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Ms. Carter from San Francisco, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tinkerers' Workshop: Full STEAM Ahead!

My students need mini motors, alligator clips, pipe cleaners, mini light bulbs, switches, and other art and science supplies and storage containers.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Carter's classroom raised $697

This project is fully funded

My Students

My fourth and fifth graders are never short on curiosity, just the materials they need to begin exploring! Your generosity can help fire up our engines and steady our course as we launch a new unit in STEAM, not the water vapor, but the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math.

Thanks to the generosity of past DonorsChoose funders, my class is now deep into a unit on “Squirt Gun Science” where we’ve been measuring shot distance, computing averages, and “dissecting” the squirt guns to investigate pumps, valves, and fluid dynamics.

Now students are busy graphing and analyzing data they’ve gathered for publication as a scientific comic book! Reading about science or watching it on a video cannot replace the visceral understanding my students have developed by seeing and hearing and feeling the laws of physics in action, and a textbook is not nearly as successful at sparking the why, how and what if questions that drive innovation and engender the sort of creative approaches to problem solving today’s kids need to navigate and thrive in a tech-mediated world. It is this smoldering sense of wonder that teachers are always stoking, the tinder that fuels it, so precious, we hoard every splinter and shred...

My Project

...Toilet paper tubes (I have hundreds), old magazines (I have stacks), empty yogurt containers, plastic bottles, bubble wrap, egg cartons, broken clocks, and boxfuls of mis-cut keys that don't unlock anything except the doors to scientific inquiry. My students' science lab is quite literally made of garbage. And I'm not complaining, because for a lot of kids, that's the appeal! Rather, I'm asking for help stocking up on some of the costlier elements of a scientific education, bits and pieces that will transform my cabinet full of cast-aways into lessons on the engineering of simple machines. I recently completed a professional development course the Exploratorium Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception offers for teachers interested in recreating the museum’s STEAM-powered “Tinkerers’ Workshop” in their own classrooms. I’m eager to get started, but cannot proceed without the necessary supplies.

The Tinkerers’ Workshop approach to teaching STEAM concepts is hands-on and inquiry-based; supplied with the components like motors, circuit boards, wires, and switches, students are encouraged to tinker—to experiment, collaborate and reimagine—as they create multimedia sculptures that move and make noise.

Rather than a teacher-directed lesson, it is student interest and inquiry that power the Tinkerers’ Workshop, so every creation is a unique map of each child's path of discovery. Your generosity would help make empowering students through art a reality.

Ms. Carter Redding Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Copernicus 9-Tub Multipurpose Cart with Blue and Yellow Tubs, 36"H x 41"W x 17"D • Staples Advantage $154.09 1 $154.09
Borden & Riley Boris Layout Paper Pad for Markers - 9" x 12", 50 Sheets • Blick Art Materials $7.00 5 $35.00
Apple Magsafe 2 Power Adapter - 45 W (Md592Z/A) • Amazon Business $44.00 1 $44.00
Staples 5.5 QT Plastic Locking Lid Container (28764) • Staples Advantage $1.99 20 $39.80
Staples Translucent Pencil Boxes, Clear, 2 1/4"H x 5 5/8"W x 8 1/4"L • Staples Advantage $2.99 5 $14.95
Sakura Cray-Pas Junior Artist Oil Pastels - Assorted Colors, Set of 25 • Blick Art Materials $2.80 3 $8.40
Ajax Scientific Round Mini Motor 1.5-3V, 8.5mm Shaft Length (Pack of 5) • Amazon Business $6.62 4 $26.48
Ajax Scientific Miniature Light Bulb, 6.3V, 0.15 Amp (Pack of 10) • Amazon Business $7.29 3 $21.87
SE TL10 10-Piece Test Lead Set with Alligator Clips • Amazon Business $5.22 4 $20.88
Energizer ENE EN22 9 Volt Industrial Alkaline Battery (Pack of 12) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
American Educational 7-KS-1 Brass Small Knife Switch, Single Pole Single Throw (SPST), Plastic Base, 2" Length, 1" Width, 1" Height (Bundle of 10) • Amazon Business $17.91 1 $17.91
CO-RODE 300pcs 3mm 5mm Assorted Color 2pin Diffused LED Light Emitting Diodes Electronic Parts with 5 Colors • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
500 Ohm Potentiometer • Amazon Business $12.21 1 $12.21
Sony CR2032 Lithium 3V Batteries (2 x Pack of 5) • Amazon Business $6.09 2 $12.18
Duracell Procell AA 24 Pack PC1500BKD09 • Amazon Business $10.64 1 $10.64
CanaKit Conductive Thread Bobbin (Pack of 2 x 30ft Bobbins) • Amazon Business $9.93 1 $9.93
Creativity Street Craft Stems - 4 mm x 12", Pkg of 100, Assorted Colors • Blick Art Materials $1.57 5 $7.85
TapeCase 1194 0.25in X 6yd Copper Foil Tape (1 Roll) • Amazon Business $7.32 1 $7.32
Ajax Scientific Mes Type Bulb Holder (Pack of 12) • Amazon Business $7.28 1 $7.28
Scotch(R) Home and Office Masking Tape 3436-3, 3/4-inch x 60 Yards, 3 Pack • Amazon Business $6.28 1 $6.28
uxcell 15Pcs DC 5V 85dB Industrial Active Electronic Alarm Buzzer • Amazon Business $6.18 1 $6.18
20 Pcs Black Faux Leather Housing T Type Wired 9V Battery Clip Connector • Amazon Business $5.75 1 $5.75
Standard Shipping • Blick Art Materials $0.00 1 $0.00

Materials cost

$502.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.12

Sales tax

 $46.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$591.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$104.41

Total project goal

$696.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $696.08

2 Donors

-$348.03

Donations toward project cost

-$295.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.20

match offer

-$348.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$295.84

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.21

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