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Mrs. Derza from Chicago, IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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STEM & Creativity Are Essential Teaching Components of Education

Help me give my students Osmo kits to have an opportunity to engage in problem-solving challenges that will spark creativity.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Derza's classroom raised $637

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

This year is the fifth year our school offers STEM as a class and students are always excited to design, build, collaborate and create things. I teach in a low-income Chicago school with almost 100% Hispanic population. I have been teaching at my school for eight years.

My students are very excited about anything that we learn.

Whenever we learn new content or review things we have covered, they are so creative and think of amazing new inventions. I see about 700 students every week and all of them are so innovative and just eager to learn and do new things.

My Project

Students across all grade levels in my school have been learning how to program for a few years now. It is an essential skill that helps students problem solve, collaborate, think on the spot, engage with others and get ready for future jobs.

Students would love to see their programmed code come to life, and these amazing Osmos can do just that.

I would love for my students to experience how the code they create themselves can actually make something move. It is an incredible technology that is so accessible for our students and can become a future for so many.

Mrs. Derza Mariano Azuela Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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
Osmo - Creative Starter Kit for iPad - Ages 5-10 - Creative Drawing & Problem Solving/Early Physics - STEM - (Osmo Base Included) • Amazon Business $48.99 4 $195.96
Osmo - Coding Awbie Game - Ages 5-12 - Coding & Problem Solving - For iPad and Fire Tablet (Osmo Base Required) • Amazon Business $34.99 4 $139.96
Osmo - Creative Starter Kit for iPad - Ages 5-10 - Creative Drawing & Problem Solving/Early Physics - STEM - (Osmo Base Included) • Amazon Business $48.99 2 $97.98
Osmo - Coding Awbie Game - Ages 5-12 - Coding & Problem Solving - For iPad and Fire Tablet (Osmo Base Required) • Amazon Business $34.99 2 $69.98

Materials cost

$503.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$541.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$95.55

Total project goal

$636.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $636.99

7 Donors

-$427.33

Donations toward project cost

-$381.73

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.60

match offer

-$187.90

Match offer toward project cost

-$159.72

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.76

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 $0.00

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