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Ms. Peacock from Moody, AL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engineer Us!

My students need six K'NEX Amazin' 8 Coaster Building Sets.

  • $175 goal

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My Students

"Can we get more of these? We love building! This is really engineering?" That is what I heard when I got my first K'NEX sets for bridge building. I realized that a lot of my students have a desire to be engineers.

I teach 115 gifted children in grades 3 through 6 in two rural schools in Alabama.

My students love to learn and need the latest technology and material to help them. They are so curious and want to try new things, and I want to be sure they have the opportunity to do this. My state does not fully fund gifted education and funding is left up to the individual school districts. That means my students are the last to receive the needed material they need to make the most of their talents and gifts.

My Project

Have you ever watched children at play? You know they are fascinated with building things and with taking things apart to see how they work. In other words, children are natural-born engineers. My students need six K'NEX Amazin' 8 Coaster Building Sets. These K'NEX sets allow them to use their physics knowledge by building roller coasters. When children engineer in a school setting, research suggests several positive results including increasing science and math skills, classroom equity, 21st century skills, and career success because they are working in teams. The K'NEX kits will allow my students to be engineers. Along with this, they will be learning about important physics principles and concepts including centrifugal force, kinetic energy, and Newton's Laws of Motion.

These K'NEX kits will allow my students to experience all these things in a classroom setting: building, equity, and improved skills.

They will eventually lead to career success. Engineering and technological literacy will be critical for my students to make informed decisions in the 21st century to improve the lives of all of our citizens.

Ms. Peacock Moody Middle School Grades 3-5

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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

115 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
K'NEX Amazin' 8 Coaster Building Set • Amazon $17.99 6 $107.94

Materials cost

$107.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $8.80

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$148.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.18

Total project goal

$174.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $174.54

9 Donors

-$170.67

Donations toward project cost

-$148.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.31

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.87

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 $0.00

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