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Mrs. Paffrath from Saint Louis, MO is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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21st Century Learning With STEM Bins

Help me give my students supplies for STEM learning. My students love to build using different STEM supplies, like Play-Doh and Legos. They also love to do coding activities like Scratch and Bloxels.

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My Students

My 3rd graders are a unique and diverse group of students in a Title I school. Many receive free and reduced-price lunch. They are energetic and enthusiastic about learning. They are inquisitive and always searching for new ideas. Every day brings new joy and excitement as we collaborate and grow with each other.

As their teacher, it is my goal to open students' eyes to 21st Century Skills.

I want my students to leave my classroom with a strong understanding of STEM skills for their future learning and careers.

My Project

We need more STEM learning activities for students to further enhance their STEM capabilities, collaborate with each other, and practice 21st Century STEM skills.

Technology and STEM learning are so important to our students' futures.

Students will use Bloxels and the Scratch coding cards to practice coding, technology, and learn to create their own video games. In addition, students will use Play Doh and Legos to complete STEM challenges that require them to build models of different structures. We also will use the Gravity Maze to learn how to create different structures that allow a marble to move from one point to another. Students will have to use the design thinking process for all of these activities.

Mrs. Paffrath Crestwood Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Saint Louis, MO View local requests 25 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
ThinkFun Gravity Maze Marble Run Logic Game and STEM Toy for Boys and Girls Age 8 and Up – Toy of the Year Award Winner • Amazon Business $29.95 1 $29.95
LEGO Classic Medium Creative Brick Box 10696 • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
Play-Doh Modeling Compound 36-Pack Case of Colors, Non-Toxic, Assorted Colors, 3-Ounce Cans (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $22.73 1 $22.73
Scratch Coding Cards: Creative Coding Activities for Kids • Amazon Business $16.96 1 $16.96
Bloxels Build Your Own Video Game • Amazon Business $16.83 1 $16.83

Materials cost

$114.46

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$146.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.80

Total project goal

$171.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $171.98

1 Donor

-$146.18

Donations toward project cost

-$146.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$25.80

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 $0.00

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