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Ms. Andrea from New York, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bridging The Gap- A STEM Project For Special Students

My students need STEM kits, discovery tubes, math manipulatives, and pattern design boards in order to experience science and math in a way that is meaningful to them.

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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 Students

My class is made up of six students with severe autism in a high poverty, low-income, inner city school. My students attend one of New York City's more restrictive learning environments in a self-contained classroom in District 75, located in East Harlem. The class is designated as a 6:1:1 class, and they are third to fifth graders, but function at a pre-school academic level. They have a wide range of academic, social, and communication needs, but they also have a wide range of strengths in each of these areas. This class wants to learn. They are interested in experiencing the world.

Each of my students have wonderfully unique personalities that come together to create a beautiful classroom culture.

This is a class is full of intelligent, curious, energetic, and exceptional students. Despite their challenges, they are excited to learn and experience learning in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math.

My Project

My students need science and math in their day! These items will provide for my current six students with autism, plus all of the students who will come in the future. A create-a-chain reaction STEM kit, survive the quake engineering kit, and a mechanical engineering kit will give students the hands-on exposure they need to understand these challenging concepts. Shapes, patterns, and geo-boards will work on the visual performance skills my students need to master in order to advance to other areas of mathematics. Motion tubes, and the magnetic wonder window will help open my students' eyes to physics. Counting cubes and math games will help my students to enjoy their learning.

They deserve to be exposed to science, technology, engineering, and math.

We need a STEM center. This center will function as part of their daily academic during a teaching rotation. Students will be working on communication skills, sensory regulation, fine motor skills, as well as the traditional learning that takes place through a STEM center. These magnificent children learn in a unique way and they need time to experience things in a way that is meaningful to them. They are capable of great things and there is no doubt in my mind that they would benefit from more science and math.

Ms. Andrea PS 138M Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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

6 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
DD121 - Survive the Quake Engineering Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
TT951 - Shapes Instant Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
AA531 - Lakeshore Motion Discovery Tubes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
CE501 - Magnetic Field Wonder Window • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
PP608 - Sequencing Trains 1-100 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
PP565 - Create-A-Chain Reaction STEM Kit - Pre K-Gr. 2 - Starter Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
PP481 - Mechanical Engineer Family Engagement STEM Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
DD343 - Busy Bees Hands-On Subtraction Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
LA1753 - Hands-On Patterning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
DA334 - Wooden Pattern Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
EE478 - Comparing Numbers Flip & Solve Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $21.99 1 $21.99
PP763 - Time Discovery Can - Gr. 2-3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
GS364 - Geostix® • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
DA362 - Best-Buy 6" Geoboards - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
TY4225 - Unifix® Cubes - 100 Cubes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
TH4530 - Pattern Blocks Design Cards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
TT426 - Patterning Match-Ups • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99
TY217 - Unifix® 1-10 Stair • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 1 $7.99
DA365 - Extra Rubber Bands • Lakeshore Learning Materials $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$406.81

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$442.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.16

Total project goal

$521.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $521.07

2 Donors

-$521.07

Donations toward project cost

-$442.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$78.16

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