This is a site holding a repository of folks I'm calling out for generous support of my site and the Open-Source and Creative Commons STEAM education curriculum development I do. Thanks.
If you want to support my work here, see the first link below.
Check out the Sponsorship / Support options lower down in this page.
I would like to thank DuPont for their generous support of my classroom and curriculum development. The DuPont Silicon Valley Innovation Center has been a key supporter of my Mechatronics Engineering class.
The DuPont Silicon Valley Innovation Center is a dynamic hub where visitors can explore cutting-edge technical applications in consumer electronics, EV/HEV/autonomous vehicles, 5G technologies, wearables, smart materials, and more.
I would like to thank Digi-Key Electronics for their generous support of my classroom and curriculum development. Digi-Key has Kits, Lab resources and Lesson materials ready to support each of the Labs and Lessons presented here. Each Lesson or Lab will have convenient links for all your electronic component needed to complete the hands on activities.
Sponsor Development Of Classroom Curriculum
Consider Sponsoring / Supporting One Of The Following Projects...
PCB Design: Introduction, Designing, Manufacturing, Debugging & Deploying a PCB This module will be about 40 hours, so in Teacher Curriculum Development "Dog Years", this equals to about 400 hours... And typically, with out a sponsor, this is time the teacher does for free... yes that means unpaid curriculum development.
Estimated Development Cost: $5,000 (Initial Beta Deployment)
(Can't sponsor the whole project? Be a Partial Supporter)
How to Provide a Stipend: You can send something to my personal PayPal.Me Account, Venmo Account, or my Patrion Account, even Buy Stuff On My Amazon Classroom Wishlist, or contact me at TopClown@STEAMClown.org, if you want to pay by check.
Your Company / Organization Logo on the lab introduction page of all the labs and presentations developed with your Stipend Donation.
Invitations to Class demonstrations of the PCB Designs Projects
Quotes from me, as the teacher, and my students for a your press release and other SoMe you post
Opportunities to have me provide additional images and content for up to 4 SoMe posts to sites like your LinkedIn, Instagram, TicTok, Facebook and other Social sites. These you can reformulate and post as you see fit.
Sponsor Classroom Tools, Services, & Subscription
Every year there are tool, services, applications and other subscription based costs that need to be covered. Below you will see a listing of these subscription service I'm using in my classroom. Without your generous support, I will probably need to suspend or discontinue using these subscriptions as part of my classroom curriculum. Many are key to my program. For example, my Replit.com account has historically been free, but now, to keep the hosting my C++ and Python coding labs, I need to pay a subscription. I literally have put more than a 100 hours of development time into populating authentic labs into this platform.
Consider Sponsoring / Supporting One Of The Following Projects...
Replit's mission is to bring the next billion software creators online. They build powerful, simple coding tools and platforms for learners, educators, and developers.
I use Replit in my classroom to host all my code labs & examples for my C++ and Python modules. I hope to use it for HTML4, CSS and PHP too. Replit also provides free access to self passed Coding Classes.
Your Company Logo on the lab introduction page of all the labs developed the year of your donation (first year donation probably gets the best value)
Tax Deductible Donation Receipt
Quotes from me, as the teacher, and my students for a press release you post
Input on a SVCTE press release (joint)
Opportunities to have me provide additional images and content for up to 4 SoMe posts to sites like your LinkedIn, Instagram, TicTok, Facebook and other Social sites.
Thank You letter/statement from both my class, SVCTE and our Board of Directors
AIClub's mission is to empower kids from elementary, middle, and high school to learn AI and realize their passions through creative applications of their learnings. We are a group of AI and software experts with PhDs from top-tier schools and many years of real-world experience. We created AIClub to help the next generation of kids improve their AI Literacy and imagine the future with technology.
I use AI Club in my classroom to teach Introduction to AI, have students learn and build AI systems with Data sets and play with diffrent algoritem types. We use the AI CLub Curriculum and Cloud services for about 2 months
Your Company Logo on the lab introduction page of all the labs and presentations developed the year of your donation (first year donation probably gets the best value)
Tax Deductible Donation Receipt
Quotes from me, as the teacher, and my students for a press release you post
Input on a SVCTE press release (joint)
Opportunities to have me provide additional images and content for up to 4 SoMe posts to sites like your LinkedIn, Instagram, TicTok, Facebook and other Social sites.
Thank You letter/statement from both my class, SVCTE and our Board of Directors
Sponsor Classroom Engineering Project
Consider Sponsoring / Supporting One Of The Following Projects...
Designing & Manufacturing PCB - I teach PCB design in my class, and every year there is a cost to to have the student PCB design manufactured at a low volume/low cost PCB manufacturer. This $3000 will cover the cost of each of my students being able desing 2-3 PCB, and the soldering materials to populate them. Some of these PCB, will be medium level solder projects, and some with be custom electronic test fixtures I can use from year to year as electronics Debug labs. You will be helping me to build up lab test equipment that will be used year after year.
Your Company Logo on the lab introduction page of all the labs and presentations developed the year of your donation
Tax Deductible Donation Receipt
Invitations to Class demonstrations of the PCB Designs Projects
Quotes from me, as the teacher, and my students for a press release you post
Input on a SVCTE press release (joint)
Opportunities to have me provide additional images and content for up to 4 SoMe posts to sites like your LinkedIn, Instagram, TicTok, Facebook and other Social sites.
Thank You letter/statement from both my class, SVCTE and our Board of Directors
Sponsor Development Of Classroom Curriculum
Sponsor Classroom Engineering Projects
Sponsor Classroom Tools & Services Subscription
Sponsor Shout Out
I would like to thank <Your Company or Organization Here> for their generous support of my classroom and curriculum development. <Your Company or Organization Here> has <Your value proposition, call to action, & related content and message>
If you would like to Sponsor This Open Source Curriculum Module, please see my Sponsor Page for more information on how to "donate. " to "Sponsor Curriculum Development Projects"
If you are Sponsoring the "Curriculum Development Projects", this is a bit different, because you are actually paying me personally to develop the Open Source Curriculum material. More like a stipend. You can pay me through the following ways:
How to Provide a Stipend: You can send something to my personal PayPal.Me Account, Venmo Account, or my Patrion Account, even Buy Stuff On My Amazon Classroom Wishlist, donate to my DonorsChoose projects, or contact me at TopClown@STEAMClown.org, if you want to pay by check.
I would like to thank <Your Company or Organization Here> for their generous support of my classroom and curriculum development. <Your Company or Organization Here> has <Your value proposition, call to action, & related content and message>
(If you would like to sponsor this, or other Modules or presentation, please contact TopClown@STEAMClown.org or check out my "How To Help Page"
How To Donate:
If you are Donating to:
"Sponsor Development Of Classroom Curriculum"
If you are Sponsoring the "Curriculum Development Projects", this is a bit different, because you are actually paying me personally to develop the Open Source Curriculum material. More like a stipend.
This is where you can show your support for the development of Open Source, Creative Commons STEAM Educational Curriculum. I have Engineering / STEAM Modules, that cover lots of technical topics. They take 100+ hours to build and deploy. I'm having fun developing them, and while I love teaching STEAM Education, I actually love developing open and accessible STEAM curriculum even more... but it takes a lot. Some support is always welcome.
You can support this effort is through the following ways:
How to Provide a Stipend: You can send something to my personal PayPal.Me Account, Venmo Account, or my Patrion Account, even Buy Stuff On My Amazon Classroom Wishlist, donate to my DonorsChoose projects, or contact me at TopClown@STEAMClown.org, if you want to pay by check.
If you would like make a Charitable Tax deductible Donation:
"Tools, Services & Subscriptions"
"Engineering Projects"
If you are Sponsoring the "Tools, Services & Subscriptions" or the "Engineering Projects", you can provide a tax deductible donation to the SVCTE/MetroED Foundation (501c) , with note saying "Please direct this donation to the Mechatronics Engineering class "Robot Club" account to support Tools/Apps Subscription, Engineering Projects and Classroom Curriculum development"
You can donate with a check, by mail, or PayPal or a Credit Card. In all cases, please specify that you want this donation to go specifically to my Mechatronics Engineering class. If you include this note. "Please direct this donation to the Mechatronics Engineering class "Robot Club" account to support Tools/Apps Subscription, Engineering Projects and Classroom Curriculum development" it will get to my special "Robot Club" budget, that I can use for these budget activities.
If there is a "Sponsor Logo Here" with the Subscription, Project or Classroom Curriculum item, then it's still available to sponsor. Act fast, sponsorship opportunities will go fast. I will replace the "Sponsor Log Here" image with your Company/Organization/Personal Logo.
Sid Bar for Teachers: This Module or lesson is how I teach in my class. Many of the lessons might be specific to my class, but you could probably adjust them for your class. I'll try to make them a neutral as I can, so they can be used in any Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, or any other Engineering / Technology class. Let me know how I can make that better. I'll try to keep this unit current and relevant. Please let me know if any resource links are broken or not accessible. Use this email link to let me know what is broken @ TopClown@STEAMClown.org
Reference Text Book - Basic College Mathematics with Early Integers 4th edition - Elayn Martin-Gay - University of New Orleans - Pearson
Reference Sites -
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