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Mrs. Navarro from Los Angeles, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engineers in Need of Building Materials!

Help me give my students the building materials they need such as: straws, play doh, craft sticks and tape, to experience endless Engineering Challenges and STEAM projects!

  • $290 goal

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Our school is a STEAM magnet center and we provide integrated curriculum that integrates Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics. Our school is a Title I school where all students qualify for free lunch and come from low-income families. Regardless of circumstances, my students are eager to learn and reach their academic goals. Making sure my students have the materials they need for things like, Engineering and STEAM, has been a struggle. Funding has been limited these last years, and these STEAM resources will help me provide learning experiences that will help my students comprehend big concepts & make learning them more effective and fun. My students love engineering and having a STEAM resources readily available for them in their home setting, would allow for daily opportunities to collaborate, design solutions and learn to work collaboratively.

My students are creative, enthusiastic learners that love learning about the sciences, enjoy solving challenging problems and building innovative solutions using creative materials.

It starts with having the materials and resources readily available at home and in the classroom. My students are kinesthetic learners and learn new concepts more efficiently when lessons are interactive and hands on.

My Project

These materials will make a great difference during Virtual Learning. At the moment, my students do not have the materials they need in order to participate in Engineering lessons or challenges. It has been difficult as an educator to find projects and lesson that only require minimal household items.

We are a STEAM Magnet School, and these materials will allow me to have my student experience Engineering Challenges such as: Who can build the strongest structure using 20 straws and 1 can of play doh that can hold "specific" book?

The great thing is that these materials are reusable. So once they complete the first engineering challenge, I can give them a different Engineering Challenge reusing the same materials such as: Who can build the tallest tower using 20 straws and 1 can of play doh.

These materials will make a vast difference in my ability to provide the resources and materials my students need in order to implement our STEAM curriculum.

Mrs. Navarro Betty Plasencia Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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

23 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Play-Doh Modeling Compound 36-Pack Case of Colors, Non-Toxic, Assorted Colors, 3-Ounce Cans (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $24.99 3 $74.97
20 Pack High Resistance Chair Bands, Classroom Bundle, Foot Fidgets for Kids, Fits School and Classroom Chairs, ADHD and Sensory Fidgets, Helps Kids Focus and Learn (Sky Blue) • Amazon Business $39.95 1 $39.95
Perfect Stix 4.5" Craft Sticks/ Ice Cream Sticks/ Natural Wood - Box of 1,000ct • Amazon Business $8.46 3 $25.38
PGM Super Clear 3/4 x 300-Inch Tape Dispenser - 9-Pack • Amazon Business $7.90 3 $23.70
200 PCS Jumbo Smoothie Straws, Colorful Disposable Plastic Large Wide-mouthed Milkshake Straw (0.43" Diameter and 8.2" long) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
[500 Pack] Neon Colored Drinking Straws - Flexible, Disposable Kid Friendly, Assorted Colors • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
500 Pcs Colorful Disposable Plastic Flexible Straws.(0.23'' diameter and 7.7" long) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$194.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$17.84

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$245.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.36

Total project goal

$289.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$289.08

8 Donors

-$187.41

Donations toward project cost

-$165.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.59

match offer

-$94.01

Match offer toward project cost

-$79.91

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.10

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.67

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$0.00

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