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Ms. Prudhom from Milwaukee, WI is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning by Creating Math- Surface Area Dream House!

Help me give my students an awesome opportunity to use surface area and area calculations in real life!

  • $280 goal

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My Students

I teach math to 7th and 8th graders in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My students are energetic, extremely hard-working, and love to learn regardless of their socioeconomic status. My students love to build and create meaningful projects that help them learn difficult math topics, and moreover, gain the tools to excel in higher level math classes. My students are activists, young leaders, and changemakers. I love them with all my heart and strive to be the best teacher I can possibly be for them- and more importantly push them to work to their full potential.

My Project

Having real blueprint paper and a solid base to build a dream house on, will give my students a rich experience. To start this project, my students will have a question and answer session with an interior designer. She will discuss how she uses math, and specifically surface area in her career. After that, the students will design their dream home!

Calculating and building their dream home will be epic.

They must create have at least four rooms, and they will calculate the surface area and square footage of each room and hallway. After that, they will measure out their homes on the blueprint paper. They will then build rooms out of cardboard and use the tacky glue and scissors to assemble them based on their measurements. They will also calculate the dimensions of their roof (a triangular prism) and build a roof!

Students will then get to practice their presentation skills and present their work to the class! This project is cross-curricular and brings math to life in a super creative way. We would love your help to make it even more rad!

Ms. Prudhom A.E. Burdick School Grades 6-8

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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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Milwaukee, WI View local requests

More than half 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

80 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
50 Chipboard Sheets 11 x 17 inch - 30pt (Point) Medium Weight Brown Kraft Cardboard for Scrapbooking & Picture Frame Backing (.030 Caliper Thick) Paper Board | MagicWater Supply • Amazon Business $27.34 2 $54.68
Westcott 8" Non-Stick Titanium-Bonded Scissors for Office & Home, Gray/Yellow, 6 Pack (17597) • Amazon Business $20.32 2 $40.64
20 Pack Clear Plastic Ruler 12 Inch Straight Ruler Flexible Ruler With Inches and Metric for School Classroom, Home, or Office (Clear) • Amazon Business $9.29 4 $37.16
Canson Foundation Series Graph and Layout Paper Pad with Non Reproducible Blue Grid, 20 Pound, 8 by 8 Grid on 11 x 17 Inch Paper, 40 Sheets • Amazon Business $18.32 2 $36.64
Aleene's Quick Dry Tacky Glue, 4 FL OZ - 3 Pack, Multi • Amazon Business $8.88 4 $35.52

Materials cost

$204.64

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$237.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.95

Total project goal

$279.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $279.66

3 Donors

-$279.66

Donations toward project cost

-$237.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.95

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 $0.00

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