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Mr. Kusumoto from Rancho Palos Verdes, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Kusumoto's classroom raised $455

Portable Greenhouse Science II

My students need a set of plant stands to use with their portable greenhouse.

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Mr. Kusumoto Rudecinda S Dodson Middle School
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Grades 6-8

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Each year, 190 seventh-grade students conduct research experiments on a variety of plant species. However, with limited classroom space, only a small number of experiments can be conducted at one time. With an outdoor greenhouse, the students can perform experiments year-round

My students attend a gifted, high-achievement magnet school in California.

The seventh-graders enjoy the challenge that life science provides for them. As their teacher, my job is to develop lessons that meet their need for higher-level thinking skills. Hands-on experimentation has always been an effective way of teaching these skills. Kids today, especially in urban areas, need exposure to horticulture and plant growing techniques. With the discontinuation of our horticulture class this year (a seventh grade elective), students will now have the opportunity to learn hands-on botanical methods in their life science class.

My Project

Do you know where an artichoke comes from? What part of a plant is it from? Most middle school students who live in suburban areas of Southern California wouldn't be able to answer those questions. However, I believe its important for kids to know the value of our nation's agriculture system. How could our nation survive without it? Much of this responsibility falls on us, the educators. We in turn, need support from our community and outside resources to have the materials and supplies to teach our kids.

Allowing students to conduct research on plants, perform experiments, create innovative growing techniques and problem-solve ineffective methods, provides both critical and creative learning opportunities for them.

In addition, students will develop a greater appreciation for science and life in general. Through this project, my students will appreciate the amount of work involved in raising plants for experimentation, as a food source and for their aesthetic value.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

190 students impacted 3 donors
Mr. Kusumoto Rudecinda S Dodson Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA View local requests

More than half 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

190 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sunlighter Plant Display Stand • Nasco $145.75 2 $291.50

Materials cost

$291.50

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.15

Sales tax

 $26.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$386.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.24

Total project goal

$454.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $454.93

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Donations toward project cost

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Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Matching donations from our partners

-$454.93

Match offers toward project cost

-$386.69

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.24

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