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Past projects 10

• Electricity Through Hands-on Learning

  Funded Jul 22, 2024

  Thank you for your donation,

  My middle school students were able to explore and learn about electricity through different methods of stem projects using these project based learning tools with your donation. The first way students learned how to build circuits was to build simple series circuits using the squishy circuits.

  From there they learned how to build more complex circuits with the kits and explore what make a parallel circuit and explore how the circuits are different. Once the students understood the basics of circuits we explored with the snap circuits kits where students played and explored o building different types of circuits that the kits allowed.

  Learning through hands on projects is a meaningful way students can process and understand the content through exploration and have fun at the same time. They then will take this learning into their future.

  Again thank you for your donation.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Martinez

• Students Learn to Program Sphero Mini Robots

  Funded May 23, 2024

  Thank you so much for the donation to our classroom. We will use the sphero robots for students to learn about programming and engineering design. The project that students will work on for this first unit will be to design and build a golf course then program their sphero robot to go through their course.

  My students are excited to learn about programming and building their projects. Many of my students have never had programming. What is nice is that the Spheros will work with their chrome books, apps on iPads and their phones so students can work with them in many different ways. Students will have to use math skills to learn to program the Spheros because the robots use distance and time to move and they will go in all 360 degrees of direction.

  Students have had great fun playing and learning how to use theses robots. They worked through the tutorials to see how to work with them and how to program them, so that they can understand how to program them for their project.

  Thank you so much for your donation to our class.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Martinez

  This classroom project was brought to life by Young Sheldon on CBS and 5 other donors.

• Consumable STEM supplies

  Funded May 10, 2024

  Thank you so much for you donations, My students have used the craft sticks for their projects. The most current project that they have done is to build and compete with other students in building different types of bridges to see what type of bridge will hold the most weight.

  Each pair of students were given 200 sticks and 10 hot glue sticks to build their bridge and they had to design and create a bridge based on their research to hold the most amount of weight possible.

  Close to 100 students participated in this project to determine who had the strongest bridge ranging from gifted 6th graders to 8th graders who are in algebra taking a STEM elective.

  Some of the bridges held up to 60 textbooks which were 2 kg each which came about to be about 120 kg or about 264 lbs. The students had so much fun testing this. A few of the bridges even were able to stand on them.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Martinez

  This classroom project was brought to life by Young Sheldon on CBS and 2 other donors.

• Consumable STEM Supplies

  Funded Dec 27, 2022

  Thank you so much for your donation. Students were able to complete STEM builds. The first build that they have worked on is building a balloon powered cars using the materials for class. Another project students will be building soon will be a motor powered Ferris wheel.

  My students were incredibly excited to receive the materials. The materials are simple but they are still hard for students and myself to provide for 120 students to build in class. My donating to class my students have the opportunity to explore engineering and STEM.

  Other projects that students will work on will be scale models of buildings, pinball games, building furniture and more engineering design project.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Martinez

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 2 other donors.

• STEM with Rockets

  Funded May 3, 2022

  Thank you donors for the rockets. My students were able to learn about flight, newton's Les of motions, engineering design all while having fun with rockets. They enjoyed launching these rockets so much. All of the rockets launched with no problems and other classes came out to learn about rocketry during the launch also. This was an amazing experience not just for my students but for other classes that came out for the launch. The impact on the students was a memorable learning experience that the kids will not forget and will want to do again. Again thank you”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Martinez

  This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In and 3 other donors.

• Making Experiments Mean Something With Authentic Data

  Funded May 3, 2022

  Thank you for the donations to my class. Students are able to get real world data to go along with the builds that they are making. This first build that they made was to build a rolling balloon power car. They then used the pocket lab to measure the acceleration of their car to have a competition to see who's car was the fastest.

  These pocket labs allowed students to gather real world data in real time to see how their cars worked at any moment during experimentation. Students are able to gather data in real time and compare their car to each other.

  We will continue to use these pocket labs with other projects that we will do. Future project will be egg drop to determine impact velocity.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Martinez

  This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In and 2 other donors.

• Markers, Pencils and Tape for Classroom

  Funded Aug 10, 2022

  Thank you so much for your generosity for materials to my class. These materials have allowed students to be creative with their learning. Students have been using the markers, colored pencils with their doodle notes and to create posters in class so far. We will continue to utilize these materials through stem builds such as building balloon powered cars and other Engineering design project.

  Again thank you for your generosity to helping my students enhance their learning for the year. My students really appreciate it.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Martinez

  This classroom project was brought to life by Bill Gates and 3 other donors.

• Robots in Science

  Funded Dec 1, 2021

  My students were overjoyed to get the Sphero robots and could not wait to start using them. My students are really enjoying their learning with the Sphero robots. They are engaged in their learning and are having fun while they are learning programming and science at the same time.

  Once students worked their way through learning the tutorials on how to use the Sphero robots for programming they began working on projects with them. The first project students worked on was to design a golf course hole that they had to program the Sphero robot to go through. Students were not only using their programming skills but their engineering design skills for this project.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Martinez

  This classroom project was brought to life by Infosys Foundation USA and one other donor.

• STEM Coloring, Building and Creating

  Funded Dec 13, 2021

  Thank you for donating to my class. The impact your donation has had to my students is great. The markers has made it so students can create posters and color their projects.

  The tape and craft sticks has allowed students to build Engineering design projects in class. My class and I greatly appreciate your donation to us. Some of the projects that students have and will make with the materials are paper roller coasters, Marble mazes and other engineering design projects in which students are interested in.

  Again thank you so much.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Martinez

  This classroom project was brought to life by Young Sheldon on CBS and one other donor.

• Exploring STEM through Building

  Funded Nov 18, 2021

  My students have been able to explore their creative side to design engineering. We will continue to use these materials to explore design engineering and building through out this year and the years to come.

  My students have truly enjoyed these kits and are wanting to use them all the time now. My students were excited and overjoyed to see the materials when we received them. They could not wait to start using them. Right now students have been given challenges to build using the kava planks and straw bees. Students have made hats with the strawbees and basic geometric shapes of cubes, pyramid, domes.So far, students have made helicopters, houses, towers with the kava planks

  My students have truly enjoyed these kits and will continue to work with them.”

  With gratitude,

  Ms. Martinez

  This classroom project was brought to life by Young Sheldon on CBS and 8 other donors.