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Mrs. Sharma from Santa Fe, NM is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Bridges and Cars While Becoming Financially Literate!

Help me give my students makerspace materials to enhance a financial literacy lesson.

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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

Our school is an exceptional 7-12 grade public charter school. Our students come to us from all walks of life: free and reduced-priced lunch, English language learners, special education needs, and gifted student population.

My goal is to engage students in creative activities to foster a love for math, science, and engineering while being financially literate about decisions they make.

The students at my school have never had the opportunity to engage in activities in a STEAM Lab/ Makerspace setting. Our students are highly motivated and crave engaging opportunities outside of the classroom environment.

For the first time, our school has the necessary space and infrastructure to create a Makerspace. I would like to provide my students with the necessary materials and infrastructure to see themselves as future mathematicians, scientists, and engineers.

My Project

This proposal will provide my students with reusable and consumable materials to use for multiple projects over the span of several years. Our Makerspace will offer students the ability to "explore, play and be creative" while working on engineering projects and models. All this FUN will give students the opportunity to explore careers in science, technology, and math.

My engineers will design and build model bridges and cars while working within a given budget.

Students will calculate the cost of a sample balsa wood bridge and brainstorm ways to reduce costs. They will then work in teams designing the cheapest bridge and the most cost-effective bridge. Students will learn the importance of being cost-effective while using a bridge-building simulator to evaluate the strength of their bridge. The project will culminate with a competition to evaluate the cheapest bridge and the strongest bridge with the lowest calculated cost per pound.

While the bridges use mostly consumable materials, the model vehicles students will create using reusable pieces from Teacher Geek and can be reused for several years. Students will be given the cost of each piece of material - hole plates, connectors, gears, angle brackets, etc. They will also need to take into account labor costs (time taken for construction), and tool rental costs. At the end,​ students will race their cars and evaluate how the cost of a car relates to its speed and efficiency.

Mrs. Sharma Academy for Technology and Classics Grades 6-8

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.

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Santa Fe, NM 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

150 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Elenco SL-75 Temperature Controlled Soldering Station • Robot Shop $19.96 3 $59.88
Air Racer Activity • Teacher Geek $58.00 1 $58.00
Sail Car Activity • Teacher Geek $44.00 1 $44.00
Multi-Cutter and Reamer Set • Teacher Geek $20.00 2 $40.00
Balsa Wood - 36 in. Strips - 18 in. x 18 in. • Nasco $18.75 2 $37.50
Lead Free Solder (100g) • Robot Shop $9.00 4 $36.00
Wheel / Wind Turbine Hub • Teacher Geek $16.00 1 $16.00
Connector Strips - 300mm (12in) • Teacher Geek $15.30 1 $15.30
Mixed Pulley Set • Teacher Geek $14.50 1 $14.50
Mixed Gear Set • Teacher Geek $13.70 1 $13.70
Angle Bracket • Teacher Geek $10.80 1 $10.80
Hole Plates • Teacher Geek $9.50 1 $9.50
Dowels - 5mm x 300mm (12in) • Teacher Geek $8.20 1 $8.20
#10 Hex Nut • Teacher Geek $6.50 1 $6.50
#10 25mm (1") Screw • Teacher Geek $6.00 1 $6.00
Slide Stop - 300mm (12in) • Teacher Geek $3.20 1 $3.20

Materials cost

$379.08

Vendor shipping charges

 $17.02

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$431.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.20

Total project goal

$507.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $507.99

2 Donors

-$254.00

Donations toward project cost

-$215.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.10

match offer

-$253.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$215.89

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.10

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 $0.00

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