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Ms. Sharmela from Brooklyn, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Bridges: STEM for the Win!

Help me give my students engineering and science building tools to achieve creativity.

  • $226 goal

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Ms. Sharmela has another project! Donate to Creating a Cozy Corner: A Calming Space for Overwhelmed Minds to help her classroom.

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Ms. Sharmela has another project! Donate to Creating a Cozy Corner: A Calming Space for Overwhelmed Minds to help her classroom.

$247 - complete this project and be a hero

My Project

My students are interested in learning about so many topics and learn best in many ways. They come from diverse backgrounds, and this enriches our classroom environment. Our school strives to offer students a rich learning experiences and to support the whole child. We would really appreciate support in gathering materials to enhance learning experiences in STEM.

These materials will supply the students in my class with hands-on building materials.

I'm requesting glue, LEGOs, and craft sticks.

These materials will be used to complete STEM based problems or challenging tasks for students.

This will help students build problem solving skills and grow their knowledge of how the world works and science. By building, they are also able to relate to how building and structures are created in the real world: they will be able to compare how different materials may have different strengths and weaknesses that need to be considered when building.

The ability to use materials hands-on will allow for deeper understanding of the topic we are working on. For example, my students will use the different materials (Popsicle sticks, Legos, and twigs.) to build bridges. They will then test to see which bridge can hold the most weight. They can compare and discuss which building materials were best and why they think they worked the best. They will build bridges that will need to hold cars. Again, they will compare which building material worked the best and why they think it did. Building will be the main idea of all the materials.

Ms. Sharmela PS 316 Elijah G Stroud Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO - Classic Creative Vehicles Car Building Toy 11036 • Best Buy Education $54.99 2 $109.98
Elmer's Carpenters Wood Glue, 1 Gallon, Sand • School Specialty $27.97 1 $27.97
Creativity Street Craft Sticks - Box of 1000, Natural • Blick Art Materials $8.64 1 $8.64

Materials cost

$146.59

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.75

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$191.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.80

Total project goal

$225.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $225.34

1 Donor

-$201.62

Donations toward project cost

-$191.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.08

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.72

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 $0.00

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