Who wants a Science, Engineering, and Coding Club? ... WeDo!
My students need Lego Wedo kits to ignite their curiosity and creativity while enhancing their STEAM skills.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Goldberg's classroom raised $1,149
This project is fully funded
My Students
I like to think of our school library as "The Little Library That Could." Housed in a converted classroom fitted with a circulation desk, air conditioner, and water fountain, the library provides a cozy, joyful retreat for students as they discover and explore the world of children's literature.
My school serves Pre-K through 5th grade students in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
Many of our families are first generation residents from the West Indies struggling to make ends meet. Eighty-seven percent of our students are eligible for free lunch. The economic downturn has hit our school community particularly hard. Poverty and unemployment are unacceptably high, while our budget continues to tighten. Further, we must compete with new local charter schools possessing greater resources and more attractive, state-of-the-art facilities. Our dedicated teachers work tirelessly to engage students as these new schools aggressively market themselves to our best and brightest.
Too many of our students come from homes with few books to call their own, yet I am heartened by the tremendous enthusiasm and joy the children express as we explore a wide selection of fiction and nonfiction books together. Students beam as they leave my library with borrowed books to read.
My Project
This project will allow me to offer an in-school STEAM club to my 2nd and 3rd-grade students. We will use our Lego WeDo kits to explore life, physical, earth, and space sciences as well as to build and program our own robots.
My students' excitement for coding and robotics in the upper-grades has been inspiring, and I am excited to offer an engaging, hands-on STEAM program to my 2nd and 3rd graders.
These four Lego WeDo kits will foster collaboration and communication among my 2nd and 3rd graders as they learn and work together to design and program their own innovative creations.
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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