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Mrs. Benbrook from Chicago, IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Benbrook's classroom raised $686

Bang, Zoom...Straight To The Moon, Alice!!

My students need 14 Astronomy resources, including games, book sets, activity tubs, kits and a set of space sand.

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Mrs. Benbrook Cardenas Elementary School
Chicago, IL Grades PreK-2

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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.

Like Ralph Kramden told Alice, sometimes I just want to send these kids "Bang, zoom straight to the moon"- through fun, hands-on astronomy lessons...of course! Next year, I will be the Science Lab teacher for grades K through 3 in an economically impoverished neighborhood consisting of mainly Spanish speakers. As I have learned in my 9 years as the Pre-K teacher at this school, language can sometimes be a barrier, especially with the more challenging and abstract subjects. I find that the students learn best through hands-on interactions with interesting educational materials, and quality literature.

The solar system is an exciting (yet abstract) topic that I have a true passion for teaching. Most of our students only know the city we live in, and Mexico; they have not yet learned what else is out there, or that we are only a small piece to a gigantic puzzle. They know that we have different seasons, but don't know why. They understand that it gets dark and light everyday, that the sun and moon are in the sky, but now how and why we have days, weeks, months, and years. While it is a challenging and abstract concept- with the proper tools, and an enthusiastic teacher, it so easily lends itself to scientific inquiry and investigation.

With models, games, literature, and a little elbow grease, I can create a spiraling curriculum that will teach the younger students about day, night and seasons, and the older ones about the properties of Mars. Once we have spent a few weeks (I only see each class 40 minutes per week) learning the basics through the literature, theme boxes, experiments, charts, and graphs, the children will be able to challenge themselves, and each other, with some games.

We can not accomplish this without you! You could help spark the curiosity of the next John Glenn, Neil Armstrong or Sally Ride. Your donation may catapult a student into a NASA program which changes life as we know it...that puts America back in the forefront of science and space exploration. You could be responsible for the ingenuity to make living on the moon possible! But at the very least (which is really the very most) you will be giving these children an opportunity they may not have otherwise had, to learn about space through hands-on exploration and inquiry... to learn about "infinity and beyond!"

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

500 students impacted 5 donors
Mrs. Benbrook Cardenas Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL View local requests

Nearly all 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

500 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Luminous Star Finder - Each • Frey Scientific, Inc. $6.00 1 $6.00
Golden Guide for Planets • Frey Scientific, Inc. $6.95 1 $6.95
Radius™ Interactive Science Kits The Solar System • Frey Scientific, Inc. $59.99 1 $59.99
DD355 - Solar System Activity Tub - Gr. 4-6 • Lakeshore Learning $59.95 1 $59.95
CA427 - Solar System Fact Book Series • Lakeshore Learning $59.50 1 $59.50
EE803 - Can Do! Solar System Game • Lakeshore Learning $16.95 1 $16.95
FF989 - Solar System Activity Tub - Gr. 1-3 • Lakeshore Learning $59.95 1 $59.95
GG868 - Solar System Book Library - Gr. 1-3 • Lakeshore Learning $29.50 1 $29.50
WF212 - Solar System Fact Finder • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
AS531RD - Space Sand Bulk Pack - 1 pound - Red • Lakeshore Learning $7.95 3 $23.85
FF969 - Space Theme Box • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
AS530 - Space Sand Classroom Kit • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
RE973 - Space Theme Book Library • Lakeshore Learning $33.50 1 $33.50
GG333 - Out of This World: Earth & Space Science Game • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95

Materials cost

$495.94

Vendor shipping charges

 $49.59

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$562.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$123.37

Total project goal

$685.37

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $685.37

4 Donors

-$685.37

Donations toward project cost

-$562.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$123.37

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