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Ms. Shorall from Oakland, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tinkering with Microcontrollers: Hands-On Computer Science

My students need Arduino starter kits to interact with powerful, open-source electronic hardware and software to enrich their computer science education.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Shorall's classroom raised $440

This project is fully funded

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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

Every teacher wants to give their students the opportunity to discover, invent, and create -- an Arduino makes this possible.

My students love technology and accordingly advocated for increased computer science education opportunities at our school.

Students are driving sweeping changes at our site. In addition to a new AP Computer Science course, students will lead a Girls Who Code club after school and other outreach programs --science fair, hackathons, engineering workshops -- designed to get as many people in our community as technology savvy as possible.

My Project

Students will use the Arduino starter kit to make projects that will teach them the essentials of circuitry and microcontrollers. In addition to learning about the hardware, students can manipulate source code to learn about programming. The Arduino is a powerful tool and the most creative students can use it as a platform to address community issues. By having these Arduino starter kits in my classroom, I hope to engage students interested in engineering, the Maker Movement, and computer science.

Access to a tool like an Arduino is something that my students have yet to experience.

I think that the Arduino could launch student interest in engineering. If all goes well, the Arduino could serve as a platform for a community-focused, engineering-based project. In the spirit of open-source technology, this tool's potential in my classroom is boundless.

Ms. Shorall Castlemont High School Grades 9-12

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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.

Oakland, CA 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

60 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Arduino Starter Kit (Official Kit from Arduino with 170-page Arduino Projects Book) • Amazon $94.99 3 $284.97
Exploring Arduino: Tools and Techniques for Engineering Wizardry • Amazon $25.61 1 $25.61

Materials cost

$310.58

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.42

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$373.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.94

Total project goal

$439.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $439.60

5 Donors

-$210.83

Donations toward project cost

-$186.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.00

match offer

-$219.80

Match offer toward project cost

-$186.83

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.97

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 $0.00

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