My students need equipment to restock the Makerspace, including PLA filament, batteries, wire and parts for the 3D printers in our classroom.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Dale Adamson's classroom raised $228
This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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
Technology; it is essential in today's world. Unfortunately, some of our students in urban school districts do not have regular access to technology.
I want my students to develop a lifelong interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and bringing current technology into the classroom would help make that a reality.
My students are hardworking, young people that come largely from low income minority homes. My students attend an urban middle school and currently do not have sufficient access to twenty-first century technology in the classroom. I think it would greatly increase interest in science, technology, engineering and math if my students had better access to technology. I have tried to get students more involved with technology, but it is difficult because not all students have the resources at home necessary to engage in new age learning opportunities. I hope that DonorsChoose will help me fulfill my dream of creating a Makerspace where students can imagine and design.
My Project
This year my students are working on a Capstone Project, where they have been tasked to solve a problem in the world by creating a mobile application or physical product. Many of them chose to develop a physical product to solve their chosen problem. This Capstone Project serves as a culminating project for the eighth graders in our magnet program.
I am hoping to restock the classroom Makerspace so that students have the opportunity and materials needed to produce innovative solutions to problems big and small.
A Makerspace is a place where students have access to miscellaneous materials/technology with the intention of promoting critical thinking and problem solving. Our Makerspace allows students to explore, imagine, problem solve, utilize 3-D design and take their ideas into the twenty-first century. In our Makerspace, we have everything from recycled materials/cardboard to 3-D printers. Over time, the Makerspace gets depleted of certain consumables so we need nozzles, tubes, 3-D filament, wiring and batteries. That is the purpose of this project request.
This past semester I had students use the Makerspace to create projects like Hurricane-proof fences, 3-D printed remote controlled boats, and motion activated candy dispensers. I am hoping to continue to restock our Makerspace so that a new group of students can have the same opportunity to innovate and create.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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