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Mrs. Wheat from Auburn IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road? To Lay Another Egg!

My students need an incubator and a chick life cycle exploration set.

  • $289 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

"The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken from hatching the egg, not smashing it." - author unknown. Patience is a hard thing for kindergarten students but it would be so rewarding for them to see the egg hatch!

There are 21 active kindergarteners in my classroom.

We are located in a pre-k through third grade building. Our school is located in a rural setting, and we have a moderate poverty level. My students love to be at school where they get to learn and play.

My Project

With this incubator and life cycle kit, the children will be able to observe the length of the life cycle of a chicken. They will be able to use the life cycle manipulatives to gain a better understanding of the actual development occurring in the eggs.

Your donation to this project will allow my students to see that all living creatures develop through a series of stages.

They will develop a better understanding of how life cycles work.

Mrs. Wheat
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CHICK LIFE CYCLE EXPLORATION SET • Frey Scientific, Inc. $34.95 1 $34.95
MINI ADVANCE DIGITAL EGG INCUBATOR • Frey Scientific, Inc. $149.95 1 $149.95

Materials cost

$184.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $22.19

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$244.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.21

Total project goal

$288.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $288.07

3 Donors

-$140.50

Donations toward project cost

-$122.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.08

match offer

-$144.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$122.44

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.61

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.52

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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