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Mr. Medina from West Covina, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tools to Create STEM and Robots

Help me give my students milling tools to let them build their STEM projects into reality.

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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

Our Robotics Team's goal for 2019 is to spread their passion for STEM to their community and beyond! "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -B. Franklin

Our Robotics Team 968 has won 8 Regionals, 1 Championship, and countless awards for their engineering and community engagement.

Our students come from a wide variety of households with many of them being the first to go to college in their families. Our school's diversity of backgrounds helps to create a collaborative community. We place focus on grades and STEM and provide structure to those who many not receive such attention elsewhere. We strive to provide high school students with opportunities to experience real world engineering through robotics. Every year, our students are given 6 weeks to build a robot to fulfill a task at the competition. As the varsity sport for the mind, our FRC Robotics team competes in the excitement of sport, with the rigors of science and technology. We challenge our students to build and program a robot to perform prescribed tasks against a field of competitors. It’s as close to "real-world engineering" as a student can get.

My Project

With new tools, students can use more advance manufacturing methods to create more creative and ambitious STEM projects to learn from, by having these tools and resources to accommodate rookies and give every student the chance to help manufacturing. With the new Project Lead the Way (PLTW) program, we have many new people interested in joining our team. By having more resources, we will be able to provide them all with an in-depth learning experience.

We will work as a team, meeting challenges creatively and collaboratively, all while using STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) related skills.

Perhaps more importantly than the hands-on experience, will be the non-technology skills we will develop--the leadership, problem solving, and everyday life skills that will prepare us for our futures.

At the end of the day, it will be more than building robots, and more than building our skills, it will be about sharing our story. Sharing what we are capable of doing, and allowing us to inspire others in our community that by working together, we solve problems and build great things!

We would have applied engineering, science, math, and technology to solve complex, open-ended problems in a real-world context. All while developing highly transferable skills in collaboration, communication, and critical thinking, which are relevant for STEM careers. Please help provide resources that can help us become the next generation of STEM professionals. We would be actively promoting STEM within our community starting in our own high school.

Mr. Medina West Covina High School Grades 9-12

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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West Covina, 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
20 Pc Metric R8 Collet Set 1mm to 20mm High Precision for Bridgeport 20 Piece • Amazon Business $91.00 1 $91.00
Anytime Tools Angle Block Set 30-60-90 & 45-45-90 Precision +/- 20 Seconds, Machinist Tool, 2 Piece Set • Amazon Business $32.95 2 $65.90
13pcs Precision R8 Collets Set 1/8 - 7/8" Mill Chuck Holder for Bridgeport .0006 • Amazon Business $57.99 1 $57.99
HHIP 3900-2131 Steel Quick Clamp Vise Work Stop • Amazon Business $13.61 4 $54.44
AccusizeTools - 2 Pcs/Set Solid Angle Plates, EG10-9010 • Amazon Business $23.20 1 $23.20

Materials cost

$292.53

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $26.77

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$353.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.42

Total project goal

$416.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $416.11

1 Donor

-$416.11

Donations toward project cost

-$353.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.42

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