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

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Engineering and Robotics with First Lego League Jr.

Help me give my students supplies needed to launch a creative science and engineering based project!

  • $2,457 goal

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My Students

The 3rd grade students are an eager and curious bunch! There are three classes, about 30 students in each. Each student is unique, so within the classrooms there are many different strategies used in order to best reach ALL students.

They love using their creative minds to explore and problem solve.

They have been learning to work together in a community and persevere, so that when something is challenging they don't give up, but instead, continue to work their hardest in order to figure it out. We have found that when our students thrive when they are given a chance to explore and work with others.

This year, the students begin to gain more independence in many different ways within the classroom. This provides them with the opportunity to work through problems on their own, before reaching out for help. We are all thankful for each and every excited learner in third grade!

My Project

Our school is starting a First Lego League Jr. (FLL Jr.) Program and we need help purchasing WeDo 2.0 kits from Lego and Inspire Kits from FIRST Robotics. We expect this to be the first year of many in which we participate in the FLL Jr. Program. Students will learn about Teamwork, Engineering, Robotics, Programing and Space.

This year's project is "Mission Moon".

The students will be divided into teams of 5-6 students each. They will learn how to build working models with the WeDo 2.0 kits, and how to program those models. They will learn about the Moon, and about the challenges of supporting people on the Moon. They will brainstorm solutions to these challenges, pick one of these solutions, and expand it into a presentation and poster board. Then they will use the WeDo 2.0 and INSPIRE kit to create a functioning model that demonstrates their solution. Finally, the students will present their projects at two "Expos": one inside our school, and a second at an Expo attended by teams from all over Manhattan.

We expect this group of students to come up with some incredibly creative solutions. For most of them, this will be their first significant exposure to engineering and programming and they appear to be very excited about the opportunity.

Ms. Sapienza PS 198 Isador E Ida Straus Grades 3-5

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More than a third 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

59 students impacted 30donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
WeDo 2.0 Core Set • LEGO Education $170.96 11 $1,880.56

Materials cost

$1,880.56

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.00

Sales tax

 $134.46

3rd party payment processing fee

$28.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,088.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$368.51

Total project goal

$2,456.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,456.74

29 Donors

-$1,321.45

Donations toward project cost

-$1,153.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$168.22

match offer

-$1,100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$935.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$165.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.29

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 $0.00

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