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Ms. D'Amato from Brooklyn NY is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

America's Next Top Astronaut

The cost of sending 132 students and 18 chaperones to the Rose Center for Earth and Space is $414, including <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $428 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.

I am a second grade teacher in the East New York section of Brooklyn. All of my students receive free school lunch. As a way to enrich the second grade curriculum, my colleagues and I would like to embark upon a unit of study on the Solar System with the students. We would like the unit's culminating activity to be a trip to the Rose Center for Earth & Space at the American Museum of Natural History. We would like to expose the students to some of the great things that their city has to offer, while learning more about our unit of study. The Rose Center for Earth & Space offers a show, through which the students can gain perspective of the vastness of our universe, while vividly experiencing a journey through space. Students will have the opportunity to get a better understanding of the cosmos through visualization and experience. We would like for three 2nd grade classes to be able to take part in this wonderful opportunity. There are 65 potential astronauts ready to board!

Ms. D'Amato
Grades PreK-2

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Destination Partipants Total
Rose Center for Earth and Space
(Planetarium trip to see &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;Passport to the Universe&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; at the Rose Center for Earth and; Space) 		60 students and 6 adults $325.00

Trip cost

$325.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$350.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.95

Total project goal

$427.50

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $427.50

1 Donor

-$403.13

Donations toward project cost

-$351.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.13

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$24.92

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 $0.00

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