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Ms. Lucas from Savannah GA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Rocks and Minerals

My students need actual rocks and minerals as well as books and magnifying glasses to study about the earth.

  • $262 goal

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

How are we supposed to learn about classifying rocks and minerals, if we do not have rocks and minerals to look at and hold?

My students are from an amazing neighborhood school, where the teachers, students and parents work together in order to make every possible learning opportunity memorable for the students.

Our parents, like us, want all children to learn beyond their potential!

My Project

My students need actual rocks and minerals as well as books and magnifying glasses to study about the earth. My students would highly benefit from having books to use their research skills AND having the actual rocks and minerals in hand to classify and identify. It is difficult to learn about something that we cannot read or see! They are so excited about learning new things and I want to continue to see their excitement and I know having hands-on materials would be amazing!

As with most schools, our school is on a tight budget and we only have so much to spend on supplies.

We have the opportunity to study rocks and minerals for one of our science units, however, we do not have any rocks, minerals and only a book or two to learn about them.

Ms. Lucas
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Magnifying Glass Pocket Folding Triple Lens 5x each • Amazon $5.11 10 $51.10
American Educational Classroom Collection of Rocks and Minerals • Amazon $37.70 1 $37.70
National Geographic Kids Everything Rocks and Minerals: Dazzling gems of photos and info that will rock your world • Amazon $9.32 3 $27.96
Geodes: Nature's Treasures • Amazon $17.96 1 $17.96
American Educational Mineral Test Kit with Minerals • Amazon $11.99 1 $11.99
Break Your Own Geodes • Amazon $9.31 1 $9.31
Rocks and Minerals (Eye Wonder) • Amazon $9.08 1 $9.08
4M Crystal Mining Kit • Amazon $8.77 1 $8.77
National Geographic Readers: Rocks and Minerals • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59

Materials cost

$177.46

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $12.24

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$222.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.24

Total project goal

$261.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $261.60

8 Donors

-$130.80

Donations toward project cost

-$111.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.62

match offer

-$130.80

Match offer toward project cost

-$111.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.62

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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