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Ms. Brady from Knoxville, TN is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Butterflies in the Library

Help me give my students the joy of seeing caterpillars turn into butterflies.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Brady's classroom raised $186

This project is fully funded

My Project

When most people think of school libraries, they do not think about science experiments. However, the school library is the perfect spot to reach every student in the school since they all come for library class each week. Many library classes focus on sharing stories and/or learning how to research and with this project, we will be doing both.

My students will be excited to see the caterpillars transform into butterflies and will want to learn more about these amazing insects.

I envision doing mini research projects even with the youngest learners. They will be eager to listen to books such as the Impatient Caterpillar series and The Very Hungry Caterpillar and discuss facts vs. fiction in those stories. I think they will be so engaged that they will not even realize how much they are learning.

Ms. Brady Bearden Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Knoxville, TN View local requests 400 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Insect Lore Butterfly Garden Kit – 10 Live Caterpillars, Habitat, STEM Journal, 2 Chrys-a-lid Holding Logs & Feeder – Grow & Release Painted Lady Butterflies – Educational Science Toy • Amazon Business $38.77 1 $38.77
Insect Lore Butterfly Garden with Prepaid Voucher to Redeem Live Caterpillars | Farm Style Ultra-Clear Dome Habitat | Give as Gift with No-Fee Voucher for 5 Live Baby Painted Lady Caterpillars • Amazon Business $30.00 1 $30.00
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Butterfly Growing Kit - Butterfly Habitat Kit with Voucher to Redeem 5 Caterpillars (S&H Not Included), Butterfly Cage, Feeder (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $15.61 1 $15.61
Make Way for Butterfly (A Very Impatient Caterpillar Book) • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
The Little Butterfly That Could (A Very Impatient Caterpillar Book) • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
The Very Impatient Caterpillar (A Very Impatient Caterpillar Book) • Amazon Business $11.33 1 $11.33
How Does a Caterpillar Change?: Life Cycles with The Very Hungry Caterpillar (The World of Eric Carle) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$125.68

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FREE

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$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$157.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.81

Total project goal

$185.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$185.38

2 Donors

-$185.38

Donations toward project cost

-$157.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.81

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$0.00

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