Help me give my students the opportunity to learn creative and critical thinking skills with STEAM activities like KEVA blocks, visual tangram puzzles, and construction kits.
$179 goal
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I teach in a rural third grade classroom with a diverse student population who wants to learn so many things, but due to the economic status of the families and community, we often lack experiences that are needed to build background understanding and engage students in activities that will keep them interested in learning for years to come.
Some of the goals my students have set for themselves this year include: reading 2 million words by Christmas (this is one student!), researching a rock collection to identify what has been found, and getting used to using their own laptop.
My Project
I would love to integrate the constructor sets into my math centers to help students understand geometry, area, and perimeter. Letting them create two-dimensional and three-dimensional figures will help those who struggle with the differences between these concepts.
I think my students would love the Dogpile and Catstacks games for visual problem solving and I would love to apply the geometric names to the figures to write about what images were created from composing the shapes.
Clumsy Thief will be a great chance to sneak in the needed fact fluency practice of adding within 100.
While the other resources we would love to add to our classroom are heavily based in math concepts, I would love to literally and metaphorically build a greater teamwork and critical thinking with the KEVA block kits.
I would love to see my students initially struggle with all these new resources and be able to be there to watch and cheer them on to dig deep to succeed!
Nearly all 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
Straw Constructor STEM Building Toys 300 pcs-Colorful Interlocking Plastic Enginnering Toys- Fun- Educational- Safe for Kids- Develops Motor Skills-Construction Blocks- Best Gift for Boys and Girls …
• Amazon Business
$19.09
1
$19.09
Creative Kids Flakes - 600 Piece Interlocking Plastic Disc Set for Fun, Creative Building - Educational STEM Construction Toy for Boys & Girls - Non Toxic, Ages 3+
• Amazon Business
$17.49
1
$17.49
Melon Rind Clumsy Thief Money Game - Adding to 100 Math Card Game for Kids (Ages 8 and up)
• Amazon Business
$14.50
1
$14.50
KEVA Brain Builders Junior
• AKJ Education
$11.64
1
$11.64
Brainwright Cat STAX, The Perfect Puzzle
• Amazon Business
$6.32
1
$6.32
Brainwright Dog Pile The Pup Packing Puzzle (48Piece)
• Amazon Business
$6.16
1
$6.16
Materials cost
$111.66
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$8.71
3rd party payment processing fee
$1.67
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$152.04
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$26.83
Total project goal
$178.87
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$178.87
5 Donors
-$173.93
Donations toward project cost
-$152.04
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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