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Mrs. Powers from Cincinnati, OH is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Powers's classroom raised $207

Rocks Rock!

My students need 2 sample sets of Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary rocks.

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Mrs. Powers Ethel M Taylor Academy
Cincinnati, OH Grades 3-5

My Students

Each year we study rocks and the rock cycle. However, it is difficult for students to understand the differences between the types of rocks when we are limited by the rocks we find and bring in. Having actual identified samples of each type of rock would do so much to help them understand!

My school sits between two housing projects in an inner-city Ohio neighborhood.

Nearly 100% of our students are on free lunch. Few get opportunities to explore the outdoors because the neighborhood is too dangerous to play outside. It is my job to help 5th and 6th graders understand the science of the world around them by bringing that world into my classroom.

My Project

Both 5th and 6th graders must study and understand the rock cycle and the characteristics of different types of rocks. However, with only $100 to buy supplies with each year, I am unable to provide much in the way of actual science materials. Having sets of each type of rock would do so much to make an abstract concept come alive.

While my students and I can bring rocks we find into the classroom, we are obviously limited by geography.

Having scientific samples of each type of rock would truly help my students visualize the differences. It would turn a difficult, abstract concept into a concrete experience.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

90 students impacted 4 donors
Mrs. Powers Ethel M Taylor Academy Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Cincinnati, OH View local requests

Nearly all 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

90 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Metamorphic Rocks Collection • Carolina Biological Supply Company $21.61 2 $43.22
Igneous Rocks Collection • Carolina Biological Supply Company $21.61 2 $43.22
Sedimentary Rocks Collection • Carolina Biological Supply Company $21.61 2 $43.22

Materials cost

$129.66

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.97

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$179.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.83

Total project goal

$206.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $206.40

3 Donors

-$203.13

Donations toward project cost

-$179.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.56

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.27

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 $0.00

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