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Mr. Gentils from Bayside, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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What if Bob Ross was a Math Teacher?

Help me give my students a visual mathematics learning experience. I use art to teach math to students who traditionally find math difficult, boring, or inaccessible. An iPad will help me make even more math art!

  • 7 donors
  • $485 still needed

expires Jun 11

  • 7 donors
  • $485 still needed
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I am a math teacher who used to HATE math class, mostly because I wanted to spend my time doodling in my notebook instead of moving numbers around in seemingly arbitrary ways. Keep, Change, Flip? More like blah, Blah, BLAH. In my classroom, students are introduced to new math concepts with ART and STORIES instead of STEPS and PROCEDURES.

Math is a Story, I use art to bring that story to life - an iPad would make the impossible seem within reach for me and my students.

When solving equations, my students are introduced to the GRAPES OF MATH! Dividing fractions? Let me introduce you to the EDAMAME EEL. When math is story instead of a set of steps to memorize, the learning comes to life. Students are much more willing to grapple with the parts they find initially confusing.

Bob Ross and Mr. Rodgers were my two favorite teachers growing up. My goal is to make the math classroom a community where students feel safe, cared for, and believed in so that their creativity can push their learning to new heights. My students are 6th graders attending a public school in New York City and are some of the most energetic and thoughtful problem solvers I have met. Please help me show them how creative and brilliant they already are!

Mr. Gentils Bell Academy Grades 6-8

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Bayside, NY 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

Never Before Funded 180 students impacted 7donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - 13-inch iPad Air M2 chip Built for Apple Intelligence Wi-Fi 128GB - Blue • Best Buy Education $799.00 1 $799.00

Materials cost

$799.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$840.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.41

Total project goal

$989.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $989.39

6 Donors

-$400.00

Donations toward project cost

-$343.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.25

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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 $484.98

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