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Mrs. Smithpeters from Springdale, AR is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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STEM Learning & Problem Solving

My students need STEM materials such as marble mazes, Lincoln Logs and building kits to help challenge their minds and work on problem solving skills.

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My Students

Many of my students are struggling readers and some are English language learners. Many are below grade level in their reading levels and need more beginning chapter books. My goal is for them to improve their reading and foster a love of reading.

My school is in a progressively growing rural community with total enrollment in Pre-K through 5th grade of a little over 550 students.

The town population is approximately 70,000, with 17 elementary schools in the district. The diversity at our school comes from the economic levels with approximately 45% of our students receiving free and reduced lunches. I teach in a self-contained second grade classroom. I have twenty-five students.

My Project

We incorporate STEM challenges and problem solving projects in the classroom on a daily bases. I have asked for items such as Lincoln logs, Marble Run kits, Tumble Trax, Legos, and Gear kits for my students to use during engineering, math & science challenges to help them plan, solve, and construct solutions for their design challenges. These materials allows me to step up my challenges and projects for my students to solve. These materials are needed to be able to do STEM challenges in the classroom multiple times a week. All of the materials in this project help to give a new spin on the already existing projects we have and allows us to do them multiple times because they are nonperishable materials instead of using art supplies that can only be used once and then have to be thrown away afterwards.

Mrs. Smithpeters Willis Shaw Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Springdale, AR View local requests

More than a third 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
K'NEX LINCOLN LOGS – 100th Anniversary Tin - 111 All-Wood Pieces – Ages 3+ Construction Education Toy • Amazon Business $43.47 1 $43.47
Marble Genius Marble Run Super Set - 100 Complete Pieces + Free Instruction App (85 Translucent Marbulous Pieces + 15 Glass Marbles) • Amazon Business $35.99 1 $35.99
Ideal Amaze 'N' Marbles 60 Piece Classic Wood Construction Set • Amazon Business $30.89 1 $30.89
Learning Resources Tumble Trax Magnetic Marble Run • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Marble Genius Booster Set (Add-On Set - 20 Marbulous Marble Run Toy Pieces) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
AGARE 500 PC Bars Different Shape Creative and Educational Building Building Block Toy - 3D Puzzle With a Plastic Storage Box • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Klutz LEGO Chain Reactions Craft Kit • Amazon Business $14.86 1 $14.86
81 Piece Funny Bricks Gear Building Toy Set - Interlocking Learning Blocks - Motorized Spinning Gears • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Krazy Gears Gear Building Toy Set - Interlocking Learning Blocks - Motorized Spinning Gears - 81 Piece Playground Edition • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Marble Genius Jumps & Swings - Marble Run Accessory Add-On Set (8 pcs.) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$210.06

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $17.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$260.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.98

Total project goal

$306.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $306.52

5 Donors

-$277.68

Donations toward project cost

-$236.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.65

match offer

-$28.84

Match offer toward project cost

-$24.51

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.33

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