Dallas teacher hopes to recycle e-waste from class project

Hi Scrap Metal Forum folks!



I'm a Dallas 4th grade science teacher who has started a new program for my students each year. They bring in old unused and unwanted electronics which we disassemble in class, talking about the various parts they're discovering (many have never held a screwdriver before, lol). We search in particular for electric motors to harvest for our Scribble Bot project. Four markers for legs, a plastic cup for a body, and an off-balanced electric motor hooked up to a lantern battery makes fun "robots" what wobble all over the place, leaving colorful drawings behind The kids love it, and it's a great way to get kids excited about STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math).

Of course, this project brings in more donations than I could ever use in class, and I'm currently overwhelmed with desktop computers, printers, and more circuit boards from VCRs and DVD players than I know what to do with! It would be cool to turn that waste into more money for the science curriculum, and that's how I found you guys!