Grade: 10 - 12

Teacher Name: Nicholas Brown

Description and purpose of grant: 

     Our school competitive robotics program is needing to restock our robotics inventory with some much needed hardware as our program has grown numerically with several students interested in competing.  As our program increases, the need to replenish our inventory has increased.  Parts that are essential to our program include C-Channel drivetrain beams, 12" Drive Shaft beams, 4" Omnidirectional Anti-Static wheels.  If approved, this would allow our program to expand our number of robotics teams to showcase what they learn in the robotics classroom to the competitive robotics season.  Without these potential opportunities, it will limit the opportunities to allow the students to grow in their craft. Our competitive robotics program has expanded from 15 students to 60 students this year, with the potential to grow to around 80 students if our grant is fulfilled.  This grant will support our new Robotics and Automation Technology Program of Study that has been implemented in our district starting this current school year.

Implementation process: 

If approved, we would be able to instantly implement this equipment within our competitive robotics program, which is a program that supplements our Robotics and Automation Technology Program of Study within our Career and Technology Education program in the district.  If this grant is chosen and fulfilled, it will allow our program the flexibility to have more students have the opportunity to showcase their classroom skills against each other and against students from other schools.  They will also be able to use this equipment to create projects that will be accomplished in their robotics courses.  This grant will potentially impact 60-80 students in competition robotics and at least 100 students in the robotics classes.  This grant will support students for at least the next 3 to 5 years.

Items you plan to purchase with grant money 

Sku                  Product                                                                                             Price          Qty              Subtotal
276-2232       Booster Kit                                                                                       $199.99        7              $1,399.93
276-8107       4" (320mm Travel) Omni-Directional Anti-Static Wheel (2-Pack).     $28.99        20                $579.80
276-1149      12" Drive Shaft (4-pack)                                                                      $10.49       12                $125.88
276-6103      Star Drive Shaft Collar (16-pack)                                                          $9.39       10                  $93.90
276-5006      #8-32 x 1/4" Locking Star Drive Screw (100-pack)                              $11.49        4                  $45.96
276-4989      #8-32 x 0.500" Star Drive Coupler (25-pack)                                        $2.49         1                    $2.49
276-4988      #8-32 x 1.000" Star Drive Coupler (25-pack)                                        $3.49         1                    $3.49

276-2288      1x2x1x25 Aluminum CChannel (6-pack)                                             $34.69       10                $346.90

SUBTOTAL - $2,598.35

Shipping      - $141.91

Grand Total. - $2,740.26

In the event my grant is not fully funded, this is minimum amount I would need to get started on this project:  

I would need at least $2000 to get started on this project.