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Ms. Oride from Ewa Beach HI is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Can You Dig It? Let's Be Paleontologists!

Help me give my students individual fossil dig kits to experience excavating fossils at home!

  • $533 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are amazing seven- and eight- year olds who have persevered and adjusted to online distance learning despite all of the obstacles the pandemic has thrown their way. They show up to class every morning, happy and ready to learn.

My Project

We are currently learning about what paleontologists do, how fossils are made, and what they tell us about the past. All of this learning will come together in the culminating experience of student being paleontologist and excavating their very own fossils!

The requested kits consist of fossil bearing mounds, excavation tools, and reference materials about fossils.

With these materials, students will practice using tools to excavate fossils and record information about their dig sites, enabling them put their reading, writing, and science learning into action. Please help me to provide ALL of my students with a shared hands-on experience to engage in meaningful learning.

Ms. Oride
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Real Fossil Identification Lab Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $199.62 2 $399.24

Materials cost

$399.24

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$17.57

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$452.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.91

Total project goal

$532.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$532.71

2 Donors

-$532.71

Donations toward project cost

-$452.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$79.91

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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