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

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Apollo Revisited: We Go to the Moon!

My project needs 8 NASA moon globes, a moon investigation kit, and a set of moon photographs.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Borders's classroom raised $599

This project is fully funded

I teach Science and an elective Aerospace course at a rural middle school in western Washington. My school serves children from grades 6-8.

Thank you for reading my proposal. I am excited about the opportunity to provide Apollo and moon hands-on activities. Many areas of science such as chemistry and physics are easy to incorporate hands-on activities. Astronomy is more difficult as most everything we study is not within reach. Yet, it is so important to provide these hands-on activities for astronomy as well. As NASA prepares to go to the moon again, students need background knowledge about the Apollo missions and need to engage in hands-on moon activities. In addition, our school district has faced major budget cuts and hands-on materials for science are very difficult to obtain.

My students will become astronomers and solve mysteries about the moon's revolution and rotation and the origins of its features by constructing models and performing experiments. This proposal will enable my students to also engage in a historical study of the moon featuring the Apollo missions. They will use the NASA moon globes along with coordinate graphing skills to locate past landing sites. The best part comes when my students hypothesize, recommend future landing sites, and plan a mission to the moon based on their newly acquired knowledge of the moon!

Your support will enable my students to use hands-on activities, critical thinking skills, and their imagination order to learn about our exploration of the moon and proposal future exploration.

Mrs. Borders Key Peninsula Middle School Grades 6-8

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More than a third of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Official NASA Moon Globe • Nasco $43.77 8 $350.16
Destination: Moon • Delta Education $32.98 1 $32.98
KIT - MOON PHOTOGRAPHS 2/ST • Sargent Welch $15.17 1 $15.17

Materials cost

$398.31

Vendor shipping charges

 $39.83

Sales tax

 $25.89

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$491.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$107.78

Total project goal

$598.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $598.78

3 Donors

-$577.65

Donations toward project cost

-$491.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.13

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