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Mrs. Palacios from Acton CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Baby Bugs: Insect Genetics!

My students need egg cartons, colorful markers, pom-poms, pipe cleaners and google-eyes.

  • $213 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students are explorers, mathematicians, scientists, and authors! They love to learn and experience the world around them through hands-on activities.

My students are enthusiastic, fun-loving and energetic learners!

They are learning to make smart choices and to solve their own problems. They love to teach each other and to work together to meet their learning goals.

My students are always active and engaged in learning. They learn best when they are actively participating in their own learning. This project will help our class do just that!

My Project

My students are learning how baby animals are alike and different from their parents. They need various art materials to create baby insects based on the known traits of their bug parents. They will use egg cartons to form the bodies of a baby insects and will use pipe cleaners to form antennae and legs. The pom-poms will be used to create insect body parts and the google-eyes will add eyes to the creations. Markers will be used to add authentic colors to the bug creations. If the Mommy bug and the Daddy bug both have green antennae, for example, then the baby bug will also have green antennae.

My students will have the opportunity to build models of baby bugs based on the traits of their parents.

This project will help support Next Generation Science Standards through inquiry based learning! We can't wait to get started!

Mrs. Palacios
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mr. Sketch Scented Stix Marker School Pack • Nasco $76.95 1 $76.95
Egg Carton Art Classroom Pack • Nasco $16.95 1 $16.95
Pacon Polyester Stems - Box of 1000 • Nasco $16.15 1 $16.15
Giant Pom-Pom Assortment • Nasco $7.50 1 $7.50
Nasco Stick-Eyes Assortment - Pkg. of 480 • Nasco $7.10 1 $7.10

Materials cost

$124.65

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.46

Sales tax

 $11.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$180.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.83

Total project goal

$212.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $212.22

2 Donors

-$147.52

Donations toward project cost

-$133.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.88

match offer

-$55.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$46.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.70

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 $0.00

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