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Ms. DeMartino from Ridgewood, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Tell Our Story in 3d With Our Laptop

Help me give my students STEM/Language project a success with this laptop.

  • This project is not currently eligible for funding.
  • $1,562 goal

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

This project combines STEM with language arts, as my middle school Spanish students design and build a fictional world for a character they create. Working in teams, students will blend storytelling with hands-on building, enhancing their skills in both fields.

Project Plan: The project includes three stages:

Planning and Design: Students collaborate in small groups to imagine their character’s “home world.” Using this MacBook laptop, they map out the landscape, structures, and cultural elements, ensuring their world aligns with the character’s story.

Building the World: With materials like clay, cardboard, and paint, students construct a 3D model. This phase introduces them to basic engineering concepts as they bring their worlds to life through design and creativity.

Writing the Story: After building, students draft a narrative in English or Spanish, introducing the character, environment, and culture of their world. Each group uses a laptop to write and revise their story.

Impact: This project fosters creativity, collaboration, and language development. Students gain hands-on experience with STEM concepts and practice storytelling in both Spanish and English, deepening their learning and language skills.

Project tagged as

Ms. DeMartino IS 77 Joseph F Quinn School Grades 6-8

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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Ridgewood, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

190 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop - M3 chip Built for Apple Intelligence - 16GB Memory - 512GB SSD - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $1,277.92 1 $1,277.92

Materials cost

$1,277.92

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$19.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,327.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$234.19

Total project goal

$1,561.28

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