Alaska Innovation 3D Printing to Innovatively Improve Unique Alaska Problems
Help me give my students access to 3D printer and Copernicus 3D printer cart to allow STEAM students to create, invent, and innovate anywhere in the school or even outside. Up to 250 kids will benefit from this.
$1,226 goal
This project expired on June 14, 2024.
This project expired on June 14, 2024.
My Project
In rural Nikiski, Alaska, we must import, or innovate to meet the unique Alaskan needs. A 3D printer will allow STEAM students to attempt to build solutions to common problems we all face like organizing charging cables, and unique problems to our part of Alaska.
Here, where Ice is like nothing you can imagine, there are weeks where we need ice cleats just to leave our house.
Yet metal cleats cannot be worn in stores and schools without damaging floors. Elderly and young alike slip, fall, and break bones every winter.
The 3D printer and cart will be the first addition to the "Innovation Lab" where students will be challenged to create solutions to problems like versatile ice safety gear, as well as help repair items by creating components that cannot be replaced.
Your contribution will impact 250 students and their families.
Half 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
Never Before Funded250 students impacted
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Copernicus 3D Printer Cart, Base Model
• School Specialty
$606.71
1
$606.71
Official Creality Ender 3 3D Printer Fully Open Source with Resume Printing Function DIY 3D Printers Printing Size 8.66x8.66x9.84 inch
• Amazon Business
$169.00
1
$169.00
Materials cost
$775.71
Vendor shipping charges
$212.35
Sales tax
$11.64
3rd party payment processing fee
$11.64
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$1,041.34
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$183.77
Total project goal
$1,225.11
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