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Mr. Padilla from Staten Island, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bringing Learning to Life With Lego.

My students need Lego products to help bring our learning to life.

  • $865 goal

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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 Students

Our is a group of students who like to learn by doing. They enjoy hands on activities. They enjoy working collaboratively as much as possible, often finding spots on the floor to complete their tasks. Our classroom environment is very flexible in regards to seating and work areas.

Our class uses a lot of manipulatives to help understand math concepts.

Displaying the work they have created also allows them a sense of ownership and pride. They get to show off what they learned to everyone who enters our room.

We are also beginning to learn about computer programming and coding. My goal this year is to bring computer science to life using Lego Robotics.

My Project

The first part of my project is to create a Lego wall bulletin board in our classroom. This wall will be used to help students see math concepts such as area, perimeter,and fractions in fun, real life situations. Students will use the Lego pieces as manipulatives to help deepen their understanding of these concepts as well as other math concepts such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and measurement.

The second part of the project incorporates Lego robotics into our class.

I have been teaching coding for the past couple of years using Code.org and Scratch. Almost every student I have introduced coding to has continued coding at home or has asked to code during free time in class. This year I want to take that interest a step further by having students use Lego Robotics to bring coding to life.

Mr. Padilla PS 39 Francis J Murphy Junior Grades 3-5

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Staten Island, NY View local requests

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

32 students impacted 15donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 31313 Robot Kit for Kids • Amazon Business $349.95 1 $349.95
Classic Building Base plates--- 4 Classic 10" x 10" Green BasePlates,Compatible with all Major Brands (Pack of 4, Green) • Amazon Business $16.99 5 $84.95
Building Bricks - 10" x 10" Blue Baseplate (4 Pack) Compatible with All Major Brands • Amazon Business $15.95 5 $79.75
Building Bricks - 10" x 10" Gray Baseplate (4 Pack) Compatible with all Major Brands • Amazon Business $15.95 5 $79.75
Creative LEGO Brick Set by LEGO Education • Amazon Business $59.95 1 $59.95
Toy Block Tape For Building Blocks, Lego And Nimuno Compatible Loops Tape, With 3M Self Adhesive Strips, 9.8 Feet (3 Roll, Blue,Green,Red) • Amazon Business $19.98 2 $39.96

Materials cost

$694.31

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$734.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$129.66

Total project goal

$864.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $864.38

14 Donors

-$793.79

Donations toward project cost

-$734.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.07

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$70.59

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