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Mr. Smith from Philadelphia, PA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Support Collaboration, Creativity, and Computational Thinking with Robotics Kits

Help me give my students access to robotics to support creativity, computational thinking, engineering, and collaboration.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Smith's classroom raised $2,328

This project is fully funded

My Project

Please help us provide 6 LEGO SPIKE Essential robotics kits for students in grades 1 to 3 at our public school in Philadelphia. With LEGO robotics, students learn how to creatively and collaboratively develop solutions with LEGO bricks, motors, sensors, and block-based code.

Our grades 1 to 3 students meet after school with college student volunteers from Penn Engineering, who guide them in lessons on computer science and engineering.

Americorps Digital Service Fellows and grades 4-5 students with robotics experience also act as mentors during our after school program. This means our students have lots of support and guidance as they solve problems and build things that are meaningful to them.

In addition, all students at our school, especially grades 1 to 3 students, will have access to the kits during our Digital Literacy classes. With our older (and discontinued) robotics kits, we have created spin art, plant and pollinator models, and rovers. The newer kits would allow students to work with sensors and more sophisticated block-based coding to create even more complex artifacts. Because I integrate robotics at each grade level, all students will have access to these kits.

Finally, students at our school engage in a "Genius Hour" during some of our digital literacy classes and other moments during the school day. Students would have access to these LEGO robotics kits to create and complete projects of their choosing.

Mr. Smith Marian Anderson Neighborhood Academy 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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Nearly all 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

125 students impacted 33donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Education SPIKE Essential • LEGO Education $319.95 6 $1,919.70

Materials cost

$1,919.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$28.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,978.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$349.15

Total project goal

$2,327.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,327.65

26 Donors

-$1,558.10

Donations toward project cost

-$1,379.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$178.85

Matching donations from our partners

-$705.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$599.25

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$105.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$64.55

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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