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Mr. Towata from Wailuku HI is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Using DJI Phantom 3 Drone to Record Growth in Wailuku

My students need DJI Phantom 3 drones to help them document the expansion of Wailuku.

  • $851 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

"I love science!" "I can't believe it worked!"

Science changed my life and I hope it changes their lives.

This is a group of 24 creative, innovative and imaginative individuals who love to build, experiment, fail, tinker and create. These kids are blessed with the opportunity to change the world through science.

They are the STEM engineers of the future. These students are ready to be stewards of the earth and ready to make changes to help better Wailuku town.

My Project

Wailuku, Maui has been growing in population. I, myself, am a transplant from Oahu and with the increasing prices in housing on Oahu more people will seek homes on other islands in Hawaii.

The students of Wailuku Elementary are affected by the growth in homes being built and people moving into their neighborhood.

A new school has already been built in our area to alleviate the growth in population.

The students will be using the DJI Phantom 3 Drones to help document, record and map out the growth of homes above Wailuku Elementary and see if the there will be an impact on traffic, the environment and the children of Maui.

We have been gifted with a used Phantom 3 Drone to practice flying with but we need one with a working camera to actually document and take pictures.

Drones are important technology in the world today and the students will get first hand usage of a drone and learn how to operate it and use it to its fullest ability.

Mr. Towata
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
DJI - Phantom 3 SE Quadcopter - White and Yellow • Best Buy Education $653.95 1 $653.95

Materials cost

$653.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$28.77

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$722.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$127.51

Total project goal

$850.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$850.04

2 Donors

-$460.02

Donations toward project cost

-$391.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.00

match offer

-$390.01

Match offer toward project cost

-$331.51

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.50

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$0.00

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