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Mrs. Neal from Cleveland Heights, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Neal's classroom raised $233

STEM Reads

Help me give my students great reads about cool topics like building with LEGO, Rube Goldberg machines, and 3D printing.

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Mrs. Neal Baumgardner Middle School
Cleveland Heights, OH Grades 6-8

My Project

Having a resource library available to students gives them an opportunity to interact with topics that are classroom specific. Frequently, my students hear about something or a topic gets brought up during discussion or they are simply clueless about project ideas. This resource library will provide opportunities for them to go beyond what we are doing in class. The books chosen focus on LEGO and programming. The LEGO books are a student favorite and frequently are taken off the shelf to use with the LEGO bricks. Students have become interested in learning to use our 3D printer and want to learn more about Rube Goldberg machines. These titles will add to the favorites we already have and make it possible for more students to enjoy the topics.

Having a resource library will be important to each of my students.

They can go beyond what they learn in a 40-minute class period and explore on their own. My students can further develop their interest in our classroom topics such as designing and building and coding. They can gain inspiration and learn ways to reach out beyond our classroom walls. These books will take students beyond our classroom and turn boring into EXCITING.

Equity Focus

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

165 students impacted 5 donors
Mrs. Neal Baumgardner Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Cleveland Heights, OH 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

165 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Klutz Lego Gear Bots Science/STEM Activity Kit for 8-12 years • Amazon Business $20.15 1 $20.15
Make This!: Building Thinking, and Tinkering Projects for the Amazing Maker in You • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
3D Printing 101: The Ultimate Beginners Guide (3D Printing | Introduction, Troubleshooting & Ideas) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
How to Be a Math Wizard (Careers for Kids) • Amazon Business $14.64 1 $14.64
The LEGO Ideas Book New Edition: You Can Build Anything! • Amazon Business $13.88 1 $13.88
LEGO Life Hacks: 50 Cool Ideas to Make Your LEGO Bricks Work for You! • Amazon Business $13.82 1 $13.82
Crazy Contraptions: Build Rube Goldberg Machines that Swoop, Spin, Stack, and Swivel: with Hands-On Engineering Activities • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The LEGO Animation Book: Make Your Own LEGO Movies! • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Incredible LEGO® Creations from Space with Bricks You Already Have: 25 New Spaceships, Rovers, Aliens and Other Fun Projects to Expand Your LEGO Universe • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
Build It! Things That Fly: Make Supercool Models with Your Favorite LEGO® Parts (Brick Books, 6) • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $10.22 1 $10.22
How To Build A House: Step By Step Paper Model Kit | For Kids To Learn Construction Methods And Building Techniques With Paper Crafts (How To Build Things) • Amazon Business $10.10 1 $10.10

Materials cost

$164.85

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$197.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.82

Total project goal

$232.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $232.14

3 Donors

-$103.91

Donations toward project cost

-$98.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$116.07

Match offers toward project cost

-$98.66

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.16

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 $0.00

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