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Mr. Minich from Wyomissing, PA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Innovating with littleBits

My students need littleBits for richer STEM and electronics projects. Servos, motors, arduinos, and more will allow for brand new learning opportunities.

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My Students

My students are engaged in computer projects and hands-on exercises with 3D printers and robots. They compete in contests and design 3D printed items. There are no two days that are alike nor any two student projects that are alike. It is exciting for both students and teachers.

My students enthusiastically take my computer and technology courses as electives.

There are an average of 15-25 students, a diverse group of boys and girls, in each of my six classes plus another dozen or so students who find their way into the computer lab to work on 3D printer or competition projects after school. Maker technologies and STEAM programs have recently developed in our building and curricular programs. Exciting learning opportunities await students who have the chance to use cutting edge 3D printers, quadcopters, new programming languages, and electronics. New groups of students, especially girls and junior high school students, are being attracted to these courses.

My Project

Currently, my students create computer programs that send output on a computer screen. With this project they and a wider audience will have the chance to “see” the results of their code with practical projects. In fact, fun projects like controlling robots, lights, and making music will help recruit students into our computer science elective courses. Also, younger elementary students will use the littleBits kits and well-developed website tutorials to design and produce electronics projects without the difficulty and danger of soldering. When my nine-year old daughter and other children were drawn to the ease of putting together littleBits at a recent demonstration, I knew that this product is perfect for the elementary workshops that I teach. Students will design, tinker, experiment, innovate, and invent with littleBits. They will understand and see how electricity, lights, motors, and circuits solve problems and produce interesting results.

Students from a wide range of ages from 10 to 18 will learn electronics and STEM topics that did not exist before in our school.

With the exciting pace of innovations to smartphones, the Internet of Things, and electronic wearables in students’ lives and inspiring ideas from KickStarter and Shark Tank, they will now be inspired to try out ideas for themselves. There will be new problem-solvers, inventors, and even entrepreneurs as a result of their explorations with littleBits.

Mr. Minich Wyomissing Area Junior Senior High School Grades 9-12

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Wyomissing, PA View local requests

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

110 students impacted 17donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
littleBits Electronics Smart Home Kit • Amazon $246.10 1 $246.10
littleBits Electronics Deluxe Kit • Amazon $176.66 1 $176.66
littleBits Electronics Synth Kit • Amazon $139.99 1 $139.99
littleBits Electronics Space Kit • Amazon $122.00 1 $122.00
littleBits Electronics cloudBit Starter Kit • Amazon $85.30 1 $85.30
littleBits Electronics Arduino Coding Kit • Amazon $74.90 1 $74.90
littleBits Electronics Stick Figure Costume • Amazon $64.99 1 $64.99
Joylabz Makey Makey An Invention for Everyone Science Kit • Amazon $49.96 1 $49.96
Makey Makey - Standard Kit • Amazon $49.95 1 $49.95
littleBits Electronics Vibration Motor • Amazon $29.99 1 $29.99
littleBits Electronics Motion Trigger • Amazon $28.00 1 $28.00
littleBits Electronics Motion Trigger • Amazon $28.00 1 $28.00
littleBits wireless transmitter • Amazon $26.68 1 $26.68
littleBits Servo • Amazon $25.48 1 $25.48
littleBits Servo • Amazon $25.48 1 $25.48
littleBits Electronics USB Power • Amazon $24.99 1 $24.99
littleBits Electronics Timeout • Amazon $24.85 1 $24.85
littleBits Electronics DC Motor • Amazon $19.95 1 $19.95
littleBits Electronics DC Motor • Amazon $19.95 1 $19.95
littleBits Electronics Branch • Amazon $18.00 1 $18.00
littleBits Microphone • Amazon $17.00 1 $17.00
Make: Getting Started with littleBits: Prototyping and Inventing with Modular Electronics • Amazon $15.47 1 $15.47
littleBits Electronics Power • Amazon $15.00 1 $15.00
littleBits Arduino • Amazon $14.99 1 $14.99
littleBits Electronics Double OR • Amazon $13.99 1 $13.99
littleBits sequencer • Amazon $13.88 1 $13.88
littleBits Electronics Light Wire • Amazon $13.25 1 $13.25
littleBits Electronics Double AND • Amazon $11.94 1 $11.94
littleBits remote trigger • Amazon $11.75 1 $11.75
littleBits Delay • Amazon $11.00 1 $11.00
littleBits Electronics Button • Amazon $9.33 1 $9.33
littleBits Mix • Amazon $9.15 1 $9.15
littleBits Mounting Board • Amazon $8.79 1 $8.79
littleBits Mounting Board • Amazon $8.79 1 $8.79
LittleBits Electronics Latch w8 Wire • Amazon $7.99 1 $7.99
littleBits Shoes Variety Pack • Amazon $7.83 1 $7.83
littleBits Shoes - Hook & Loop • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
littleBits envelope • Amazon $5.04 1 $5.04
Elenco TL-6 Standard Alligator Lead Set, 10-Piece • Amazon $5.04 1 $5.04

Materials cost

$1,488.44

Vendor shipping charges

 $9.06

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,549.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$273.50

Total project goal

$1,823.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,823.33

16 Donors

-$1,564.83

Donations toward project cost

-$1,549.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$258.50

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