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Mr. Christiansen from Bronx, NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Our Robotics Team Needs Design Materials!

We need aluminum channel kits, a sprocket and chain pack, and other materials for next year to ensure we can reach our goal of making it to the First Tech Challenge regional competitions.

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About My Students

This year, we started our school's first Robotics Team and it has been a huge hit. Kids are excited, work hard with complex ideas and are able to apply that learning in new ways. Our kids are creative and eager, but we need the materials for them to be able to build and items like this just aren't in our budget.

This year, our students went to qualifiers for the First Tech Challenge (FTC) and we want to return next year. We'll need to modify our design to remain competitive - and for that, we need materials!

Teamwork is built into the FTC program and our students have learned so much from each other and from the whole process has been just amazing to see. This is advanced design work and my students started the year without any experience building robots or coding in Java. Months later, they have gotten to competitions, have a working robot and have successfully coded.

All of this was done with incredible teamwork and a beautiful collaborative sense of problem solving. Although I loved to see how the robot performed in the competition, I have been proudest just watching them solve the problems this presents as a team.

In Their Own Words

We want to redesign our robot and for the other parts of the competition, we really need more parts. Right now, our robot is basic, but it does a great job, but there are a lot of different part of the competitions and our robot just can't do those parts until we get some pieces for it.

We work together in everything we do and there is a lot of respect all around. One of the things that we like most about FTC is the Gracious Professionalism. Everyone wants to help and wants to keep you learning. There's no one you can't ask to try and solve a problem.

This is hard, but so satisfying. It's great to reach out and work with other teams - and I guess that's a socio-emotional skill, right?

I love this and it's gotten me really excited to come to school. We've never had a robots program before - and I didn't even know that our school had a robot! It's important because it makes sense of all of those sensors and gears and coding. When you can get it all together, everything about it starts making so much sense to me.

Mr. Christiansen Riverdale - Kingsbridge Academy Grades 9-12

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Bronx, NY 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

20 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pitsco TETRIX Gear Pack (40, 80, and 120-tooth) • Amazon Business $89.95 1 $89.95
Pitsco TETRIX Heavy-Duty Aluminum Channel Kit • Amazon Business $84.00 1 $84.00
Pitsco TETRIX Aluminum Sprocket and Chain Pack • Amazon Business $69.95 1 $69.95
Pitsco Education 39530 Tetrix MAX DC Gear Motor • Amazon Business $24.95 2 $49.90
Anker SoundCore 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker with Better Bass, 24-Hour Playtime, 66ft Bluetooth Range, IPX5 Water Resistance & Built-in Mic — Dual-Driver Wireless Speaker (Blue) • Amazon Business $41.99 1 $41.99
Pitsco Education 39089 Tetrix MAX Motor Mount • Amazon Business $13.36 2 $26.72
Pitsco Education 39073 Tetrix MAX Flat Building Plates (Pack of 2) • Amazon Business $26.32 1 $26.32
Pitsco Education 39197 180 Standard-Scale HS-485HB Servo Motor • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
Pitsco Education 39079 Tetrix MAX Motor Hub (Pack of 2) • Amazon Business $11.11 2 $22.22
Pitsco Education 39300 Tetrix MAX Rack and Pinion Linear Slide (Pack of 9) • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Pitsco Heavy-Duty Aluminum TETRIX Channels, 160mm Length (Pack of 2) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
for Anker SoundCore 1 / 2 Portable Outdoor Sports bluetooth speaker Hard Travel Carrying Case Bag by co2CREA, Blue • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$480.89

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$518.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.43

Total project goal

$609.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $609.53

2 Donors

-$609.53

Donations toward project cost

-$518.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$91.43

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 $0.00

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