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Mrs. Torrez from Long Beach CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bring Our Science Instruction to Life!

Help me give my students a working fish tank for fish, snails, and other creatures to help them study our environment.

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My Project

My students are hands-on, hard-working little observers. We are learning all about the world around us and how our earth is ALIVE!

Help me give my students living creatures to care for so they can learn about what all humans need to survive and the impact we have on each other.

These items will turn our very-basic tank into a working, hospitable place for snails, crayfish, and snails. I am also requesting books and other materials to further our study of living creatures and teach our students to care for our environment and the wonderful living things that inhabit it!

Mrs. Torrez
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
It's a Wonderful World: How to Protect the Planet and Change the Future • Amazon Business $14.16 1 $14.16
A Book for Escargot • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Over and Under the Pond: (Environment and Ecology Books for Kids, Nature Books, Children's Oceanography Books, Animal Books for Kids) • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Plastic Bag's Journey: A heartwarming Children's book for young readers who love adventure and care about the environment. • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
I Am a Bee: A Book About Bees for Kids (I Am Learning: Educational Series for Kids) • Amazon Business $10.93 1 $10.93
UPETTOOLS Aquarium Biochemical Sponge Filter Ultra Quiet Aquarium Air Pump Bio Sponge Fish Tank Foam Filter Comes with 4/2 Sponges 4/2of Bio Ceramic Media Balls • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Let's Look at Snails (Lightning Bolt Books ® ― Animal Close-Ups) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Fish for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Diverse Habitats, Colorful Species, and Life Underwater • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Look, a Clown Fish! (Bumba Books ® ― I See Ocean Animals) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Aihotim Log Resin Hollow Tree Trunk Ornament, Fish Tank Decoration Wood House Aquarium Hideout Caves Decorations for Betta, Turtles, Small Lizards, Reptiles, Amphibians up to 20 Gallon Tank • Amazon Business $8.19 1 $8.19
Are You a Snail? (Backyard Books) • Amazon Business $8.09 1 $8.09
Fish (Bullfrog Books: My First Pet) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Aquarium/Terrarium Ventilated Cover for 1 1/2 gal • Carolina Biological Supply Company $7.44 1 $7.44
PietyPet Fish Tank Accessories Green Plants, 10pcs Green Fish Tank Decorations, Aquarium Decor Plastic Plants • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Thermometer LCD Sticks on Outside of Aquarium Tank • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.80 1 $6.80
Delta Education Fish Food, Pellet, 1.6 Ounce - Elementary - Kids • School Specialty $5.92 1 $5.92
Aquarium Gravel 1 lb • Carolina Biological Supply Company $5.26 1 $5.26
I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (Little Green Books) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$162.09

Vendor shipping charges

$22.49

Sales tax

$14.83

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$231.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.91

Total project goal

$272.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$272.75

1 Donor

-$10.00

Donations toward project cost

-$8.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

PNC Grow Up Great® match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

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$252.75

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