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Ms. Small from Aurora, CO is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Third Grade Maker Space!

Help me give my students maker space supplies to fuel their imagination and creativity!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Small's classroom raised $571

This project is fully funded

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

My students come from very diverse backgrounds and that is what makes each one of them unique! A large percentage of my students speak a native language, from Swahili to Amharic, and still manage to faithfully attend school to learn yet another language, English. And they are great at it! At any given moment you can roam the halls of my school and pick up as many as 20 different languages and I've managed to also pick up a phrase or two here or there, thanks to my students! What I love about my students is every one of them has a starkly different home life but they support and celebrate each other's success in a way that I have never seen before! They truly take to heart the phrase, "A friend to all"!

I am working on creating a maker space in our classroom so that my students get hands-on learning, sparking their creativity and imagination!

This in turn will fuel their imagination even more and they will get the experience of knowing how things work. These students will also be a part of our after-school coding club and will get a head start on manipulating objects through trial and error in order to get them working or moving.

Our maker space will be twice a week with a longer rotation on Fridays where students will be able to rotate to different stations and build unique characters, design a robot or build a tower using supplies such as magnetic tiles, or testing their hypothesis of force and motion using the marble run. A maker space is the perfect place where students can collaborate with their peers and inquire about the world around them, which is part of 21st century skill and mindset that every student needs!

Ms. Small Lotus School for Excellence - Middle & High School 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.

Aurora, CO View local requests

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

72 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Magnetic Tiles 125 PCS + 4 FIGURES, Magnetic Tiles for Kids, Toy for 3 4 5 6 7 8 Year Old Boys & Girls, Magnetic Tiles Building Set, Educational Construction STEM Toy, Great Gift for Kids Aged 3-8 • Amazon Business $54.89 1 $54.89
Engino- Stem Toys, Educational Toys for Kids 9+, Newton's Laws Inertia, Kinetic & Potential Energy, Construction Toys, Gift for Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magnetic Marble Run - 75-Piece STEM Building Set for Kids & Adults with Magnetic Track & Trick Pieces & Marbles for Building A Marble Maze, STEM Project (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
Learning Resources Botley The Coding Robot 2.0 Activity Set - 78 Pieces, Ages 5+ Coding Robot for Kids, STEM Toys for Kids, Early Programming and Coding Games for Kids • Amazon Business $37.98 1 $37.98
KEVA Structures: 200 Plank Set • AKJ Education $36.46 1 $36.46
Straw Constructor Toys STEM Building Toys 600Pcs Straw Toy Interlocking Plastic Toys Engineering Toys Thin Tube Blocks Toy Educational Toy Kit for 3 4 5 6 7years Kids Toy for Boys and Girls Gift • Amazon Business $25.99 1 $25.99
NEOACT 600 PCS Building Blocks Connect Toys,Interlocking Solid STEM Toys Plastic Educational Toys Sets for Preschool Kids Boys and Girls Aged 3+, Promote Fine Motor Skills and Sensory Development. • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
Sillbird STEM 12-in-1 Education Solar Robot Toys -190 Pieces DIY Building Science Experiment Kit for Kids Aged 8-10 and Older,Solar Powered by The Sun • Amazon Business $20.69 1 $20.69
STEM Robotics Kit, 6 Set Electronic Science Experiments Projects for Kids, DIY Engineering Robotic Building Kits for Boys Ages 8-12, Robot Toys Motor for Girls to Build 7 8 9 10 11 12 + Years Old • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Klutz Lego Gear Bots Science/STEM Activity Kit for 8-12 years • Amazon Business $19.91 1 $19.91
KASHIAOTE Gears Interlocking Learning Set, STEM Construction Toy Set - Building Kids Toys 180 Pcs - 10 Colors • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Picasso Toys STEM Learning Toys 105 Piece Building Block Set Kids Construction Engineering Kit Toy Blocks Children Early Education Playset w/IdeaBook, Power Drill, Clickable Ratchet, Age 3+ PTN105 • Amazon Business $17.98 1 $17.98
Learning Resources STEM Explorers Domino Action, STEM Toys for Kids, 59 Pieces, Age 5+ Gifts for Boys and Girls, 45 dominos, 10 double-sided challenge cards, obstacle pieces • Amazon Business $17.32 1 $17.32
KAKATIMES STEM Building Blocks Toy for Kids, Educational Toddlers Toddler Toy Kit, Constructions Toys for 3 4 5 6 7 8 Years Age Boys and Girls - Creativity Kids Toys • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
PLUS PLUS – Open Play Tube – 240 Piece Neon Color Mix – Construction Building Stem | Steam Toy, Interlocking Mini Puzzle Blocks for Kids • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
COUOMOXA 220 Pieces Versatile 3D Plum-Shaped Interlocking Building Blocks Set Clip Connect Star Builders Educational STEM Toy for Boys and Girls Ages 4 5 6 7 8 Ideal Christmas Birthday Toy Gift • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$421.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $26.97

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$484.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.54

Total project goal

$570.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $570.27

11 Donors

-$556.91

Donations toward project cost

-$474.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.80

match offer

-$12.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$10.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.87

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 $0.00

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