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Mrs. Rios-Travers from Los Angeles, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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STEM Is the Solution!

Help me give my students STEM materials to encourage creativity and critical thinking.

  • $337 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 Project

For my 5th, meaningful work should be hands-on, engaging, and open ended. Why?! Because children have a natural drive to play, explore, and engineer whenever possible. These STEM bins will allow for hands-on exploration while encouraging them to think outside the box!

My students will use the materials in the bins to construct as many different structures as they can.

Additionally, students are engaged in creative, complex tasks and are encouraged to think like inventors. Kinesthetic learners, spatial learners, and logical learners will love exploring the different possibilities for the building materials as they try to construct more challenging structures.

Mrs. Rios-Travers Ambassador School of Global Education 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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Los Angeles, CA View local requests

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

26 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Magna-Tiles® - Starter Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $54.99 2 $109.98
Young Brix - Flexible Bristled Blocks - 36 Pieces • Kaplan Early Learning Company $49.46 1 $49.46
Roylco© Straws & Connectors@trade; Set • Nasco $27.60 1 $27.60
Plus-Plus Blocks - Set of 240, Neon • Blick Art Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
Plus-Plus 70 Piece Block Unicorn Kit • Blick Art Materials $7.99 1 $7.99
Plus-Plus 70 Piece Block Astronaut Kit • Blick Art Materials $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$220.01

Vendor shipping charges

$12.71

Sales tax

$20.13

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$286.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.50

Total project goal

$336.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$336.65

2 Donors

-$168.32

Donations toward project cost

-$143.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.25

match offer

-$168.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$143.08

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.25

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$0.00

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