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Ms. K.'s classroom raised $623

Driven Super Scientists Need Hands-On Materials to Learn!

My students need paint (to paint planets!), spools (to study kinetic energy!), M&Ms (to make a cell model!), etc. to make their own Science models and complete hands-on activities!

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Ms. K.
Grades 3-5

My Students

Imagine not speaking English, coming from a financially and emotionally unstable background, and scoring below basic on your last year's TCAP, YET being expected to master at least 80% of the objectives taught this year. Despite their drive, this is what my 100 ten-year-olds face every single day.

My 5th grade students come from all different backgrounds and have a variety of learning needs and styles.

Some of my students were born and raised in the United States, but a lot of my students and their families are from Spanish-speaking and Arabic-speaking countries. They attend a Title I school where 99% students receive free and reduced lunch due to lower household income. My students are eager to learn and take education very seriously. Most of them are visual and kinesthetic learners who benefit most from individualized, interactive, and hands-on instruction. Science can be very abstract and as 10- and 11-year-olds, they learn better through colors, things they can put their hands on, experiments they can conduct themselves, sounds they can list to, plants they can grow, planets they can paint, exercises they can do and activities that can get their creative juices flowing! Real-life hands-on activities help them understand the content better and relate it to their lives.

My Project

My project will help my students by opening up their eyes to the world of Science. Through the use of these materials, I would like to let my students experience hands-on and interactive learning. For example, using the M&Ms, paper plates and glue, students can create their own cell parts and label them. This will help them identify the different parts of a cell and retain their functions better. The students will be able to use the black construction paper and white crayons to trace out their own constellations, name them and write stories about them. Paper mache is the most fun way to learn about planets that students can make by using the paint and brushes that this project will provide. It will give the students a real-life experience to be able to use the molding clay to make their own earth and cut it to see the different layers. They can also use the same clay to learn about solids, liquids and gases as well as about mountain formations by creating their own mountains.

This project is very crucial to the lives of my low-income, poverty-stricken students because it will help them be successful in Science.

Fifth grade Science is so crucial for students because it gives students a foundation for the upper levels and makes them curious to learn and explore science. By helping me fulfill the needs of my classroom, you are contribution to the education of our next generation's doctors, scientists, astronauts, chemists, engineers, biologists, and many others!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

100 students impacted 1 donor
Ms. K. Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

100 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PAINT TEMPERA RED CRAYOLA PREMIER QUART • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $11.58 1 $11.58
PAINT TEMPERA BLUE CRAYOLA PREMIER QUART • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $11.58 1 $11.58
PAINT TEMPERA ORANGE CRAYOLA ARTISTA II QUART • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $6.03 1 $6.03
PAINT TEMPERA YELLOW CRAYOLA ARTISTA II QUART • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $6.03 1 $6.03
PALMOLIVE ANTIBAC DISH LIQU-CPM46113EA • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $7.52 6 $45.12
BRUSH SOFT GRIP SIZE 12 FLAT PACK OF 12 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $28.49 1 $28.49
OREO COOKIES FILLED W/ VANILLA CREAM 1.8 OZ BAGS 12/BX • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $11.39 2 $22.78
FILTER COFFEE 100/PK • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $1.32 1 $1.32
CONST PPR 12X18 BLACK TRURAY 50 PER PACK • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $3.70 1 $3.70
CONST PPR 9X12 SMART STACK 300 PER PACK • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $7.12 1 $7.12
CADDY CARRIER 10X10X7 7/8 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $5.69 12 $68.28
VELCRO TAPE BLACK INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH 2'' X 15' • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $33.24 2 $66.48
CUP,12/14OZ CLEAR PLAS,CR • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $3.79 1 $3.79
CANDY M AND M PLAIN 42OZ ZIPPR • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $18.04 1 $18.04
12 OZ PLASTIC BOWL REUSABLE/DISPOSABLE 125/PK WHITE • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $16.05 1 $16.05
6'' PLASTIC ROUND PLATES REUSABLE/DISPOSABLE 125/PK WHITE • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $22.79 1 $22.79
CRAYONS CRAYOLA REFILLS WHITE STD SIZE PACK OF 12 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $1.70 10 $17.00
CLAY CRAYOLA MODELING ASSORTED 1# • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $2.84 12 $34.08
WOOD SPOOLS ASSORTED SIZES PACK OF 144 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $14.62 1 $14.62
RIBBON WANDS RAINBOW 36'' SET OF 6 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $15.19 1 $15.19
PAINT TEMPERA BROWN CRAYOLA PREMIER QUART • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $11.58 1 $11.58
PAINT TEMPERA GREEN CRAYOLA PREMIER QUART • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $11.58 1 $11.58

Materials cost

$443.23

Vendor shipping charges

 $44.32

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$529.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$93.39

Total project goal

$622.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $622.59

1 Donor

-$622.59

Donations toward project cost

-$529.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$93.39

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