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Mrs. Kay from Miami, FL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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STEM Into The Future!

Help me give my students materials such as Legos, building construction toys, cube builders, and more for a space that will bring what they learned to life!

  • $431 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.

My Students

My students are hard working, eager to learn, and inspiring to anyone they cross paths with. Do they have the best circumstances? No, not really, however, I am constantly ensuring them that they can be whoever and whatever they aspire to be.

One word I would use to describe my students is, eclectic.

They are all so different, in so many ways. This makes for a positive and diverse classroom. With that being said, all students also have different styles of learning. Since most of them recently arrived to this country, it proves difficult to engage them, with a simple worksheet. As I have worked with them, I have realized that manipulatives are a great tool for this. The majority of my students learn, by hands on experiences.

My Project

By adding a STEM Corner into the classroom, students learning will be taken to the next level. They will be given Legos, pattern blocks, interlocking discs, play dough, and several types of building blocks, to review the concepts taught. These materials will be used to show what they have learned. STEM education enables critical thinking as well as science and math literacy.

In the exposure of STEM activities, students are engaged, they grow a passion for learning, and they are making deeper connections to content.

When working in small groups with these materials, students will develop skills such as collaboration and cooperating with others.

Another key factor of a STEM corner, is organization! All these amazing additions to my classroom are going to enhance student learning and create a fun, engaging environment. However, if they are not organized, they will not be effective. A large chunk of the funds in this campaign will go to the organizational tools needed to make these manipulatives effective in the classroom.

This corner will be such an exciting part of our classroom, especially since this is the first year I am departmentalized, teaching Math and Science!

Mrs. Kay Auburndale Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Miami, 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sterilite 19638606 Large Clip Box, Clear with Blue Aquarium Latches, 6-Pack • Amazon Business $31.89 3 $95.67
Coogam Wooden Geoboard Mathematical Manipulative Material Array Block Geo Board – Graphical Educational Toys with 24Pcs Pattern Cards and Rubber Bands Shape STEM Puzzle Matrix 8x8 Brain Teaser for Kid • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Kidcheer Magnet Building Tiles, Magnetic 3D Building Blocks Set for Kids, Magnetic Educational Stacking Blocks Boys Girls Toys • Amazon Business $28.99 1 $28.99
LEGO Classic Medium Creative Brick Box 10696 Building Toys for Creative Play; Kids Creative Kit (484 Pieces) • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
Learning Resources MathLink Cube Big Builders, Imaginative Play, Math Skills, Set of 200 Cubes, Ages 5+ • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Creative Kids Flakes – 1400 Piece Interlocking Plastic Disc Set for Safe, Fun, Creative Building – Educational STEM Construction Toy for Boys & Girls - Non Toxic – Ages 3 and Up • Amazon Business $24.97 1 $24.97
Play-Doh Modeling Compound 36-Pack Case of Colors, Non-Toxic, Assorted Colors, 3-Ounce Cans (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $24.25 1 $24.25
Lewo Wooden Stacking Board Games Building Blocks for Kids - 48 Pieces • Amazon Business $10.19 2 $20.38
Melissa & Doug Wooden Building Blocks Set (Developmental Toy, 100 Blocks In 4 Colors & 9 Shapes, 13.5" H X 3.5" W X 9" L) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
NextX Building Construction Toy 300 PCS Creative Plastic Engineering Toys 3D Puzzle Toys Educational Building Blocks For Kids • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
EMIDO Building Blocks Kids Educational Toys STEM Toys Building Discs Sets Interlocking Solid Plastic for Preschool Kids Boys and Girls, Safe Material for Kids - 120 pieces with Storage Bag • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Wooden Pattern Blocks | Classic Educational Toy with 130 Geometric Shape Pieces and 24 Designs • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$331.17

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$366.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.61

Total project goal

$430.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $430.75

4 Donors

-$216.00

Donations toward project cost

-$183.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.40

match offer

-$214.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$182.54

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.21

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