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Mrs. Ota from Hilo, HI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Go STEM 2024-2025

Help me give my students STEM supplies for the 2024-2025 school year with STEM Challenge Kits, project storage containers, battery-operated tea lights, bamboo skewers, hot glue sticks, student scissors, tape dispensers, and much more.

  • $967 goal

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My Project

Our school is comprised of over seven hundred students. Each student is unique for a variety of reasons. Students range from Native Hawaiian descent to students who have recently arrived to our islands. The academic and social range of our student body is vast. Each student is special and brings diversity to our student population. Hawaii really is the “mixing pot.” Each student's life experience is unique, but one thing is the same for all families in Hawaii. All families are still dealing with the effects of the pandemic and the delicate economic system.

The “Go STEM 2024-2025” project will provide necessary STEM materials for the next school year.

Each material in this project is valuable and greatly appreciated. Students love to design, build, test, and improve upon their projects.

The STEM Challenge Kits will provide students with an opportunity to increase their complex thinking. Given a problem, students will learn how to problem-solve to create possible solutions. My hope is to help my students build perseverance. If you fail, it is okay. Just try again. What is the problem? How can we fix it? The remainder of the supplies will be used for our lantern, car, and shape STEM units.

Mrs. Ota
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Building Brick STEM Challenge Kit - Gr. 3-5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 6 $299.94
IRIS USA 144 Quart Stackable Plastic Storage Bins with Lids and Latching Buckles, 3 Pack, Containers with Lids, Durable Nestable Closet, Garage, Totes, Tubs Boxes Organizing, Clear • Amazon Business $87.99 2 $175.98
AdTech Hot Glue Sticks, 10 Inch Full Size, Clear, 170 Sticks • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
KOABY LED Tea Lights, 200 Pack Flickering Flameless Tea Lights, Warm White, Last 200H+, Battery Operated Tea Lights for Decoration(200 Pack, Warm White) • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
Scotch Desktop Tape Dispenser, Silvertech Two-Tone (C60-ST) • Amazon Business $4.21 7 $29.47
Chenille Kraft Wonderfoam Colors May Vary Shape Decorative Foam Shape, Colors and Size Varies, 0.5 lb Tub, Pack of 3000 • Amazon Business $23.19 1 $23.19
Craft Pipe Cleaners Proffessional 1000 Pcs 25 Colors, Pipe Cleaners Craft Supplies and Chenille Stems or Pipecleaners, Pipe Cleaners Bulk, for Crafts, Gift Wrapping and Party Decorations. • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
40-Pack Unfinished Wood Spools Large Wooden Spools for Crafts (2x1-3/8 in) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Honey-Can-Do DRY-01376 Wood Clothespins with Spring, 3.3-inches Length,Brown, Medium, 100-Pack • Amazon Business $8.37 2 $16.74
Scotch 5" Soft Touch Blunt Tip Kids Scissors, 12 Count Teacher’s Pack, Green, All-Purpose Scissors for School and Crafts (1442P-12) • Amazon Business $8.03 2 $16.06
Transparent Tape (8 Rolls) Refill Tape 3/4-Inch x 1200 inch for Office School Home cellophane Tape Clear Tape Refills rollme (Clear-8pcs) (Clear 32PC) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
900 PCS Pom Poms, Multicolor Bulk Pom Poms Arts and Crafts, Soft and Fluffy Craft Pom Poms, Assorted Sizes Pompoms, for Arts and Craft Making Decorations • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
ZZYI 1100pcs Googly Eyes Self Adhesive, for Craft Sticker Wiggle Eyes Multi Sizes 6mm 7mm 8mm 10mm 12mm 15mm for DIY • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Simetufy 1200 pcs Pony Beads Macaron Pastel Colored Beads for Crafts Hair Beads for Hair Braiding, 8 Candy Colors • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Wire Cutters, Small Side Cutters for Crafts, Flush Cutting Pliers for Jewelry Making, Floral Wire Cutters for Artificial Flowers, Zip Tie Cutters for Cable Tie, Wire Cutting Tool for Guitar Strings • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Chef Craft Select Plastic Measuring Cup, 4 Cup, Clear • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Good Cook 11.75-inch Bamboo Skewers, 100 Count, brown • Amazon Business $4.98 1 $4.98

Materials cost

$733.25

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.00

Sales tax

 $32.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$821.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$144.97

Total project goal

$966.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $966.48

1 Donor

-$966.48

Donations toward project cost

-$821.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$144.97

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