card • Best Buy Education $232.63 2 $465.26

Materials cost

$2,465.24

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$36.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,532.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$446.86

Total project goal

$2,979.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$2,979.08

28 Donors

-$1,746.73

Donations toward project cost

-$1,652.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.26

match offer

-$1,035.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$879.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$155.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$197.35

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$0.00

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