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Mrs. Swan from Everett WA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Students Engage in Map Making

My students need materials for hands on map making. They will use paper and colored pencils to create 2 dimensional maps and clay to make 3 dimensional maps.

  • $630 goal

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My Students

Hands on learning is the way to go! Learning about your state while sitting in a desk reading a text book or completing a worksheet is NOT always appropriate for learners. Engagement is the key!

Our school is an under performing Title 1 school striving to improve.

Our students have made great gains in the past few years and love to learn. Students need memorable ways to learn, not wrote memorization. Our students are often lacking the materials for these projects.

My Project

Students need prior knowledge and visual cues to help them learn. Our Washington state unit will be more effective if students have a good grasp of the state's physical features before they can really dig into the agricultural, economic and historical features. Students will be creating a 2 dimensional maps with paper and colored pencils and also a relief type map with clay. I have included materials to help them keep the project organized.

Students remember these types of projects well into the future.

I believe that they will gain more knowledge and retain it. Reluctant learners and much more likely to be engaged in learning with hands on projects. This project should help engage all the learners in the classroom.

Mrs. Swan
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Crayola Air Dry Clay 5 Lb Bucket, White • Amazon $8.99 10 $89.90
Crayola Colored Pencils Long 12 In A Pack (Pack of 12) 144 Pencils Total • Amazon $25.98 3 $77.94
Prismacolor Scholar Colored Pencil Sharpener (1774266) • Amazon $1.99 30 $59.70
School Smart Zippered Vinyl Pouch for Two or Three Ring Binders - Pack of 24 - Clear and White • Amazon $27.19 2 $54.38
Photographing Washington • Amazon $21.13 2 $42.26
Elmer's Foam Boards, 16 x 20 Inches, Black/Black Core, 3-Count (950025) • Amazon $11.11 3 $33.33
Washington (America) • Amazon $15.29 2 $30.58
Washington • AKJ Books $21.89 1 $21.89
Washington State (eBook) • AKJ Books $16.00 1 $16.00
Washington State History (eBook) • AKJ Books $16.00 1 $16.00
Good Night Washington State • AKJ Books $8.96 1 $8.96
Washington State History Lapbook (eBook) • AKJ Books $7.50 1 $7.50

Materials cost

$458.44

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$40.11

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$535.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.49

Total project goal

$629.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$629.92

2 Donors

-$629.92

Donations toward project cost

-$535.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.49

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$0.00

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