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Mr. Seymour from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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TINKER Projects to Build Things Better!

We need microcontrollers, a soldering iron, and hand tools to create electronics projects such as building a cell phone from scratch in middle school!

  • $1,300 goal

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About My Students

Though I have years of experience in technology and design fields, this is the first year that I am teaching three technology and computer programming courses. My students Gene, Adrian, and Max have excelled since day one, always looking to advance their proficiency in technology and programming.

In class, we explore the fact that there is much more to the electronic devices that we commonly use than we can see from the outside. After exploring and building some elementary circuits from scratch, we came up with a project in which students will build a device of their choosing, and document their progress in each stage of the build. Upon successful completion of the build, students will present their builds to the school in a form of an academic conference. Upon researching some devices that can be built using some readily available components, these students decided that they wanted to build a cell phone from scratch. Other students will be exploring the elementary steps of programming using micro-controllers and advanced circuits.

These innovative students will be working in groups to immerse themselves in a project with which they don't have expertise. This project will take place over a sustained time, building skills such as maintaining ongoing research and development as well as culturing an ethic of perseverance. This is a hands-on, perspective shifting experience where students are given the opportunity to build (and hopefully improve) a working piece of current technology. This is among the more ambitious projects that I have undertaken in class, and we are willing to face the challenge that comes along with the great gains we will see with a successful build. I am inspired by these students to continue to improve the educational experience at public schools in our area - for this goal we came up with the TINKER project, an immersive experience in Technology, Innovation, Networking, Knowledge, Education, and Research.

In Their Own Words

We are trying to accomplish a school project. Our idea is to try and build a smartphone from scratch. It is actually really amazing because we would be making our own types of phones! My friend and I plan to try and make some for our class as well. It would really help if we got the materials we requested.

We will be a leader by making a smartphone without using a smartphone that was already made. We would call the phone the "GAPS" phone. We would be a leader because we would inspire other individuals to make great things in their life like this smartphone.

This is important to us because we would love to make our own piece of technology that can change the world. We love technology so making this smartphone would be an amazing project. It would help our community because some children do not have phones and they would love to have one and whenever they are in need of their parents or anyone else, they could just call them up, using the phone their friends made.

Mr. Seymour MS 88 Peter Rouget Grades 6-8

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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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Brooklyn, NY 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Official Arduino Starter Kit Deluxe Bundle with Make: Getting Started with Arduino: The Open Source Electronics Prototyping Platform 3rd Edition Book • Amazon Business $149.95 1 $149.95
Vilros Raspberry Pi 2 Complete Starter Kit with Edimax WiFi (9 Items) • Amazon Business $69.99 2 $139.98
Maker's Notebook • Amazon Business $15.22 7 $106.54
The Arduino Starter Kit (Official Kit from Arduino with 170-page Arduino Projects Book) • Amazon Business $84.69 1 $84.69
PiTFT Mini Kit - 320x240 2.8" TFT+ Capacitive Touchscreen • Amazon Business $39.99 2 $79.98
CanaKit Raspberry Pi 2 Complete Starter Kit (9-Items) • Amazon Business $69.99 1 $69.99
SainSmart Small GSM GPRS SIM900 for Arduino UNO, Mega • Amazon Business $29.99 2 $59.98
Snap Circuits Lights Electronics Discovery Kit • Amazon Business $56.99 1 $56.99
Raspberry PI 5MP Camera Board Module • Amazon Business $26.65 2 $53.30
RobotLinking Uno Learning Kit with A Power Supply 9V-1A For Arduino With Tutorial • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
BTG Upgrade Lipo Battery 2500mAh 11.1V for Parrot Bebop Drone 3.0 Quadcopter Parts • Amazon Business $33.99 1 $33.99
Geeetech SIMCOM SIM900 Quad-band GSM GPRS Shield Development Board for Arduino/Iduino • Amazon Business $32.00 1 $32.00
Whatnot Widgets 5-in-1 Electronic Soldering Kit with Free Tool Carry Case - Includes Corded 40 Watt Soldering Iron, Tip, Desoldering Pump, Solder, Stand - Electronics Repair, Hobby and Crafts • Amazon Business $23.95 1 $23.95
DC-DC Converter Step Up Boost Module 3V to 5V 1A USB Charger for MP3/MP4 Phone • Amazon Business $6.99 3 $20.97
Klein Tools 1010 Long-Nose Multi-Purpose Tool, Blue • Amazon Business $19.17 1 $19.17
Logitech Keyboard K120 • Amazon Business $14.90 1 $14.90
Klein Tools 32500 11-in-1 Screwdriver/Nut Driver with Cushion Grip • Amazon Business $13.97 1 $13.97
SE MZ101B Helping Hand with Magnifying Glass • Amazon Business $6.59 2 $13.18
KAILIMENG Brain Teaser Metal IQ Puzzle, Set of 8 • Amazon Business $5.49 2 $10.98
Make: Maker's Soft-Bound Notebook (128 Pages) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Programming Arduino Getting Started with Sketches • Amazon Business $7.90 1 $7.90
Trakpower Deluxe Iron Holder with Sponge • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48

Materials cost

$1,058.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,104.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$194.96

Total project goal

$1,299.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,299.71

3 Donors

-$640.49

Donations toward project cost

-$552.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.12

match offer

-$649.86

Match offer toward project cost

-$552.38

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$97.48

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.36

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