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STEAM with LEGO part 1

Help me give my students LEGO Simple Machine Set to educate future engineers.

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My Students

We are a high poverty school in the midst of apartments and single-family homes. Third of the students are from low-income homes and they receive free or reduced-price lunches. I have a diverse group of students from many ethnic backgrounds.

LEGO building is their favorite activity that triggers creativity, imagination and excitement that can last for hours for my kinders.

It is a wonderful learning tools that my students love to dig their hands into. With LEGO pieces, the possibilities are endless.

My Project

Building with LEGO Simple Machine Set will enrich our students with problem solving, critical thinking skills, expand their creativity, and explore real-life STEAM education. Students will have picture cards that guide them to follow the design process from beginners to advance level lessons. This set includes gears that twist and turn to make a toy top spin in motion. Since gears are used in many toys, I would like to use this concept of engineering in class to make a LEGO wind-up toy robot that will move about in the classroom to carry sharpened pencils to students

Seesaw explore levers and its movement and balance.

Students will test out their predictions and try out different weights to experiment what makes the seesaw balance. With the LEGO Simple Machine set, my students will be inspired as STEAM- minded leaders and engineers of tomorrow.

Mrs. Kim Germain Academy Academic Achieve Grades PreK-2

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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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Chatsworth, CA 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

26 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Early Simple Machines Set • LEGO Education $159.95 1 $159.95

Materials cost

$159.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.00

Sales tax

 $14.64

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$221.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.17

Total project goal

$261.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $261.16

6 Donors

-$131.00

Donations toward project cost

-$111.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.65

match offer

-$130.16

Match offer toward project cost

-$110.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.52

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 $0.00

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