Past projects 28
21st Century Drawing in 3D
Funded Aug 18, 2022The 3-d pens have helped my students show more of their creativity in my STEM class by bringing the 2-d images off of the page. We were able to bring our endangered animal study to life using the 3-d pens to create models of the different animals researched.
Thank you very much for giving us the supplies we needed for this and many more projects. Having the right tools makes all the difference when it comes to learning. Not only have the students learned new 21st century skills, they have learned to express their creativity in a whole new way.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Cutting
This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In at 1603 El Paseo Road and 2 other donors.Sew Much Learning
Funded Dec 1, 2021Thank you very much for your support for our sewing project. The students were so excited to open up all the new tools. In fact, most of them had never seen an iron before.
The sewing machines are the perfect size for our new learners. With some skill and practice, they are slowly becoming pros at using them to create small projects. Their favorite right now is creating hair scrunchies.
We started with hand sewing and making a small pin cushion. Then the students were able to create their own designs using felt and hand needles. They have even practiced doing simple embroidery.
This project has exposed my students to skills that they may have never seen before or will ever see in their lifetime. Many of them want to do it more and I'm looking forward to keeping it as part of my STEM classroom for years to come.
Than you for your help and support for this project.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Cutting
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 2 other donors.3Doodle What You Learn!
Funded Feb 22, 2021The students loved the new 3Doodler pens. I had used them before in my Kindergarten and 1st grade classes, but the pens had seen better days. My new Kindergartners were in awe when they saw the cool new pens.
At first they were hesitant to use them, but after a few trial and errors, they were able to really get the pens flowing. The students created circuit name cards. They printed out their names and then created a lighted circuit to illuminate it.
The pens are a blast and I hope that we can do more cool projects with them in future classes. Thank you very much for providing this opportunity to my classroom.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Cutting
Amp Up Our eLearning
Funded Jul 16, 2020Thank you for your donation. With being digitally remote with my students, having access to Teachers Pay Teachers has been time saving and helpful when finding tools and lessons to share with my students.
We had an early snow day and I was able to find a STEM lesson all about snowflakes. My students had a great time learning about snow and making their own snowflake.
Then they used their creations to do some geometry and reverse engineering to learn more about patterns and shapes.
They also were able to come up with designs for different types of snow related items like a snowball launcher and snow remover.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Cutting
A Doodling We Will Go
Funded Dec 4, 2019Thank you for donating to our classroom. The students really enjoy using the 3Doodlers to create anything and everything. The one drawback is that we always need more filament to keep our creative juices flowing. Thank you for helping us with this need.
The project that my 2nd graders are currently working on is designing and creating a marble run with ramps and other parts made from 3D printed objects.
We've been working hard and have spent the past 3 weeks creating pieces for this project and next week we will begin to build the final project. They are so excited to get their projects rolling.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Cutting
This classroom project was brought to life by An anonymous classroom supporter and 2 other donors.If You Build It, We Will Learn
Funded Oct 29, 2019Thank you very much for your donation to our class project. My students were so excited to get the 3D printer in our classroom and to see it in action. We had to put our project on hold due to computer technology outages in our district, but we are back up and running after 3 months without technology.
The 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students are able to use Tinkercad online to create simple projects using their name and shapes to create a personalized bag tag. We are in the process of working on our next project which is a 3D printed artifact from research of historical places around the world.
We are very grateful and thankful to those who donated to give us this wonderful opportunity.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Cutting
This classroom project was brought to life by Verizon and 6 other donors.Drone Out the Teacher and Fly Away
Funded Oct 18, 2019This has been a great introduction to drones for my students as well as my fellow teachers. We haven't had the opportunity to take advantage of all the tools that we want to for programming the drone due to technical difficulties in our district. We are hoping to get to do the programming once our systems are up and running later this semester.
We have had the opportunity to study what drones are, how they work, and what they could be used for in the future. We are currently working on our own designs for our imagined drone.
So far, the students have been memorized by the movement of the drone around our classroom and love the videos that we share up on the big screen.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Cutting
Fired Up Appy Students
Funded Oct 2, 2019The addition of the Kindle Fires to our classroom has allowed all the students to receive 1 to 1 interaction with programming our Sphero robots. Students in grades kindergarten to 5th grade have been able to learn how to use the bluetooth and connect the robots to the Kindles. This has also helped them with their problem solving skills in that not everything always works as planned and thinking up solutions to problems forced the students to think outside the box to make the robot and Kindles do what they had intended.
The older students also had the opportunity to use MIT App Inventor to recreate and modify apps to be used on their Kindles. This was an amazing opportunity for students to see that they can use their creativity to do more than just play the apps on their phone.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Cutting
This classroom project was brought to life by Verizon and 5 other donors.One More Time
Funded Feb 28, 2019Thank you very much for providing my students with the opportunity to interact with technology in a meaningful way. Our first project with our new Kindle Fires was to create and program a story in Scratch Jr. This would not have been possible without your generous donations. Having more devices has helped our class use our new Sphero robots as well. Instead of being a group of 4 students to 1 device, we were able to do partners and individual use projects.
My students really enjoyed the opportunity to use the new devices to create interactive programs that they could share and show their classmates. Not having to look over someones shoulder waiting for a turn has been a very positive aspect to my student's creativity. This is especially helpful being that the students only come to my classroom once a week for an hour. Every interactive minute helps.
Thank you again for your awesome gift for my classroom and students.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Cutting
This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose.org Community and 2 other donors.All Fired Up For STEM!
Funded Jan 2, 2019Thank you for for your generous donation. Because of you, my students have been able to use technology to program robots for various types of activities. The new robots pair with the Kindle Fires using Bluetooth which is not a skill that most of the students have ever used. Through use of the devices and robots, the students have become self-directed problem solvers to fix errors and issues as they arise with their Kindle and robot pairings.
After mastering how to control the robots, we did a unit on Jackson Pollock art and then the students were tasked with programming or simply controlling their robots to paint a Pollock inspired painting. The students loved how their final projects turned out.
Once we get back from spring break we are going to start a unit on area and perimeter and are going to use the Kindles with the robots to do their calculations. Having enough devices for 1:1 allows the students more direct hands on time for learning new things.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Cutting