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Ms. Shields from Carrollton TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Building a Better World

Help me give my students fort/house-building sets to help us learn about staying safe in our ecosystem.

  • 3 donors
  • $379 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

With these materials-fort/ house-building materials, we will learn and discuss how we can stay warm and safe in our ecosystems.

Our STEM classroom is a great place to learn and discuss how to keep our bodies safe and cared for in all seasons by building shelters, having a fun way to discuss our shelters and ecosystems with this building set will push learning.

We are excited to live in a relatively safe area, but it sometimes gets super cold in winter. We are working hard to learn about our ecosystem and how to stay safe and warm. This unit is all about our houses and things that we use to protect us from the outside environment. I am excited to be able to give all my little students a fun, hands-on learning experience. My communications class loves learning, but sometimes our manipulatives are too small; these big fort pieces will be just right for them to manipulate and learn with the others.

Ms. Shields
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Original Fort Kits (3 Pack) • Make a Fort $251.44 1 $251.44

Materials cost

$251.44

Vendor shipping charges

 $36.88

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$322.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.84

Total project goal

$378.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $378.93

2 Donors

-$360.40

Donations toward project cost

-$322.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.31

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.53

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 $0.00

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