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Ms. Ward from Ionia, MI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building a Community by Breaking Out

My students need a variety of locks, 2 lockable boxes, 2 UV markers, and 2 UV lights in order to collaboratively escape a variety of challenge games.

  • $228 goal

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My Students

My high school English students come to class from a variety of experiences, from a variety of home situations. From the very first day, they are seeking connection. Our small, farming community can sometimes feel isolating, and students come into my class craving that connection, desiring to share their voice and their stories.

I hope to build a learning community in my classroom that is connected, creative, and collaborative...from the very first day.

Many of the students in our class work either before or after school. Some wake early to muck out barn stalls, while others stay up late working at local restaurants. My students are hunters and gamers and 4-Hers and musicians and writers. We have a perspective different from those in the urban and suburban setting. Students have spent time exploring our stories. Who are we as a class? As a student body? As a community?

My Project

Have you heard of Breakout Edu? I have been hearing it around educational conferences for the past couple of years and recently had an opportunity to play with a group of teachers. I now understand why so many educators are talking about it!

Collaboration, creative and critical thinking, and problem-solving are the skills our students need for the ever-evolving worlds inside and outside of our classrooms.

Breakout Edu was developed as a gaming experience that educators can use to engage learners of all ages. This game allows for students to improve these skills, while also learning content. Using a series of clues, locks, invisible markers/UV flashlights, timers, locked boxes, puzzles, and codes, teachers can engage their learners in course content, encourage creative thinking, and build classroom community. In the game, students are introduced to a problem which asks them to use clues from their reading, from texts, from their knowledge of the course to solve challenges and unlock related locks. Students work as a team to solve the game.

The materials requested for this project will help to build two Breakout Edu boxes to be used in my high school English classes.

Ms. Ward
Grades 9-12
  • Ionia High School
  • Ionia, MI
    • More than half 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

    This project will reach 130 students.

    9 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stack-On GMR-13 13-Inch Multi-Purpose Handy Storage Box with Tote Tray, Red • Amazon Business $15.11 2 $30.22
Vaultz Locking Utility Box with Combination Lock, Black on Black (VZ00192) • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
iGotTech Heavy Duty Gym Lock: 4 Digit Combination Padlock • Amazon Business $11.77 2 $23.54
TaoTronics TT-FL001 Pets Urine and Stains Detector 12 Ultraviolet Led Flashlight with AAA Batteries • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Wordlock PL-004-BK 5-Dial Combination Padlock, Black • Amazon Business $8.68 2 $17.36
Master Lock 1500iD Speed Dial Combination Lock, Assorted Colors • Amazon Business $7.98 2 $15.96
Master Lock 140D Solid Brass Keyed Different Padlock with 1-9/16-Inch Wide Body, 1/4-Inch Shackle • Amazon Business $6.58 2 $13.16
Master Lock Lockout Hasp with Vinyl Coated Handle, 1" Inside Jaw Diameter • Amazon Business $4.02 2 $8.04
Nissen 30200 Ultraviolet Marker • Amazon Business $3.34 2 $6.68

Materials cost

$160.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$193.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.12

Total project goal

$227.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $227.45

8 Donors

-$217.33

Donations toward project cost

-$193.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.12

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 $0.00

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