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From Farm to Food: Bringing Agriculture to the Classroom

My students need plant science materials to explore the plant growing cycle, including fast plants kits, a growing light, a diagram flip chart and 6 literature books.

Mrs. Gutsch Herington Elementary School

Herington, KS Grades 3-5

My Students

Do you know what farm products are all in just one cookie? Here is the ingredient list needed: Recipe: 11 hungry Vermont cows 2 stalks Hawaiian grass 1 tsp Madagascar flower seeds 2 days of hard work from a New Hampshire hen 1 tsp Pacific Ocean 1 tsp dried up Wyoming Lake 2 ¼ cups of Kansas field

My third grade students live in a rural community, yet I am surprised at the lack of farming knowledge they have.

When shown this recipe of all the ingredients needed from all over the world need for just one cookie, they are shocked. My students attend school in a rural midwest area that is growing geniuses from an impoverished, high need community. Our school has earned status as a National Blue Ribbon school and achieves standard of excellence every year. The next great agriculture specialist is sitting in my class this year, I am certain of it! I desperately want to foster his or her love for plant science by enriching my curriculum with additional science materials. Our school, like others, is dealing with major budget cuts, so additional enrichment supplies are extremely limited. With the need to preserve our farmland and farming industry, the education of our youth is critical. I've taken graduate classes to encourage more agriculture in the classroom and need supplies.

My Project

We spend a good portion of our science curriculum on plant science. Some examples of choices I am requesting include supplies reccomended by my graduate class in agriculture. I have selected Fast Plants kits to learn the life cycles of plants and provide comparative data about plant species. To enhance the succcess of these kits, we also need a growing light. These hands-on materials will allow students deeper engagement with the topic areas. Students are especially excited about the prospect of growing environments within the classroom through the cold winter months. We currently are engaged in outdoor gardening projects and want to continue the learning when it freezes outside! I also integrate several of my scence topics across the curriculum into other subject areas. I have chosen 6 literature selections to carry over into reading. I have chosen both narrative and expository books to supplement the plant science activities,

We all count on agriculture to feed our families.

Through my classes I have learned the broad impact that the farming industry has on all of our daily lives. The purpose of my requests are to demonstrate to students the broad range of the impact of agriculture in our everyday life. They will begin by identifying the contributions farmers give with products for just a simple chocolate chip cookie. This will lead into plant science and growth activities that continue year round.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

21 students impacted 2 donors

Project tagged as

Herington, KS
Grades 3-5
Climate & The Environment
Literacy
Traditional School
Supplies
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

Mrs. Gutsch Herington Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Herington, KS View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

21 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Dirt Nancy Woodman, Nancy Woodman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93

From Seed to Plant Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93

Handful of Dirt Raymond Bial, Raymond Bial (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $13.76 1 $13.76

The Dirt on Dirt Paulette Bourgeois, Martha Newbigging (Illustrator), With Kathy Vanderlinden • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79

All in Just One Cookie Susan Goodman, Timothy Bush (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.61 1 $14.61

Tops and Bottoms Janet Stevens, Stevens, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.62 1 $11.62

KIT, PLANT SCIENCE CLASSROOM • Frey Scientific, Inc. $29.95 1 $29.95

FLIPCHART, PLANTS • Frey Scientific, Inc. $14.95 1 $14.95

BOOK LIFE CYCLES RESOURCE GUIDE • Frey Scientific, Inc. $10.95 1 $10.95

Wisconsin Fast Plants Trial-Sized Get Acquainted Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $9.26 1 $9.26

Wisconsin Fast Plants Confetti Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $39.19 1 $39.19

Wisconsin Fast Plants Necklace Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $20.66 1 $20.66

Wisconsin Fast Plants Introduction to Producers in Food Chains Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $33.25 1 $33.25

Wisconsin Fast Plants The Seed Challenge: Exploring Life Cycles • Carolina Biological Supply Company $65.50 1 $65.50

Exploring with Wisconsin Fast Plants Manual • Carolina Biological Supply Company $29.45 1 $29.45

Plant Light House • Carolina Biological Supply Company $92.10 1 $92.10

Materials cost			$403.90
Vendor shipping charges			$35.64
Sales tax			$28.47
3rd party payment processing fee			$6.06
Fulfillment labor & materials			$35.00
Total project cost			$509.07
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$89.84
Total project goal			$598.91
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$598.91
1 Donor			-$299.45
Donations toward project cost			-$254.53
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$44.92
match offer			-$299.46
Match offer toward project cost			-$254.54
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$44.92
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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From Farm to Food: Bringing Agriculture to the Classroom

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