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Ms. Kelm from Pittsburgh, PA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We need a Micro:bit of Computer Science In Our School!

Help me give my students the newest capabilities in coding and innovation with Microbits the possibilities are ENDLESS!

  • $740 goal

This project expired on September 16, 2019.

This project expired on September 16, 2019.

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Ms. Kelm Reserve Primary School
Pittsburgh, PA Grades PreK-2

My Students

My district is a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA. We have many families that are economically disadvantaged but are from hard working blue collar families that truly value the experiences and education that their children receive here. My kids are smart and eager to learn about science and technology. They may not all have access to the latest technologies at home, but thrive when they have access to them here at school. They have parents that are equally as excited about our new STEAM program and who watch and listen in wonder as the kids talk about what they learn and can do now. They are kids that through STEAM are realizing that there are skills other that reading and arithmetic that they have to offer and that they can be successful at new things.

My Project

BBC Micro:bits have opened up a world of possibilities for young learners to incorporate programming and innovation into everyday objects and activities for even our youngest learners. Micro:bits along with MakeCode will give our students the ability to use simple block based coding to integrate making, coding, and circuitry into one project.

Micro:bits will provide students with an opportunity to enhance familiar games like tic tac toe, cornhole, and mini golf by infusing coding and circuitry into the game.

Activities like this one incorporate many 21st century skills like perservance, problem solving, collaboration, and creativity into a classroom. This project will reinforce the engineering and design process by looking for way to iterate and improve an already existing product.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

999 students impacted
Ms. Kelm Reserve Primary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Pittsburgh, PA View local requests

More than 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

999 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
BBC2546862 Micro:bit go • Amazon Business $19.80 24 $475.20
StarTech.com Black Slim Mini Jack Headphone Splitter Cable 3.5 to 2x 3.5mm - headphones splitter - 6 in • Best Buy Education $6.56 12 $78.72
for Micro:bit Speaker Expansion Module microbit Music Player,for Arduino 3.3V 5V(Pack of 2sets) • Amazon Business $23.20 1 $23.20
6 Pack Copper Foil Tape with Double-Sided Conductive Adhesive - EMI Shielding,Stained Glass,Soldering,Electrical Repairs,Slug Repellent,Paper Circuits,Grounding (1/4inch X 21.8yards) • Amazon Business $12.98 1 $12.98

Materials cost

$590.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$628.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$110.99

Total project goal

$739.94

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

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