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Ms. D. from MS is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Look a Little Bit Closer...

My students need 4 class sets of Owl Pellet Dissection Kits.

  • $313 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My students need to make science happen with their own hands. They need to witness biology in real life as opposed to textbook descriptions. I teach high school science (Biology, Chemistry and Physical Science) in a high needs area where most of the students receive free breakfast and lunch. Most of the students simply hope to graduate.

Science is everywhere around us. Science is a "learn by doing" subject that requires that kinesthetic learning approach to really grasp some of the concepts. There are many opportunities to explore science with our eyes, ears, noses, and hands that are simply a bus ride away from school. Money for field trips is out of the question at this school. Unfortunately, this means my students only have the resources of the classroom to do their learning. Why not bring some hands-on learning of science INTO the classroom, then!?

My Biology classes would greatly benefit from the hands-on learning experience of dissecting owl pellets and analyzing the contents. An owl pellet will have the skeleton of a mouse or some rabbit bones in it. What better way to display food webs, ecological roles and the life cycle than with skeletons found in owl pellets?

With this donation, you could turn some of my students, students who don't have huge hopes for their future, on to a new subject where learning is done by "doing", not just reading textbooks.

Ms. D.
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Investigating Food Webs with Owl Pellets Lab Investigation • Frey Scientific, Inc. $49.95 4 $199.80

Materials cost

$199.80

Vendor shipping charges

 $19.98

Sales tax

 $13.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$256.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.20

Total project goal

$312.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $312.20

1 Donor

-$150.18

Donations toward project cost

-$127.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.53

match offer

-$151.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$123.82

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.49

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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