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Mr. Thomas from Kissimmee, FL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mission to Mars: A Robot's Story, the Sequel.

My students need batteries and ten arduino controlled robot Kits that can be given instructions using Scratch programming.

  • $984 goal

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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.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I am a STEM teacher in a title one school. My job is to prepare my students for future science, technology, engineering and math related careers. A typical day in my classroom is spent on the computer doing research, constructing models from different material to test how they work.

My school is a Title I school which means my students are typically of a low to middle income status.

We are predominately a Hispanic population which is about 60% of the overall demographic of the school with 30% black and 7% white and 3% others. Females represent about 40 percent of my classroom population. This is great because we are trying to encourage more females in the STEM career fields. With more females in the class, it adds more diversity to the overall culture of the class, because you tend to get a different perspective from a female point of view. Because some of my classes have a low reading level, I encourage lots of reading in my curriculum; however, this must be balanced with just as much hands-on activities. The challenge for me is finding the right mix between reading, writing and arithmetic.

My Project

As part of our curriculum, we have added the topic of robotics. This is a subject all the students are familiar with. My students need an additional ten, arduino controlled robots they are able to program. This set, plus five kits that were funded earlier, will make a class set. My students' curiosity about what a robot is tends to make them more open minded about what they are learning. With this, I have adapted a lesson from the people who are experts in the subject of robots, NASA.

NASA is not only interested in sending people and robots in space.

They are also interested in educating the next generation of scientist and engineers. So, with that, they have dedicated educators creating lessons for teachers like me. One such lesson I have adopted is call Mars Bound. This is a lesson that has the students plan out what it would take to launch and land a robot on the planet Mars. My version of the lesson is to look at the same mission from the point of view of the robot. The students would have to look through the view of the robot to see or imagine what the robot experiences from launch to landing and beyond its mission life.

Mr. Thomas Discovery Intermediate School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Kissimmee, FL 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

30 students impacted 14donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Elegoo UNO Project Smart Robot Car Kit with Four-wheel Drives, UNO R3, Link Tracking Module, Ultrasonic Sensor, Bluetooth module, Remote, ect. Newest Intelligent and Educational Toy Car for Kids • Amazon Business $67.99 10 $679.90
SunLabz® 16 Bay/Slot Smart Battery Charger for AA AAA NiCd NiHM Rechargeable Batteries • Amazon Business $37.95 3 $113.85

Materials cost

$793.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$835.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.47

Total project goal

$983.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $983.13

14 Donors

-$952.25

Donations toward project cost

-$835.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$116.59

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$30.88

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 $0.00

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