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Blacksmith Puzzles to Focus Active Minds

My students need a durable brain puzzles to focus their attention.

  • $210 goal

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My Students

Our school serves students interested in the creative arts. Students major in theater, visual arts, vocal, orchestra, creative writing, and dance. We serve low income Milwaukee city students. We warmly welcome students of many cultures and backgrounds and support many refugee students as well as LGBTQ students.

We warmly welcome all students and celebrate their uniqueness.

Our program draws students from across Milwaukee who are compelled to create. Students regularly participate in the community with multiple performances and galleries each year.

My Project

Five years ago I was given two ol'timey blacksmith puzzles. When I need to distract, calm, focus, and challenge students who are having a hard time in class, these are the manipulatives to which I turn. The problem is, in a class of 34, two puzzles just aren't enough.

Their brains come alive when they get their hands on these traditional blacksmith puzzles!

These puzzles will be used in the classroom when a student is fidgety and needs something in their hands so they can concentrate on the reading. These puzzles will be used to bring learning those unexpected five minutes of time that sometimes happen, say after a fire drill. These puzzles will be used as a reward for students to complete tasks they are more reluctant to complete. These puzzles will be used to activate the critical thinking parts of the student's brain so that they will be more engaged in our discussions in class.

I love these particular puzzles because they are indestructible and will be used by students for many years to come, they have an alluring clanking sound that grabs their attention, and the challenge of the puzzle activates their brains when my traditional teaching assignments do not.

Mr. B. Milwaukee High School of Arts Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Milwaukee, WI View local requests

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

151 students impacted 4donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
"Tinker's Bell" Tavern Puzzle • Amazon Business $32.95 1 $32.95
CONESTOGA PLAYMATE - Puzzle Game • Amazon Business $31.22 1 $31.22
IRON MAIDEN _ Tavern Puzzles Heavy Metal Disentanglement-Style Brain Teaser _ BONUS Twisted Nails Puzzle • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
"Lyon's Loops" Tavern Puzzle • Amazon Business $29.16 1 $29.16
OLD SHACKLES - Tavern Puzzle • Amazon Business $22.95 1 $22.95

Materials cost

$146.27

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$178.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.49

Total project goal

$209.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $209.95

3 Donors

-$109.97

Donations toward project cost

-$93.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.49

match offer

-$99.98

Match offer toward project cost

-$84.98

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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 $0.00

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