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Mrs. Melissa Smith from Spooner, WI is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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To 3D and Beyond!

My students need a MakerBot 3D printer to bring inventions to life.

  • $2,453 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Can you imagine designing and imagining an invention and then having it "printed" right in front of your eyes? This is a thought of the future, but the future is here!

I have 17 bright third grade students.

They are full of ideas and creativity. They are willing to try most anything and are always eager to test out new technology. A MakerBot 3D printer is something we can only imagine. We live in a small town where classroom budgets are very limited. This would truly be a life changing gift to our classroom.

My Project

Every year we brain storm, design, and create inventions. Can you imagine now taking these ideas and making them come alive? The MakerBot 3D printer will do just that. This excitement would ignite their passion for creativity and inspire learning. Students do presentations to meet the Common Core standards. Can you imagine a presentation where students were able to create a prop using our MakerBot 3D printer? This will change my students' perspective on what is possible!

This MakerBot 3D printer will provide an opportunity that would never happen in our small town classroom.

This is truly an opportunity of a lifetime and will ignite learning. Science will never be the same for my students.

Mrs. Melissa Smith
Grades 3-5
    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

    This project will reach 17 students.

    31 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
MakerBot Academy - 3D Printing Bundle • MakerBot $2,000.00 1 $2,000.00

Materials cost

$2,000.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $25.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$30.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,085.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$367.94

Total project goal

$2,452.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,452.94

28 Donors

-$130.77

Donations toward project cost

-$114.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.47

Matching donations from our partners

-$2,318.47

Match offers toward project cost

-$1,970.70

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$347.77

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.70

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 $0.00

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