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Ms. Chacon from Houston, TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Brick by Brick, Bot by Bot: Cultivating Creativity and Curiosity

Help me give my students expanded Maker education materials to encourage creativity, innovation, and problem-solving!

  • $1,063 goal

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Ms. Chacon has another project! Donate to Brick by Brick: Building Stories Through LEGO to help her classroom.

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Help Ms. Chacon

Ms. Chacon has another project! Donate to Brick by Brick: Building Stories Through LEGO to help her classroom.

$683 - complete this project and be a hero

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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

This project seeks to empower elementary students through hands-on Maker education experiences that promote problem-solving, collaboration, creativity, and growth mindset.

By providing Bee-Bot robots, Magna tile sets, and LEGO sets, this grant aims to increase student engagement in coding, design activities, fostering a generation of innovative thinkers and lifelong learners.

Increase Student Participation: Implement Bee-Bot robots, Magna tile sets, and LEGO sets to captivate students' interest and participation in Maker education.

Foster Problem-Solving Skills: Engage students in activities that encourage critical thinking, problem-solving, and iterative design.

Promote Collaboration: Facilitate group work and collaborative projects to enhance teamwork and communication skills.

Develop Growth Mindset: Emphasize the value of effort, perseverance, and learning from failures to nurture a growth mindset.

Cultivate Creativity and Innovation: Provide tools and resources that inspire students to explore their imagination and develop innovative solutions.

Project Components:

Bee-Bot Explorations:

Integrate Bee-Bot robots into classroom activities, allowing students to program and navigate the robots through mazes and challenges.

Encourage students to work in pairs or groups, promoting collaboration and problem-solving as they design Bee-Bot routes.

Magna Tile Adventures:

Provide Magna tile sets for creative building exercises that encourage spatial thinking and imaginative construction.

Incorporate structured challenges and free-form exploration to develop creativity and innovation.

LEGO Innovators:

Distribute LEGO sets with diverse pieces, enabling students to build complex structures and mechanisms by working together.

Assign projects that encourage students to solve real-world problems using LEGO prototypes.

Our hope is that these materials will encourage students to have a lasting commitment and interest in maker activities that explore computational thinking and innovation.

Ms. Chacon Carroll Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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.

More about Ms. Chacon

Houston, TX 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

650 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO - Ideas The Globe 21332 Toy Building Kit (2585 Pieces) • Best Buy Education $229.95 1 $229.95
LEGO - Icons NASA Space Shuttle Discovery 10283 • Best Buy Education $199.95 1 $199.95
Bee-Bot Programmable and Rechargeable Robot • Kaplan Early Learning Company $120.95 1 $120.95
LEGO - Icons Tranquil Garden 10315 • Best Buy Education $109.99 1 $109.99
LEGO - Friends Botanical Garden 41757 • Best Buy Education $79.99 1 $79.99
Magna-Tiles 28-Piece Mixed Colors House Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $56.66 1 $56.66
Magna-Tiles Farm Animals - 25 Piece Set • Kaplan Early Learning Company $47.66 1 $47.66
Magna-Tiles® Cars Expansion Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$860.14

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$903.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$159.36

Total project goal

$1,062.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,062.40

2 Donors

-$212.48

Donations toward project cost

-$180.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.87

match offer

-$849.92

Match offer toward project cost

-$722.43

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$127.49

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 $0.00

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