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Mr. Melgar from Los Angeles CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Spring Special Super Science Spectacular!

My students need presentation boards, various colored duct tape, envelopes and pens.

  • $400 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." And that is exactly what I am trying to instill in my students.

It is January and over the last five months, I have not seen a group of students grow as much as I have seen these twenty-seven 3rd graders grow!

They all came into the class with varied strengths and weaknesses. Some enjoyed school and some loathed it. However, I can say that today, they have all become resilient, ambitious, and little thriving scholars in our little classroom community.

My Project

Daily we work to challenge ourselves and each other so that we can become the better and best versions of ourselves. We have begun our weekly science investigations, which is a precursor to our own individual science exploration to come. With our science presentation boards, assorted duct tape, pens and envelopes that we are requesting, we will be able to visually share our projects. We will be asking questions that we will answer based on our hypothesis. We will identify the materials that we need and explain the procedures. Our results will be graphed and explained and conclusions will be drawn.

With so much emphasis on reading and math, there has been little time for other content areas.

Science is an area that requires both reading, writing and math and is exciting for the students because they get to dig in and explore. With your support, my students can bring their experiments to life and showcase their research and finding at our first annual Spring Special Super Science eXperiment Spectacular!

Mr. Melgar
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pacon 4-Color Assorted Presentation Boards • Quill.com $16.99 8 $135.92
Duck Tape Brand Colored Duct Tape Red • Quill.com $5.94 2 $11.88
Duck Tape Brand Colored Duct Tape Neon Green • Quill.com $3.73 3 $11.19
Great Papers Gift Present #10 Envelopes 40/Pack • Quill.com $5.52 2 $11.04
Paper Mate Profile Retractable Ballpoint Pen Blue • Quill.com $10.19 1 $10.19
Paper Mate Profile Retractable Ballpoint Pen Black • Quill.com $10.19 1 $10.19
Duck Tape Brand Colored Duct Tape Electric Blue • Quill.com $5.09 2 $10.18
Duck Tape Brand Colored Duct Tape Blue • Quill.com $5.09 2 $10.18
Duck Tape Brand Colored Duct Tape Yellow • Quill.com $5.09 2 $10.18
Duck Colored Duct Tape Purple • Quill.com $5.09 2 $10.18
Duck Tape Brand Colored Duct Tape Black • Quill.com $4.67 2 $9.34
Duck Brand Fun Duct Tape Black Checker, 1.88" x 10 Yards • Quill.com $5.94 1 $5.94
Duck Tape Brand Colored Duct Tape Zebra Print • Quill.com $5.94 1 $5.94
Duck Brand Fun Duct Tape Paint Splat, 1.88" x 10 Yards • Quill.com $5.52 1 $5.52
Duck Brand Fun Duct Tape Graffiti, 1.88" x 10 Yards • Quill.com $5.52 1 $5.52
Duck Tape Brand Colored Duct Tape Blue Tie Dye • Quill.com $5.52 1 $5.52
Duck Tape Brand Colored Duct Tape Leopard Print • Quill.com $5.52 1 $5.52
Duck Brand Fun Duct Tape Rainbow, 1.88" x 10 Yards • Quill.com $5.52 1 $5.52

Materials cost

$279.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$25.62

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$339.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.96

Total project goal

$399.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$399.73

6 Donors

-$380.97

Donations toward project cost

-$339.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.20

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.76

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$0.00

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