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Mrs. Berry from Muscatine, IA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Makerspace Masterminds

My students need tools and resources such as KEVA Planks, MakeDo Construction tools, Snap Circuits and littlebits Coding kits to spark their creativity and imagination.

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My Students

"The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world." ~Rita Dove. I have the unique opportunity to revamp our Library Media Program as a Teacher Librarian. A library is much more than a warehouse for books. It is a space to empower students to see themselves as inventors, builders and creators. Makerspace allows learning new skills through trial and error, experiencing failure of an initial idea, the exploration of possible alternatives and then problem solving to improve on the idea.

My goal is to empower students and to restore the library as the heart of the school by integrating a Makerspace area for students to tinker, experiment, design, build, innovate, collaborate, explore and more!

Students can discover their hidden talents and passions by engaging in meaningful exploration with materials such as LEGOs, blocks, robots, circuit boards, and other resources.

Makerspaces provide tools and materials to encourage a maker mindset focused on creativity. Materials could be as simple as cardboard tubes and tape or as complex as circuitry boards. In Makerspaces students become active participants that take ownership of their own learning.

My Project

Large gaps in achievement and engagement continue to persist for diverse learners, particularly those from low-socioeconomic backgrounds (Martin, Tan, Greenberg). Access to Makerspaces in schools provides the opportunity for all students to become learners, leaders and problem solvers. Opportunities to engage in STEAM experiences affords students success that they may not experience in the general classroom setting.

I have had the great fortune to observe students that struggle in the traditional classroom experience success and shine as a Maker.

Instead of being the one left behind, they become the one others turn to for help. Makerspaces provide places to learn more about subjects like math, science, and technology but they are also places where students learn more about themselves and each other.

All the resources in our Makerspace serve a specific purpose. The Keva Planks and Makedo Construction Toolkits enable students to design and build concrete objects and prototypes with wood and cardboard. Students will be able to build electronic machines to complete a task, such flipping a switch to light a bulb or making a fan turn, using Snap Circuits. Raspberry Pi and the Little Bits Code Kit can be paired with each other using computer programming. Students will also be able to use them to code our Dash Robot!

Mrs. Berry Madison Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Muscatine, IA 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

250 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
littleBits Education Code Kit • Amazon Business $299.90 1 $299.90
KEVA Maple 400 Plank Set • Amazon Business $163.99 1 $163.99
Makedo Cardboard Construction Toolset, Includes 360 Reusable Tools. Perfect for Whole-Classroom STEM Learning for Kids Age 4+ • Amazon Business $150.00 1 $150.00
Raspberry Pi Sensor Kit - SunFounder PiPlus 15-in-1 STEM Learning Kit Electronics Building Block with Motion Sensor Joystick Visual Programming Language for Raspberry Pi 3, 2 and RPi 1 Model B Plus • Amazon Business $75.99 1 $75.99
Snap Circuits PRO SC-500 Electronics Discovery Kit • Amazon Business $65.99 1 $65.99

Materials cost

$755.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $51.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$848.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.82

Total project goal

$998.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $998.81

2 Donors

-$499.32

Donations toward project cost

-$424.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.75

match offer

-$499.32

Match offer toward project cost

-$424.42

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.17

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 $0.00

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