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Mrs. Esposito from Brooklyn, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Becoming Engineers One Plank at a Time

My students need Keva Bot Mazes and Keva Connect Starter sets to complete STEM challenges and expand upon their creativity!

  • $434 goal

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My Students

Hello! I am the STEM teacher, and I teach children from PreK to 5th. I am looking forward to introducing the world of STEM to my students. It is so exciting to be teaching these children how to be real-world problem solvers using 21st-century skills. My students are 39% ELL. This is the first time in schools for many of these students from other countries.

I also have an ICT class for each grade and a horizon, which is an 8:1:1 program for autistic children (K to 3) as well as three 12:1:1 (K to 4).

My school is also a Title I school, which qualifies 97% of the students for free lunch based on their economic status.

My Project

I would like for my STEM students to become better problem solvers using the engineering design process. Using Keva maze bots and Keva planks with connectors, the students will build mazes using different configurations. I feel that the distraction of the "bot" will limit the amount of stress when building.

My future "Bob the Builders" will also use the Keva planks as building materials to solve other engineering and STEM challenges.

I am hoping that by using the design process and becoming familiar with the steps, they will then carry over the process to solve other everyday problems as well as in their other subjects.

Mrs. Esposito PS 199 Frederick Wachtel Grades 3-5

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More than three‑quarters 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
KEVA BOT MAZE • School Specialty $38.90 5 $194.50
KEVA CONNECT STARTER SET OF 64 • School Specialty $21.79 5 $108.95

Materials cost

$303.45

Vendor shipping charges

 $30.34

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$368.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.00

Total project goal

$433.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $433.34

2 Donors

-$184.92

Donations toward project cost

-$184.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.75

match offer

-$216.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$184.17

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.75

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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