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Dr. Read from Stillman Valley IL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Makey Makey a Maker Space Part 2

Help me give my students need Micro:bit GO and PBL guides to continue to build our Maker Space

  • $248 goal

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My Students

I teach business and technology to some of the most creative, curious, and innovative students. My goal is to provide tech experiences to our students to promote 21st-century learning and skills with STEAM.

My students are very innovative and creative individuals.

Students in our district often have limited technology experience. My students will begin to discover and cultivate their creativity as they begin to apply their unique gifts and talents and allow them to become the innovators and global leaders of tomorrow with the stories they will be able to create and tell.

My Project

This semester was the start of our Maker Space, I wanted to open up my students to real world problems, innovation and of course entrepreneur thinking skills. In my first donors choose for our Maker Space, we were blessed with several donors who helped to start our Maker Space with Makey Makey controllers and Worx Zip Tools. My students have really taken their learning to the next level with the start of our Maker Space, but now we are preparing for the new school year and must go to the next level in our Maker Space. My students need a set of PBL Guide books that will allow them to take their learning and make connections to my classes and other classes and bring their programming and innovation skills to the next level using Micro:bit Controllers that are sister systems to our Makey Makey set.

We are also hoping to partner with our library to truly transform our entire classroom into a full Blended Learning Space that will not only teacher students new learning skills and PBL, but also start preparing them for future careers in Engineering, Mathematics and Financial Literacy.

Dr. Read
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
BBC2546862 Micro:bit go • Amazon Business $19.80 4 $79.20
Aproca Hard Travel Storage Case Compatible Makey Makey an Invention Kit • Amazon Business $12.97 4 $51.88
The PBL Playbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Actually Doing Project-Based Learning • Amazon Business $26.95 1 $26.95
Hacking Mathematics: 10 Problems That Need Solving (Hack Learning Series) (Volume 17) • Amazon Business $19.89 1 $19.89

Materials cost

$177.92

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$210.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.16

Total project goal

$247.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$247.75

13 Donors

-$201.11

Donations toward project cost

-$185.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.02

Matching donations from our partners

-$30.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$25.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.64

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$0.00

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