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Mr. Garner from Newark DE is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Classroom Aquaponic Tilapia Garden Farm

Help me give my students the life experiences they need to move forward and grow their own food in an urban or suburban settings. We will need lights T5 grow bulbs, holding tanks, Grow out tanks and Pumps.

  • $314 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

We at Gauger- Cobbs are a traditional middle are a have a very diverse population roughly 30% White 30% Black 30% Hispanic and 10 % other. we are a title 1 School where all kids get free breakfast & lunch.

I love all of our kids here , and we strive to be the best we can and pay it forward.

My Project

I will create a fully sustainable aqua cultural growing system, growing foods, such a strawberries, tomatoes, greens while simultaneously growing of tilapia fish to market size. This Stem activity will encourage basic engineering skills and will incorporate urban agricultural practice.

Having these hands on aqua cultural systems in class will encourage our students to grow their own food and shrink themselves/their families carbon footprint.

The idea is to teach kids how to grow their own food. the light bulbs are a must and so are the funnel tanks for separating solid fish waste. The pumps are a needed input to move the water.

Most importantly is teaching our Low income kids to reach their own food.

Mr. Garner
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Aquarium Pump and Power Head, Maxi-Jet 1200 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $52.96 4 $211.84

Materials cost

$211.84

Vendor shipping charges

$21.18

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$266.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.98

Total project goal

$313.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$313.18

4 Donors

-$313.18

Donations toward project cost

-$266.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.98

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$0.00

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