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Mrs. Sweeney from Dallas, TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Developing A Love For STEM In Pre-K

Help me give my students 4 sets of activities that will support our STEM curriculum in our pre-K classroom through play during Center Time.

  • $490 goal

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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

My class is composed of 22 young minds who possess such incredible eagerness and excitement for learning. My students come from low socio-economical backgrounds and have limited English language proficiency. Their background knowledge, thus, is often limited as they have not had meaningful learning experiences of the world around them. Thus, they are often curious and amazed by the simplest of things, such as using a magnifying glass to observe ladybugs in a clear container.

Their knowledge-hungry minds demand a classroom environment where curiosity, creativity, and self-expression are the ground rules, and where failure is expected as a step towards achieving goals.

These lovely 4-year-old children are simply not afraid of making mistakes, for we have become accustomed to celebrating "failures," as failures or mistakes indicate they have learned and are ready to move on towards success- whatever the task may be.

My Project

These activities will allow me to extend my STEM lessons by allowing students to engage in individual discoveries during Center Time.

The minds of my young students are naturally drawn to exploring and trying new things and I must ensure it remains that way always!

Thus, with these activities, they will be able to guide their own learning as they apply basic concepts and expand on them while creating new "aha moments" along the way.

The ultimate goal is to achieve a desire to continue life-long exploration, discovery, following up on their wonderings, and developing an innate love for STEM!

Mrs. Sweeney William B Miller Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Coding Express • LEGO Education $189.95 1 $189.95
PowerClix(r) Frames - Natural • Kaplan Early Learning Company $89.96 1 $89.96
Ramptastic (4 1/2"H x 4 1/2"W x 12 1/2"L) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $44.96 1 $44.96
STEM Builder Series Build an Animal • Kaplan Early Learning Company $40.46 1 $40.46

Materials cost

$365.33

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$415.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.38

Total project goal

$489.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $489.19

6 Donors

-$243.00

Donations toward project cost

-$210.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.70

match offer

-$241.78

Match offer toward project cost

-$205.51

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.27

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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 $0.00

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