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Ms. Kawasmi from Creedmoor, NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Kawasmi's classroom raised $450

Studying Aquatic Ecosystems

My students need 32 1/2 gallon aquariums, sand, gravel, water quality testing supplies and water treatment chemicals, aquatic plants and pond snails.

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Ms. Kawasmi G.C. Hawley Middle School
Creedmoor, NC Grades 6-8

I teach 6th grade science in a rural middle school. My students have great attitudes and a genuine interest in learning new things. Their faces just beam whenever they walk into my classroom and see materials laid out for a science experiment. We will soon be studying interactions between living things and their environments. This is always an interesting topic for students. It is fun to read or watch videos about, but it is much better to witness first hand. I would like to have students create a small aquatic ecosystem, similar to the interactions that take place in a pond. Each group of 3-4 students will begin with an empty plastic 1/2 gallon aquarium. We will add layers of sand and pebbles to the bottoms of the containers, and then plant aquatic plants in them. Then we will add guppies (from the classroom aquarium), and pond snails. By observing these tiny ecosystems, students will learn how plants and animals trade essential nutrients and are able to live in balance with each other. They will witness first-hand the interactions between producers, consumers, and decomposers. Students will keep journals in which they record the water temperature, pH, alkalinity, and other indicators of water quality on a weekly basis. What I'm asking for is plastic containers, sand, pebbles, and aquatic plants and snails. We will supply the guppies and eager students. By choosing to fund this proposal, you are helping my students learn more about how organisms are able to share our environment and benefit from each others existence. It's not just a biology lesson, it's also a lesson about our own coexistence with the many other parts of the environment, and our responsibility to keep it in balance.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

110 students impacted 9 donors
Ms. Kawasmi G.C. Hawley Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Creedmoor, NC View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

110 students impacted 9donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
THERMOMETER -30/+50[DEG]C PK15 • Sargent-Welch $14.85 1 $14.85
AQUASAFE • Carolina Biological Supply Company $7.72 2 $15.44
L489A-POND SNAILS,SMALL,PK25 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $13.95 3 $41.85
ELODEA PK/50 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $16.16 2 $32.32
AQUARIUM TEST STRIPS 5-IN-1 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $12.40 6 $74.40
GRAVEL,AQUARIUM,5LB.,PK/6 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $17.96 1 $17.96
SAND WHITE F/AQUARIUMS 5LB/PK • Sargent-Welch $4.95 2 $9.90
AQUARIUM/TERRAR'M W/CVR - .5GL • Sargent-Welch $3.24 32 $103.68

Materials cost

$310.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $31.04

Sales tax

 $13.19

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$368.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.84

Total project goal

$449.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $449.12

8 Donors

-$446.93

Donations toward project cost

-$368.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$78.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.19

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