project leader
Christine C
location
3690 West 159th
(Kamm's Corners or West Park)
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the project

Newton D. Baker School of Arts students will create a Bike Box for their neighborhood downtown. Our community recently has had bike routes added on our streets. Our students want to design and create a bike box so the community will have a weather safe area for their bikes. Newton D. Baker School of Arts students want to advocate for more cycling in their community which will lead to better health and lessening their neighborhood carbon footprint. The Baker Bike Box would be an integral part of the community's commitment to the burgeoning bicyclists.

 The students want to create a SUSTAINABLE project made from an old storage unit that can be brought back to life as a Bike Box. The Bike Box will have a sustainable rain roof with native plants on it.  The Bike Box will be aesthetically pleasing and blend into the landscape/streetscape of Kamm's Corners

Our talented students at Newton D. Baker School of Arts have discovered that we can lessen our carbon footprint and get healthier by all of us bicycling more. In collaboration with our Science Technology Engineering ARTS Math (STEAM) model we know we can increase bicycling in our immediate community by creating a bike box in our neighborhood which has seen a recent increase in bike lanes on our street.We want to create a vibrant bike box for our neighborhood that will benefit all ages. We need to acquire a storage unit and other metallurgy products.

the steps

Last year the students created scaled models of Bike Boxes (see video)  We are now taking our Bike Box idea to reality. We see this as a Call to Action for a Sustainable Cleveland.

The students will engage in the Engineering Design Process

     *survey the neighborhood

     *design

     *problem solve

     *create a prototype

     *revise the prototype

     *implement the design

We are a Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics (STEAM) School which employs the integrated Project Based Model. This model along with the Engineering Design process addresses many science/math learning objectives simultaneously.

The students will also participate in other fund raising events like "Raise the Roof" where they will have a plant or bake sale to fund the purchasing/growing of native plants.

why we're doing it

Environmental Benefits:

We can lessen our carbon footprint by all of us bicycling more. Biking is a sustainable mode of transportation. The Bike Box will encourage our neighborhood to utilize their bikes more by providing a safe area for their bikes.

Community Benefits:

Our neighborhood will have increased bicycling which will in turn decrease driving which will lessen congestion on our streets, decrease pollution and decrease our dependence on fossil fuel. The community will become healthier and more congenial through bicycling.

Educational Benefits:

We are a Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics (STEAM) School which employs the integrated Project Based Model. This model along with the Engineering Design process addresses many science/math learning objectives simultaneously.

 

Health Benefits: 

The students will understand the health benefits to bicycling.

The students will discover that bicycling will:

increased cardiovascular fitness.

increased muscle strength and flexibility.

improved joint mobility.

decreased stress levels.

improved posture and coordination.

strengthened bones.

decreased body fat levels.

budget

DISBURSEMENT BUDGET (as of 2/13/17):



RAISED = $300.00
ioby Platform Fee  waived
 Payment Processing Fee (3%) $8.74
TOTAL TO DISBURSE = $291.26

 

ORIGINAL BUDGET:



SUBTOTAL = $5,000
ioby Platform Fee $35
Donation Processing Fee of 3%  $150
TOTAL TO RAISE = $5,185

 

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donors

  • Liz Campion
  • Jon W.
  • Paulette Simonetta
  • Mary Spratt
  • Caitlyn
  • Emily P.

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