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Mrs. Pandalai from Stamford, CT is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Robotics Corner

Help me give my students an opportunity to introduce graphical programming with robotics and coding.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Pandalai's classroom raised $567

This project is fully funded

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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

My students are enthusiastic. They have such curiosity and want to learn everything and anything. I want to guide their energy towards creation and innovation. They love to experiment with new ideas and see how they work. At this age it is important to be focused on learning, which is difficult with constant distractions. I thrive to provide them with opportunities for hands-on experience. I feel education is not the learning of facts but training the mind to think.

My students are eager to immerse themselves in any kind of challenge.

They are fearless when it comes to technology. As children of the 21st century, they need to be prepared to use a variety of tools to engage in their world. They should be adept in the designing process.

My Project

When students are engaged in hands-on STEM experiences, they build confidence, grow their knowledge, and develop habits of learning. As an educator, I could encourage my students to try, fail, and try again, while connecting STEM concepts to real-world examples.

Working with robotics would help students and teachers to build a better future together.

I plan to program the session around theme-based challenges to engage the young minds.

Mindstorm provides a graphical programming environment; basically you build a program via dragging-and-dropping components. Students do learn a lot of programming concepts such as loops, switches, states, concurrency etc. LEGO also provided a very comprehensive set of documentations to explain how to use the various components.

Mrs. Pandalai Dolan Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Stamford, CT View local requests

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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
MINDSTORMS Education EV3 Core Set • LEGO Education $411.95 1 $411.95
EV3 Cable Pack • LEGO Education $17.95 1 $17.95

Materials cost

$429.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$481.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.94

Total project goal

$566.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $566.29

6 Donors

-$313.49

Donations toward project cost

-$283.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

Matching donations from our partners

-$232.77

Match offers toward project cost

-$197.85

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.92

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.03

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 $0.00

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