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Ms. Dewar Dituri from Clifton, NJ is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Swerve 4 FIRST Charged Up!

Help me give my students West Coast Products Swerve X Drive Modules with a 7.85 x 1 Gear Ratio and Falcon 500 motors for my FIRST Robotics Challenge Robot for the Charged Up Season.

  • $7,635 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

The FIRST Robotics Competition is the varsity sport for the mind. Students are given an eight-week period where they are given a real-world problem to solve and tasked with coming up with an innovative solution. They have to strategize about the most efficient and effective way to score the game pieces and then determine which type of robot they want to build. We spend the next eight weeks designing, fabricating, programming, and practicing with our five-foot, 120 lb robot.

In CHARGED UP presented by Haas, the Mechanical Mustangs will prepare for a challenge that is fully charged to inspire our students to see the potential of energy storage in a new light; this season we need to pick up playing elements (safety cones), place them on the energy grid, and at the end balance three robots on the charging station, which is similar to a see-saw.

We are currently designing our robot and have determined that we want to build a driving system called swerve. Swerve drive allows our robot to drive forwards and backward but then rotate the wheel to drive left and right. This allows for maximum agility throughout the game. We would also like the Falcon motor and motor controllers because they are an all-in-one unit and we tested them during the 21-22 season/fall pre-season and deem them to be both reliable and easier to work with.

Our varsity competition team is comprised of 24 students, grades nine through twelve, who will compete with other teams from around New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Delaware district (FIRST Mid-Atlantic). Students will be part of the drive team, pit crew, scouting squad, and judging presenters. Each of our 24 students has a specific job in order to make sure our team performs to our maximum potential.

Ms. Dewar Dituri Clifton High School Grades 9-12

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Clifton, NJ 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

500 students impacted 18donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Falcon 500 Motor and Motor Controller • Montclair Society of Engineers $219.99 20 $4,399.80
Kit: WCP Swerve X (Tube Mount) • Montclair Society of Engineers $254.99 6 $1,529.94
Kit: 7.85:1 Gear Ratio (Swerve X, Falcon) • Montclair Society of Engineers $49.99 6 $299.94

Materials cost

$6,229.68

Vendor shipping charges

 $136.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$93.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$6,489.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$1,145.14

Total project goal

$7,634.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $7,634.27

1 Donor

-$7,099.04

Donations toward project cost

-$6,489.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$609.91

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$535.23

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