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Ms. Ladefoged from Los Angeles, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Chemical Engineers Tackling Plastic Pollution Problems!

Help me give my students the opportunity to act as chemical engineers to tackle real world problems with plastic!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Ladefoged's classroom raised $962

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My students will use the Engineering Design Process to solve one of the biggest problems facing our Earth, plastic pollution! Students will learn about decomposition rates and how certain plastics harden our planet more than others. They will work together to find the best plastic compound that is environmentally friendly to our earth. I want my students to learn about sustainability and how we do our part to help the Earth.

Students will use their chemical engineering skills to explore problems created by traditional plastic materials.

My students will engineer bioplastics, plastics made from plant-based materials, as a potential solution to current plastic problems.

Ms. Ladefoged Grant Elementary School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Los Angeles, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

30 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Plants to Plastic Engineering Bioplastics Materials Kit • EIE Engineering is Elementary $549.00 1 $549.00
Plants to Plastic Engineering Bioplastics Educator Guide Print + Digital 1yr • EIE Engineering is Elementary $109.00 1 $109.00

Materials cost

$658.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $59.22

Sales tax

 $60.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$817.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$144.23

Total project goal

$961.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $961.53

1 Donor

-$961.53

Donations toward project cost

-$817.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$144.23

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