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Ms. Gowans from Baltimore MD is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Geology Rocks!

My students need sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rock samples, as well as a Read About Science Learning Center, to explore the Earth and its composition.

  • $205 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Reading about science is not nearly as fun or memorable as exploring it with samples, experiments and projects. I want my students to love science and all of its wonders.

I teach fourth grade students in a charter school in the inner city that reaches out to high need students and the surrounding community.

My students are hard working and have a love for learning. We have a thematic approach to teaching. While we try to incorporate hands on, real-world activities in our lessons, the funds for the materials are not always available.

My Project

These rock samples and rock discovery kits will help reinforce concepts taught in class. They will be able to explore, observe and experiment with these materials in these kits. The students will have a hands-on interactive approach to learn about the rock cycle, different types of rocks, and the composition of the earth.

These kits and rock samples will help my students see how fun and interesting Earth Science can be!

Your help will ensure that my students not only learn about science, but will be able to experience it! Maybe we will even inspire a young geologist!

Ms. Gowans
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
FE405X - Classroom Rock, Fossil & Mineral Collections - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $99.00 1 $99.00
HH265 - Read About Science Learning Center - Rocks and Soil • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95

Materials cost

$128.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $7.74

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$173.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.64

Total project goal

$204.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $204.26

6 Donors

-$204.26

Donations toward project cost

-$173.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.64

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