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Ms. Kiss's classroom raised $470

Order In the Class

My students need a variety of living animals such as tarantulas, snails, guppies, a gecko, and their habitats, to help them learn and understand how all living things are classified.

Ms. Kiss Governor Village STEM Academy - Morehead

Charlotte, NC Grades 3-5

My Students

Scientists in particular and humans by nature tend to create order out of chaos. My students need to explore the many different ways we group or classify what is around us. My Kindergarten students must learn how to sort while my Fifth Graders must fully understand ecosystems.

I am the Science Lab Instructor for our school.

I see all students from grades Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. We have over 700 students and they come to my lab once a week. I teach in an urban environment. While our school is fairly new, most of our students come from very urban neighborhoods. They come here eager to learn and to leave their disadvantages behind. They are so hungry for knowledge, especially through hands-on activities. They love to come to the science lab where they get to use all of their senses to learn about the world around them.

My Project

"Taxonomy (the science of classification) is often undervalued as a glorified form of filing.... Classifications are theories about the basis of natural order, not dull catalogs compiled only to avoid chaos." — Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life (1989), 98. My students will get to see, first hand, every time they come to my room, how we group and order things. I plan to have a different animal on each of my 7 tables that the students will be able to observe every week; vertebrates and invertebrates. The younger students will explore the similarities and difference between the animals. The older students will learn how scientists classify different animals. Each week I will rotate the animals around the seven tables. This will allow the children to observe each of the animals and their habitats. They will have to chance to feed them, and see the role each animal plays in the food chain. It is fine to read about different kinds of animals, but far better observe first hand.

Most of my students do not get the chance to go to the zoo or even a nature museum.

I am looking for the opportunity to bring the "zoo" to them, while showing them how precious and important wildlife is to us. They will be able to see and in some cases touch creatures that they may otherwise never have the chance to observe. As an environmental educator I wish to share as much of nature with our students, while teaching them how animals fit into our order of life.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

700 students impacted 2 donors

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Charlotte, NC
Grades 3-5
Climate & The Environment
Science
Traditional School
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Nearly all students from low‑income households

Ms. Kiss Governor Village STEM Academy - Morehead 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.

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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

700 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Fire-Bellied Toad, Living • Carolina Biological Supply Company $11.40 1 $11.40

Tarantula, Living • Carolina Biological Supply Company $20.19 1 $20.19

Millipede, Living, Pack of 3 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $19.47 1 $19.47

Fancy Guppy, Living, Pack of 3 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $10.21 1 $10.21

Land Snail (Rabdotus alternatus), Pack of 12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $18.95 1 $18.95

Mediterranean Gecko, Living • Carolina Biological Supply Company $12.59 1 $12.59

African Mopani Wood, Small (6-8 in) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $5.46 1 $5.46

Reptile Vine, Medium, 15 cm • Carolina Biological Supply Company $4.20 5 $21.00

Rotting Wood • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.41 1 $6.41

Lizard Litter, 4 qt • Carolina Biological Supply Company $7.36 1 $7.36

Ludwigia, Living, Pack of 12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.89 1 $6.89

Elodea densa, Living, Pack of 12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $7.36 1 $7.36

Lift-and-Clean Habitat • Carolina Biological Supply Company $17.05 1 $17.05

Animal Tank, 2 1/2 gal • Carolina Biological Supply Company $33.72 3 $101.16

Bessbugs, Living, Pack 12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $39.85 1 $39.85

Materials cost			$305.35
Vendor shipping charges			$30.54
Sales tax			$23.82
3rd party payment processing fee			$4.58
Fulfillment labor & materials			$35.00
Total project cost			$399.29
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$70.46
Total project goal			$469.75
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$469.75
1 Donor			-$234.87
Donations toward project cost			-$199.64
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$35.23
match offer			-$234.88
Match offer toward project cost			-$199.65
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$35.23
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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