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Mrs. Chamberlain Engel from Hayward, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Art and Tech Intersect!

Help me give my students three Hummingbird Robotics Kits and MakeDo tools to cut and construct the cardboard creations they will be able to control with the Hummingbird servos and LEDs.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

I just attended the Infosys Pathfinders 2023 Summer Institute, and I'm stoked! The Hummingbird Robotics Kits from Birdbrain Technologies will solve so many problems for my middle-school computer science and STEAM students! We normally have to connect our Micro:bits with servos and LEDs that require alligator clips and jump wires, which often fall apart with the barest touch or are difficult for the students to understand without a lot of help. This requires me to troubleshoot their circuits and help them rewire them. While I do my best to get their circuits back on track, there's only one of me and most of my students need help to make their circuits work.

With the Micro:bit and Hummingbird controller combined, however, students only need to learn where the wires go and clip them into the appropriate ports.

Hummingbird controllers have extremely stable connections that don't require soldering or heat-shrink tubing to keep them safely in place. These microcontrollers also eliminate the need for resistors and the calculations required to determine which resistors are needed for each circuit.

Also, with the Hummingbird Kit, it becomes impossible to fry the Micro:bits, servos, sensors, or LEDs because all the resistors are built in. Not having to worry about overloaded circuits, potential burns or injuries, fried Micro:bits, soldering, or LEDs exploding would be such an incredible gift to my peace of mind!

I can only imagine the incredible robot petting zoo that students will be able to create this year. Instead of hassling with cable/wire management, determining the correct resistors to use, and wiring the circuits correctly, students would be able to put ALL their effort into creating and coding projects that they're proud of. Thank you so much for considering a donation to our project!

Mrs. Chamberlain Engel Cesar Chavez Middle School Grades 6-8

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Hayward, CA View local requests

More than 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

150 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hummingbird Bit Premium Kit (LOW STOCK) • Birdbrain Technologies $219.00 3 $657.00
Discover • MakeDo $45.00 1 $45.00
Explore • MakeDo $22.50 1 $22.50

Materials cost

$724.50

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.00

Sales tax

 $66.29

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$841.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.53

Total project goal

$990.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $990.19

13 Donors

-$464.04

Donations toward project cost

-$447.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.81

match offer

-$464.04

Match offer toward project cost

-$394.43

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.61

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$62.11

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 $0.00

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