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Mrs. Kopecki from Wethersfield, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Discover the Beauty of Nature Watching Our Sunflower Seeds Grow!

Help me give my students the opportunity to discover, inspire and celebrate nature as we learn how to grow plants in our classroom with a Growlab, potting soil and seeds.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Kopecki's classroom raised $953

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are eager, bright, and like all students, excited to experience all the current learning that this 21st century can bring them. They love art each week, walking into our art classroom with huge smiles and open hearts, always ready to explore the arts. "The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create." –President Barack Obama

Curious, creative, artistic, and ready to explore art across the curriculum!

This describes my student population. I teach art education to over 485 students per week. I teach all the students in our predominantly neighborhood school.

As an educator, I am always on a quest to teach my students skills that will help them both in school and in life beyond. We love discovering innovative ways to connect art to other subjects and create a safe and caring environment in our classroom for all students. Science, technology, math, social studies, engineering, language arts, literacy, yes, Art can connect with them all!

My Project

Our new Growlab will be such a wonderful addition to the art classroom, bright, cheery, and full of life! My students will love being involved in the growing process, discovering the beauty and magic of Mother Nature. They will see all the hard work, effort and energy it takes to transform a tiny seed, a sunflower seed, into a magnificent sunflower, one of the most spectacular flowers to children. Monitoring each step of the way will be done with illustrations, as students discover how to draw what they see happening. Potting soils and plastic pots will be needed for the growing process. Gardening has always been very magical for me and I know my children will feel the same way.

Creating life long learners of Mother Nature is truly critical and important for our students today!

They need to see that the earth is their responsibility and how growing something so simple as a sunflower does make a difference to their environment. Mother Nature is truly beautiful and I know my students feel this but this project will let them truly know this. A great Chinese quote sums it up best, "Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand."

Mrs. Kopecki Highcrest Elementary School Grades 3-5 Wethersfield, CT View local requests 200 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Growers Supply Indoor Garden, 23 x 54 x 40 in • Frey Scientific $557.84 1 $557.84
Potting Soil, 8 Liters • Frey Scientific $5.84 10 $58.40
Delta Education Peat Pots - 2.25 inches - Pack of 60 • Frey Scientific $5.69 6 $34.14
Augshy 110 Pcs 4" Plastic Plants Nursery Pot,Seed Starting Pots • Amazon Business $8.95 2 $17.90
NatureZ Edge 1300+ Sunflower Seeds Variety Pack, Sunflower Seeds for Planting, Get More Sunflower Seeds to Plant, Non-GMO • Amazon Business $12.87 1 $12.87
Seed Needs, Bulk Package of 1,000+ Seeds, Sunflower Crazy Mixture 15+ Varieties (Helianthus annuus) Non-GMO • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00

Materials cost

$691.15

Vendor shipping charges

 $78.05

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$809.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$142.87

Total project goal

$952.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $952.44

3 Donors

-$948.91

Donations toward project cost

-$809.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$139.34

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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