Books and Butterflies! An Outdoor Learning Space Designed by Students
Help me give my students the opportunity to design and build an outdoor learning space!
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Thielen's classroom raised $668
This project is fully funded
My Project
NLA is an environmentally-focused charter school. Our curriculum is centered around the five pillars of environmental education: awareness, knowledge, attitudes, skills and action. The seeds, plants, and landscaping fabric will help us expand our curriculum in all these areas and create a permanent space for students to gather outside for learning activities.
This project not only funds an outdoor learning space; it will fund a project-based learning initiative for our school's transition students, who thrive with hands-on learning tasks.
The space will be entirely designed by these students, who will reach into several content areas to complete the task: they will use their biology skills to research native Minnesota plants, their math skills to design the garden and project how much soil and mulch will be needed, and their language arts skills to create signage teaching users of the garden about the natural elements that surround them.
As people who have chosen to attend an environmentally-focused charter school, my students love and expect to be outside. They are the most kind, creative, hard-working, and enthusiastic people I have ever met, and they deserve a beautiful outdoor learning space.
More than half 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
EXTRAEASY Garden Weed Barrier Landscape Fabric,Weed Block Fabric Heavy Duty 3.2OZ,Woven Mulch for Landscaping Ground Cover Weed Control Fabric, Black Garden Bed Liner 3ft X 250ft
• Amazon Business
$59.99
6
$359.94
Eden Brothers All Perennial Wildflower Mixed Seeds for Planting, 1 lb, 480,000+ Seeds with Lupine, Shasta Daisy | Attracts Pollinators, Plant in Spring or Fall, Zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
• Amazon Business
$55.32
1
$55.32
American Beauties Native Plants - Aster 'Alma Potchke' (New England Aster) Perennial, hot pink, #2 - Size Container
• Amazon Business
$23.77
1
$23.77
American Beauties Native Plants - Aster novae-angliae 'Vibrant Dome' (New England Aster) Perennial, hot pink, #2 - Size Container
• Amazon Business
$23.05
1
$23.05
Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome' (New England Aster) Perennial, purple flowers, #2 - Size Container
• Amazon Business
$21.08
1
$21.08
Nature's Way Bird Products PWH1-B Purple Bee House
• Amazon Business
$9.30
2
$18.60
HOVEOX 80Pcs Bamboo Plant Labels Wooden Plant Sign Tags Wood Garden Plant Tag Vegetable Garden Markers T-Type Plant Tags with a Marker Pen (Flower Shape)
• Amazon Business
$12.99
1
$12.99
100+ Rare Blue Daisy Colorful Flowers Seeds Garden Plants
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
800+ Butterfly Milkweed Seeds for Planting, Swamp Milkweed(Asclepias curassavica) 4 Pack of 200 Seeds Each Heirloom, Non-GMO
• Amazon Business
$6.39
1
$6.39
Materials cost
$529.13
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$7.94
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$567.07
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$100.07
Total project goal
$667.14
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$667.14
10 Donors
-$660.08
Donations toward project cost
-$567.07
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Thielen and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.
