Help me give my students a rack to store equipment and parts for our race team.
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My Students
Our race team consists of 10-12 students from our fourth and fifth grade classes. Students selected for this team come from all walks of life: low income or single parent families to military families where, oftentimes, a mother or father is away on deployment.
No matter the skill level at the start, these kids have grown into one of the top contending teams in our area.
Most of the members of our race team began with very limited knowledge of building, driving, and even how to use some of the tools. We had to begin our time together learning about each tool, what it does, how to use it, and what it is used for.
The race team grew to love building the car and designing the bodywork. Most of all, they loved to drive it. Their hard work paid off, too! At our very first event, last year, we finished third overall. At our first event this year, we were second overall. We are looking forward to continued growth and that first place overall award!
My Project
I want to provide a three-tiered shelving unit where members of our race team can easily access equipment and parts for our electric race car. We have to share space in our music room to store our equipment. Even though it is one of the larger rooms in our school, the music room room is a space that has to store a multitude of equipment.
Our current storage situation consists of flimsy cubbies and a classroom table.
This is not adequate to meet the needs of our team. Equipment and parts get placed on the table with no sort of organization. With this shelving unit, we will be able to organize our equipment with labeled bins. Students will learn responsibility by keeping our equipment organized and easily accessible.
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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