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Ms. Trigsted from Chicago, IL is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Spheros for All

Help me give my students new Sphero robots to add to our lab!

  • $463 goal

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My Project

Robots are incredible tools in the classroom. STEM education is essential in preparing students for today’s world of non-stop innovation.

Robotics can be a launching pad for students to realize their passions.

By going through the process of building a robot in the classroom, students explore many different learning pathways. It’s amazing to watch students’ passions grow in subjects that they never knew they would love.

A strong robotics curriculum can create leaders. When students interact with robots in the classroom and make them perform various motions and tasks, your students’ different strengths will start to shine.

Robotics can teach students how to communicate across different technology platforms. Social media has become a part of our everyday lives and using it is as innate for students today as using the telephone was when I was a teenager. There are plenty of good things about social media — but also many potential dangers and things that you want your students to avoid.

Robotics can lead to community involvement. Teaching robotics in the classroom can create a sense of community within the classroom that expands to the outside community in which you live. I’ve had students go out and present their robots at our local art museum and various technology fairs. It’s their show and their product, so the students naturally take ownership and pride over what is presented.

Robotics teaches essential teamwork skills. The STEM skills that robotics teach are great for inspiring tomorrow’s engineers. However, I realize that not all of my students are going to work for NASA or even work in a science and math-related field. Yet some of the teamwork skills they learn through robotics are ones they will use for the rest of their life.

Ms. Trigsted Newberry Math & Science Academy Grades 6-8

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Chicago, IL 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

160 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sphero BOLT: App-Enabled Robot Ball with Programmable Sensors + LED Matrix, Infrared & Compass - STEM Educational Toy for Kids - Learn JavaScript, Scratch & Swift • Amazon Business $179.00 2 $358.00

Materials cost

$358.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$393.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.42

Total project goal

$462.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $462.79

1 Donor

-$462.79

Donations toward project cost

-$393.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.42

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