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Mrs. Granado from Whittier, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engineering in the Classroom

My students need robotics and electronic supplies such as two Bottle Rocket Launchers and 25 Balloon Helicopter Kits plus ten Solar Rechargeable Solar Transformers for their STEM class.

  • $697 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Technology is the future. We keep hearing that phrase as my students work through simple materials to construct robots, they use their imagination to engineer projects such as rocket launchers, wind driven cars all made with materials at hand such as PVC piping and styrofoam plates. Help us.

Our school is a mostly Latino urban school with about 85% of our students on free lunch.

We have opened a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) class to help them discover what the future has in store for them. Statistics show that Latinos often lag behind in the areas of technology and engineering. Our students show a tremendous enthusiasm, they apply themselves in the area of Mathematics, working hard. Due to all the catastrophic cuts that have occurred to the schools in California, we work with minimum budgets, without computers or the necessary technology needed to fully implement our STEM program, however, our students keep working.

My Project

My students need robotics and electronic supplies such as two Bottle Rocket Launchers and 25 Balloon Helicopter Kits plus ten Solar Rechargeable Solar Transformers for their STEM class. Our students are highly motivated, but we lack the funds to purchase robots and technology needed to fully implement our STEM program. Our students are enthusiastic making the best with what we have. If we had the supplies requested, we would be at the next step, actually building robots or cars energized by solar power. It has also been a goal to involve our girls in these areas and show them that there are alternatives to the typical "girl" careers, like clerical, or in the service industries.

Our projects go beyond being important, they are life changers.

They are the future. If with your help we can continue working with our students, their future, and the future of our country would be assured. Presently we practically import all our technology from other countries, let's start building engineering careers by introducing them to them early in their lives.

Mrs. Granado
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
7-in-1 Solar Rechargeable Solar Transformers • Nasco $25.95 10 $259.50
Balloon Helicopter Classroom Kit • Nasco $79.95 1 $79.95
Balloon Helicopter Classroom Kit • Nasco $79.95 1 $79.95
Balloon Helicopter Kit • Nasco $2.95 12 $35.40
Balloon Helicopter Kit • Nasco $2.95 12 $35.40
Bottle Rocket Launcher • Nasco $31.75 1 $31.75
Bottle Rocket Launcher • Nasco $31.75 1 $31.75

Materials cost

$553.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$592.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$104.47

Total project goal

$696.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $696.48

15 Donors

-$484.42

Donations toward project cost

-$417.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.66

match offer

-$205.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$174.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.06

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