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Carlos Outdoor Makerspace

Project Title:  Outdoor Makerspace
Teacher:  Kristen Schmidt
School:  Carlos Elementary
Students Impacted:  120, PreK-grade 5
Amount Funded:  $3,624.67

Purchasing an Outdoor Makerspace allows all students at Carlos Elementary to create, build experiments, and explore using hands-on outdoor materials. This will foster and create innovative outdoor learning opportunities and will include materials that will provide unique, year-round, outdoor learning experiences for all students.

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