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Mrs. Gilmore from Fulton KY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Magnifying Glasses for Science Studies

My students need these magnifying glasses to complete the needed visuals to help them to understand concepts. The 4th grade year is so very important especially in Science.

  • $264 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our 4th grade class is presently sharing a few magnifying glasses with the 5th grade class to study many things. More recently we performed an experiment with celery and food coloring to give the students a visual for vascular and non-vascular plants. Sharing the magnifiers made our time go over.

We are a small independent school system with about 200 students in our elementary classes.

I work with some great educators who love to inspire their students. Many of our students do not have advantages that the larger school systems do. We are in a very small town with a very high unemployment rate as two major factories have closed. I want my students to know they can do more.

My Project

A set of magnifying glasses in my classroom would mean that I do not have to forgo completing some experiments because another grade needs them. When we can create a visual for the student to see the concept in action, it becomes for concrete for them.

I feel students will be so much more enthusiastic about Science when they have the equipment they need.

This is only my second year but I want to help these students in any way that I can. This would give them a sense of ownership to their education if they know they will have what they need.

Mrs. Gilmore
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Learning Resources - Jumbo Magnifiers Set Of 6 • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $34.50 5 $172.50

Materials cost

$172.50

Vendor shipping charges

 $18.98

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$224.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.54

Total project goal

$263.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $263.61

5 Donors

-$263.61

Donations toward project cost

-$224.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.54

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