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Ms. L. from DC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

'Dem Bones, 'Dem Bones...

My students need 2 human skeleton models.

  • $240 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

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.

Great kids--no CLUE about their bones! This is a high needs school in which many resources are lacking. The kids are wonderful, and deserve every possible chance to learn and grow!

Six bones in the human body??? At the beginning of the year this is what most of my fourth graders believe: two long leg bones, two long arm bones, one long back/neck bone, and a skull.

Each year I do a unit on the human body. I gather all sorts of resources and even purchase owl pellets so the kids can experience a rodent skeleton. The problem is that all my resources for the HUMAN skeleton are 2-dimensional and do not give the kids a true understanding of how bones look and move in real life.

With these small skeleton models I would have enough models for each student to look at and manipulate the bones and joints! With your generous assistance I'll be enabled to more easily help my kids understand how 206 (not 6!) bones work together in the human body, and how all these bones fulfill their purposes of providing structure, protection, and support to the body.

Ms. L.
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
17 HUMAN SKELETON MODEL • Teacher's School Supply $75.75 2 $151.50

Materials cost

$151.50

Vendor shipping charges

$15.15

Sales tax

$8.71

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$196.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.02

Total project goal

$239.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$239.02

3 Donors

-$0.00

Donations toward project cost

-$0.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

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$239.02

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