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Mr. Tennyson from Anchorage, AK is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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STEAM-ing Up the Iditarod

My students need a bunch of books, an Ipeveo Document Camera, and fabric/art supplies.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Tennyson's classroom raised $517

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My Students

My students are economically disadvantaged. They attend an older, urban, public school that is coded as high poverty. All my students are eligible for free breakfast and lunch, and many of them are the children of deployed military personnel. I have a number of students who are homeless or live in shelters. I have a transient student population. Over 50% of my class come and go during the course of the school year. Several of my students are also here in the United States for the first time, and English is not their first language. Many of my kids do not read at grade level. Writing is a struggle for them. They generally do not have access to technology or reading materials outside of school.

The students in my sixth grade class are trying very hard to be successful but they need help with stimulating STEAM projects that our school cannot supply.

My Project

My students are hands-on, experiential learners who have a hard time with math and science concepts. I desperately need some help to turn my class around. I need books about the dogs, dog sledding and the Iditarod race, an IPEVO document system so my students can see the books during our whole class discussions, and fabric so my students can work together to create a wall hanging.

Although we live in Alaska and the Iditarod Dog Sled Race is a big thing, few of my 6th graders get to see any part of it and few of them know the amount of planning, math, physics, and genetics that goes into having a successful sled dog team.

They don't see the math of measuring and weighing things. They don't understand the physics and geometry of building sleds. They also do not understand the genetics of breeding sled dogs. This project will team reading and research about the Iditarod with an opportunity for students to work together to build an Iditarod wall hanging featuring the STEM concepts they learned.

The books in this project were selected to teach students important lessons about dog genetics, the math and engineering of sleds and harness construction. I plan to use the books as whole group discussion starters and to stimulate thinking about how to build sled dog teams. After studying the books, students will construct fabric "report" blocks which summarize their findings and detail the special qualities of team work to achieve a common goal. Please help my students with this STEAM project.

Mr. Tennyson College Gate Elementary School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ipevo Ziggi-HD Plus High-Definition USB Document Camera (CDVU-06IP) • Amazon Business $99.00 1 $99.00
Robert Kaufman KONA COTTON SOLIDS NOT QUITE WHITE Fat Quarter Bundle 12 Precut Cotton Fabric Quilting FQs Assortment FQ-909-12 • Amazon Business $36.95 1 $36.95
Robert Kaufman Fat Quarter Bundle Kona Cotton Gray Area 12pcs • Amazon Business $33.57 1 $33.57
2-1/2in Strips Roll Up Kona Cotton Solids Classic Palette 41Pcs • Amazon Business $32.95 1 $32.95
2-1/2in Strips Roll Up Kona Solids black Colorway 40Pcs • Amazon Business $26.38 1 $26.38
Ipevo Height Extension Stand for P2V USB Document Camera (CDVU-03IP-A1) • Amazon Business $24.00 1 $24.00
IPEVO Magnifying Lens for the Point 2 View, Ziggi-HD, VZ-1 HD and iZiggi-HD Document Camera • Amazon Business $19.00 1 $19.00
May Finds Her Way - The Story of an Iditarod Sled Dog • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Dogs of the Iditarod • Amazon Business $14.18 1 $14.18
Togo • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
Dogsledding and Extreme Sports: A nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #54: Balto of the Blue Dawn (Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Alaska's Dog Heroes: True Stories of Remarkable Canines (PAWS IV) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Kiana's Iditarod (PAWS IV) • Amazon Business $8.94 1 $8.94
Alaskan Iditarod Adventure: Represent and Solve Problems Involving Multiplication (Rosen Math Readers) • Amazon Business $8.25 1 $8.25
Yukon: Sled Dog • Amazon Business $8.02 1 $8.02
Akiak: A Tale From the Iditarod • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
I'm Reading about the Iditarod • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
My Alaskan Race by Huskie Dog: A dog's tale about the Iditarod Dog Sled Race. • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Your Cable Store 15 Foot USB 2.0 Extension Cable • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$397.41

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $5.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$439.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.53

Total project goal

$516.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $516.86

6 Donors

-$239.37

Donations toward project cost

-$235.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.51

match offer

-$239.38

Match offer toward project cost

-$203.47

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.91

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.11

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

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