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Ms. Brewster from Gainesville, FL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Applying STEM Skills to Solve for Tomorrow

Help me give my students Hakko FX888D-23BY Digital Soldering Stations FX-888D FX-888, Dremel 3-D printing filament, and the VIVO 1,000 ft bulk Cat5e Ethernet Cable/Wire UTP Pull Box 1,000ft Cat-5e Style Grey (CABLE-V001) to apply their STEM skills!

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My Students

With the increasing need to focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education, PKYDRS FIRST robotics team, Roaring Riptide 4118, along with the Project Lead the Way (PLTW) programs in 6th-8th grades are designing and leading creative and sustainable approaches for introducing and supporting STEM activities that encourage, engage, and support our underserved, underrepresented populations.

Specifically, in the PK Yonge and Gainesville community, we face the issue of inaccessible and expensive technology that is needed for people with disabilities to elevate their quality of life.

The primary problem is that this field has been dominated by a limited number of corporations whose goal is to make profit. The technology's price has not fallen with the ability to produce it faster and cheaper, thus creating the problem of assistive technology being largely inaccessible to the general population, which includes youth in our underserved and underrepresented populations.

My Project

Using STEM concepts, such as the design process, we will identify specific individual’s challenges, conduct research of past ideas, review current technologies, formulate design concepts, create prototypes in 3-D design software, and then 3-D print or build prototypes for testing. Specific examples of disabilities we’d like to focus on supporting include Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Cerebral Palsy, and other limited motor control disabilities.

A couple of ideas we have are to create and share guides, videos, & documentation for adapting toys as well as adapting 12-volt power wheel jeeps as an affordable mobility option to wheelchairs.

Additionally, we could leverage our connection with ATMakers.org to share our ideas with a larger audience. The overall project vision is to consult with our local school district to support individuals with disabilities to help in areas where they struggle daily and leverage our STEM skills to improve their quality of life.

Ms. Brewster P.K. Yonge Development Research School Grades 9-12

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More than a third 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

125 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hakko FX888D-23BY Digital Soldering Station FX-888D FX-888 (blue & yellow) • Amazon Business $96.72 2 $193.44
Dremel 3D Printing Filament PETG for Digilab 3D45 3D Printer Translucent 1.75mm 0.5kg with RFID Detection • Amazon Business $34.99 3 $104.97
VIVO 1,000 ft bulk Cat5e Ethernet Cable/Wire UTP Pull Box 1,000ft Cat-5e Style Grey (CABLE-V001) • Amazon Business $44.85 1 $44.85
Adafruit Pro Trinket 5V 16MHz (1 Piece) • Amazon Business $11.06 3 $33.18
Gizmo Dorks Blue Painters Tape for 3D Printers 6.25" x 100' • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Hakko 599B-02 Wire-type soldering iron tip cleaner • Amazon Business $9.38 3 $28.14
Wagner 0503008 HT1000 Heat Gun 1,200-Watt, 2 Temp Settings 750ᵒF & 1000ᵒF • Amazon Business $19.88 1 $19.88
HGMZZQ 60/40 Tin Lead Solder Wire with Rosin for Electrical Soldering 0.039 inch(1.0mm-0.22lbs) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Nine to Nine 3.5mm Stereo Jack Panel Mount Connector Pack of 10 • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$471.43

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$508.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.74

Total project goal

$598.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $598.24

4 Donors

-$399.00

Donations toward project cost

-$339.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.85

match offer

-$199.24

Match offer toward project cost

-$169.35

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.89

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 $0.00

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