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Ms. Alexander's Classroom

  • Energy Institute High School
  • Houston, TX
  • 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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  • Electrify My heART

    Funded Oct 25, 2017

    Thank you so much for your donations to help fund mine and Mrs. Campbell's collaborative project called "Electrify my heART". Over the course of the last 3 months, our students designed beautiful pieces of art, then used Arduinos, breadboards, sensors, and lights to electrify these art pieces into a complete, interactive art gallery. This gallery will be permanently installed at our new school building that will open for the 2018-2019 school year.

    In the process, our students learned how to collect data from sensors, how to differentiate between digital and analog data, how to process the collected data into useful information about the environment, and how to use lights or motors to respond to sensor activation. The students completed 11 unique pieces. Highlights include a portrait of Darth Vader whose light saber lights up when you touch the power button, a scene from the Disney movie "Tangled" where the paper lanterns illuminate as they are released, a theme park whose rides appear as if they are moving, an eye that lights up when it detects motion, bubbles made from lights that "pop" when you touch them, and a light bulb that responds to clapping.

    We could not have done this without your support! Thank you for supporting the arts at our engineering school.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Alexander

    This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Donor and 3 other donors.
  • Robots Inspire Future Energy Leaders

    Funded Oct 20, 2017

    Thank you so much for your support of our Robotics programs. I cannot express enough what it means to me, my students, and our school. With these tools, we will be able to ensure that our students are learning real-world hands-on skills that will make them better students, better learners, and better global citizens, equipped with the expertise to achieve their dreams.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Alexander

Specifically, we are requesting hand tools and hand tool sets to help with the mechanical construction of robots, and additional tools and materials for the electronics and electrical aspect of robot design. These tools will be used in the Robotics Lab, and will be available for our in-class students and our after-school competition teams to use. As our school has been experiencing budget issues this year, and as our local community has been affected by Harvey, income sources for updated and new tools has been difficult to find in Houston. Robotics has set the culture for our school, and it's important that we have the materials and supplies necessary to keep learning hands-on. Because the robot designs our students build do not depend on kits, each aspect of the robot design is custom made, and this often requires extra tooling. We require additional tools such as socket sets, pliers, screw drivers, and hammers to help with the construction of the robot chassis, drive trains, and scoring mechanisms, like lifts, claws, or flywheel shooters. We are also requesting funding for additional electrical tools, such as solder, wire strippers, and crimping tools that assist the students with wiring the robot motors and sensors. Each wire must be made to the correct length and with the correct attachments, and these tools will greatly assist with that. We would also like a label maker to help with shop organization and to reduce the number of lost tools, which overall helps keep costs down. We are also requesting an additional Ethernet switch, which is used for wireless communication between the robot driver (the controller) and the robot itself. We appreciate you considering our project!

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Specifically, we are requesting hand tools and hand tool sets to help with the mechanical construction of robots, and additional tools and materials for the electronics and electrical aspect of robot design. These tools will be used in the Robotics Lab, and will be available for our in-class students and our after-school competition teams to use. As our school has been experiencing budget issues this year, and as our local community has been affected by Harvey, income sources for updated and new tools has been difficult to find in Houston. Robotics has set the culture for our school, and it's important that we have the materials and supplies necessary to keep learning hands-on. Because the robot designs our students build do not depend on kits, each aspect of the robot design is custom made, and this often requires extra tooling. We require additional tools such as socket sets, pliers, screw drivers, and hammers to help with the construction of the robot chassis, drive trains, and scoring mechanisms, like lifts, claws, or flywheel shooters. We are also requesting funding for additional electrical tools, such as solder, wire strippers, and crimping tools that assist the students with wiring the robot motors and sensors. Each wire must be made to the correct length and with the correct attachments, and these tools will greatly assist with that. We would also like a label maker to help with shop organization and to reduce the number of lost tools, which overall helps keep costs down. We are also requesting an additional Ethernet switch, which is used for wireless communication between the robot driver (the controller) and the robot itself. We appreciate you considering our project!

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