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Ms. Crookendale from Brooklyn, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teaching Outside the Box

Help me give my students materials to create our classroom STEM bins! STEM bins will encourage my scholars to create, invent and solve problems using real-world challenges and vital 21st-century skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Crookendale's classroom raised $303

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

My scholars are from Brooklyn, NY, curious, resilient, enthusiastic learners!

Our school grounds itself in the belief that exploration, discovery, and practice should be met with an interdisciplinary, project-based, arts and technology-infused curriculum that will encourage developing minds to forge connections, take intellectual risks, and foster strong habits and values.

Each day, my scholars enter our classroom, ready, filled with joy, and curiosity prepared to learn.

My Project

As students begin their day, we want to offer a "soft start." After two years of uncertainties surrounding the current health crisis, we want to focus our efforts this year on providing students with social and emotional supports.

The materials requested will be used to create stem bins which students will utilize at the start of every day.

The STEM bins will allow students a creative, non-stressful soft start to the school day. The STEM bins will also enable students to continuously develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills! Each morning scholars will select a stem bin to use before our school day and work independently or collaboratively to create a unique piece or solve a challenge. Research has proven that a "soft start" to the school day lowers student stress levels and increases student participation throughout the school day.

Ms. Crookendale Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School 414 Grades 3-5

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.

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

22 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Veatree 160Pcs Magnetic Building Sticks Blocks Toys, Magnet Educational Toys STEM Toys for Kids and Adult, Non-Toxic Building Toy 3D Puzzle with Storage Bag • Amazon Business $22.80 2 $45.60
Wooden Blocks Puzzles Brain Teasers, Tangram Puzzles & Educational Toys for Toddlers Age 3 5 7 10, Colorful Russian Blocks with a Storage Bag, Perfect Montessori & Stem Toys Gift for Kids (40Pcs) • Amazon Business $8.59 5 $42.95
3 Bees & Me Wooden Building Toys - STEM Toys for Boys and Girls - 100 Wood Plank Pieces • Amazon Business $19.99 2 $39.98
3 Bees & Me Wooden Pattern Blocks - Fun Montessori Learning Toys for Ages 3 to 9 - Tangram Shapes Puzzle Set with 155 Pieces • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
330 pcs Building Blocks, Educational Building Toys Stem Toys Building Discs Sets Interlocking Solid Plastic for Preschool Toddlers Girls and Boys by Winlip • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Play-Doh Modeling Compound 36 Pack Case of Colors, Non-Toxic, Assorted Colors, 3 Oz Cans (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Brain Flakes 500 Piece Interlocking Plastic Disc Set - A Creative and Educational Alternative to Building Blocks - Tested for Children's Safety - A Great Stem Toy for Both Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$223.48

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$256.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.32

Total project goal

$302.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $302.15

1 Donor

-$302.15

Donations toward project cost

-$256.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.32

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 $0.00

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