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Mr. Schali from Gallup NM is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Breaking It Down- A School Wide Composting Project

My students need 15 Compost Heaps, 4 Temperature Probes, and 4 Soil Moisture Meters to help them start composting their school cafeteria vegetable scraps.

  • $546 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Can our students really turn vegetable waste into gold? My students want to try. They have built some mini greenhouses and now need good soil to put in them. Composting the vegetable waste from the school cafeteria should do the trick. This is where science comes into play.

Our school's Southwest high desert location has good soil for sage but bad soil for vegetables.

We also have over 95% of our students coming from minority and/or poverty level households. In order to combine service learning with science, our students want to learn how composting works and at the same time create good soil for our mini-greenhouse by doing hands on science instead of just reading about it.

My Project

In order to discover the science in rotting vegetable matter we need to observe microorganisms with microscopes and monitor the temperature and moisture of the compost heap. We have the microscopes but need the compost temperature and moisture probes in order to do the hands on learning about composting. This is where we need your help. As our school district continues to have its funding cut, outside support becomes more critical to providing hands on learning experiences.

Your donation will make this project become a reality.

Young scientists will learn about science by using it. The test equipment that you help us purchase will allow students to collect real data and learn how to make the best organic soil in town while helping recycle vegetable wastes that would otherwise wind up in a trash pile. It's a win-win situation for everyone.

Mr. Schali
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Compost Heap • AKJ Books $6.97 15 $104.55
THERM COMPOST REOTEMP 0 TO 200 • Lab Safety Supply $62.50 4 $250.00
Pocket Soil Moisture Meter • Sargent-Welch $10.79 4 $43.16

Materials cost

$397.71

Vendor shipping charges

 $25.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$463.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.83

Total project goal

$545.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $545.51

1 Donor

-$272.75

Donations toward project cost

-$231.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.91

match offer

-$272.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$231.84

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.91

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 $0.00

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