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Past projects 7

• Carver Middle School's 6th Grader Super Strategy Games Extravaganza!

  Funded Mar 25, 2025

  Wowza! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This is such Wowza! What terrific news! I can't wait to tell my classes we hit our goal. The students are going to be so excited we get to play awesome brain games. Logic, strategy, and critical thinking are key components to the gifted and talented cirriculum and these resources will make sure my students get to have a lot of fun while they learn.

  Your contribution really means a lot to me, my students, and especially the new GT program at Carver. I thank you so much for you donations.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Dean

  This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 12 other donors.

• Brain Game Bonanza!

  Funded Aug 12, 2023

  Your donation allowed hundreds of kids during the past school year to enjoy critical thinking puzzle games. They learned cooperative play as they worked together in achieving small goals as well as big picture tasks. The skills I was able to teach with these resources allowed me to expand my lesson plans and do a deep dive into the world of strategical thinking and spatial reasoning, but most importantly it made learning really fun for the students. Every single one of them is excited to come back next year to continue playing and learning together.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Dean

  This classroom project was brought to life by The State of Oklahoma.

• Block Party for Brainiacs!

  Funded May 10, 2023

  Thank you so much for giving my classroom the resources to do this incredible project. Because of your donation we were able to do a month long unit on spatial reasoning. The students used critical thinking to learn how to manipulate shapes to solve puzzles and create their own designs.

  Your donation of these learning blocks will help all my students have the opportunity to one day become the next great engineer, artist, or architect. My class and I can not thank you enough and will continue to use these resources in the future.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Dean

• Illustration Kits for Future Artists

  Funded Feb 13, 2023

  Thank you so much for helping provide art supplies for my class. We have been able to do a wide range of projects because of your contribution. The students have loved doing comics strips, illustrating their short stories, and even doing some architecture design of their dream houses.

  Donors like you help so much in allowing a child to reach their fullest potential. My classroom has so many more opportunities now to create and express themselves through the art supplies you have given us. Thank you again!”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Dean

• Chromebook Chargers for Creative Writing

  Funded Jan 25, 2023

  Your amazing contribution has helped my classroom by providing Chromebook chargers to my students. As we move toward a more paperless, online based learning model having consistent access to a computer is important. You've done that for my class.

  My students appreciate your help in providing them with the opportunity to use their fully charged computers without having to share screens or wait until a charger is available. I appreciate the help as it has been invaluable every day this year in my class.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Dean

• Let's Go, Stratego!

  Funded Nov 5, 2022

  Your donation to the Let's Go, Stratego! allowed all my classes the ability to learn about this amazing skill-based game. We take the battlefield every Thursday and square off to see who has the wits to capture the flag. In addition to playing the game we also discuss winning strategies, probabilities, and even ways to create our own version. The students have had such a good time many have discussed starting an after school club to get even more Stratego time in the week. Me and all my students send their thanks.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Dean

  This classroom project was brought to life by Oklahoma State Department of Education.

• Soma Cube Puzzle-Mania!

  Funded Oct 17, 2022

  Thank you so much for helping us make our Soma Cube project a reality! We spent every Friday last semester building and trying to solve all 240solutions as well as creating new figures and puzzles. Your contribution adding a new 'dimension' to our unit on spatial reasoning. The kids looked forward to it every week and many were so inspired by the fun they asked for and got their own soma cubes for Christmas. Thank you again for your donation. It inspired a hundred future engineers, architects, sculptors, and puzzle-maniacs.”

  With gratitude,

  Mr. Dean

  This classroom project was brought to life by Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies and one other donor.