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Mrs. Parker from Elmer, LA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Challenging Gifted Minds!

Help me give my students hands-on creative learning experience with STEM materials, logic games, and thinking puzzles!

  • $434 goal

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My Students

I have the privilege of teaching students who have been identified as gifted. My students are spread across 6 different schools and vary from 2nd-11th grades!

These amazing students need to be challenged in creative, unique ways, and given the great variety in grade level, I have a great need for diverse materials to help me do this.

Games, puzzles, and hands-on STEM projects are a huge need and I could use your help!

My Project

The students I teach are gifted and require more than a regular classroom education. They need to be challenged and encouraged to grow their learning in unique ways. One way we do this is to use logic puzzles and strategy games to develop critical thinking and encourage students to think outside the box! One of their favorite strategy games is Qwirkle! They love to think 2 steps ahead to try and defeat other players!

Along with logic puzzles and strategy games, my gifted students greatly need hands-on STEM projects.

These projects tie in science, technology, engineering, and math and allow students to develop perseverance when they fail. Even when their designs and inventions are successful, we always stop and question how can we improve on it. These real-world applications will take my gifted students far in life!

Mrs. Parker
Grades 3-5
    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 23 students.

    1 donor has given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT570X - Design Play STEAM Kits - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
DD121 - Survive the Quake Engineering Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
ThinkFun Roller Coaster Challenge STEM Toy and Building Game for Boys and Girls Age 6 and Up – TOTY Game of the Year Finalist • Amazon Business $32.99 1 $32.99
ThinkFun Hacker Cybersecurity Coding Game and STEM Toy for Boys and Girls Age 10 and Up • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
ThinkFun Gravity Maze Marble Run Brain Game and STEM Toy for Boys and Girls Age 8 and Up – Toy of the Year Award Winner • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
The Genius Square – Game of The Year Award Winner! 60000+ Solutions STEM Puzzle Game! Roll The Dice & Race Your Opponent to Fill The Grid by Using Different Shapes! Promotes Problem Solving Training • Amazon Business $27.98 1 $27.98
Brain Freeze, Award-Winning Board Game for Kids and Families, Fun and Educational Game to Learn Strategy, Logic, Deduction and Memory, Ages 5 and Up • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
ThinkFun Balance Beans Math Game For Boys and Girls Age 5 and Up - A Fun, Award Winning Pre-Algebra Game for Young Learners • Amazon Business $18.45 1 $18.45
Adsumudi Math Game - The Monstrously Fun, Smart Game for Kids to Practice Multiplication, Division, Addition and Subtraction - Great for Kids Ages 8-12 • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Skillmatics Card Game : Guess in 10 States of America | Gifts, Stocking Stuffer for 8 Year Olds and Up | Super Fun for Travel & Family Game Night • Amazon Business $14.97 1 $14.97
Skillmatics Card Game : Guess in 10 Animal Planet | Gifts, Stocking Stuffer for 6 Year Olds and Up | Super Fun for Travel & Family Game Night • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98

Materials cost

$307.27

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $26.89

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$368.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.08

Total project goal

$433.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $433.85

1 Donor

-$433.85

Donations toward project cost

-$368.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.08

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