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Mrs. Shepard from Chicago, IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Future Engineers at Work!

Help me give my students the materials and resources they need to build, create, and design STEM projects, using K'nex kits.

  • $480 goal

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$792 - complete this project and be a hero
Help Mrs. Shepard

Mrs. Shepard has another project! Donate to Curious Kids in STEM Adventures! to help her classroom.

$792 - complete this project and be a hero

My Project

I love how my students engage in hands-on, project-based activities, how they collaborate, and light up when they accomplish their goals. It is a pure joy to see the smiles on their faces. What makes my students special is their creativity and ingenuity they bring to STEM class to complete their projects, and their sense of wonder and imagination.

These K'nex kits will be used to help my students learn about the engineering design process and hopefully will inspire them to consider a career in one of the STEM disciplines.

Mrs. Shepard Shoop Academy of Math Science & Technology Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

More about Mrs. Shepard

Chicago, IL View local requests

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

400 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
K’NEX Education – Intro to Structures: Bridges Set – 207 Pieces – For Grades 3-5 Construction Education Toy • Amazon Business $37.17 10 $371.70

Materials cost

$371.70

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$407.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.87

Total project goal

$479.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$479.15

2 Donors

-$264.57

Donations toward project cost

-$224.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.68

match offer

-$214.58

Match offer toward project cost

-$182.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.19

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$0.00

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