Help me give my students engaging books and games to learn about ecosystems.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Gracia's classroom raised $198
This project is fully funded
My Project
Ecosystems are all around us. From an early age, children learn about the biological organisms that live in their communities. For our upcoming ecosystems unit, we would like to include a variety of engaging lessons.
The ecosystems game in this project will provide a learning opportunity about ecosystems while also building social-emotional skills through cooperative play.
Students will be able to explore ecology by playing a science game. They will build ecosystems of wild animals such as bears, foxes, and rabbits, in environments such as streams, forests, and meadows. Students also learn about sustainability and diversity through the choices they make while playing the game. They may then take this knowledge and use it to better understand what they are reading in the ecosystem books also in this project.
While engaging in the ecosystem game with their peers, students will be building their social-emotional skills as they play cooperatively. Learning to play board games together teaches students how to navigate different social situations such as having good sportsmanship as they win or lose.
Six games are requested in this project. This will allow the entire class to play simultaneously. Once all three 4/5th grade classes have learned how to play, two games will be located in each classroom to be used as center activities or free choice play.
More than half of students from low‑income households
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Ecosystem - A Family Card Game about Animals, their Habitats, and Biodiversity - Card Game for Kids 10+ and Adults - Family Games - Kids Board Games for Environmental Science Class - Fun Board Games
• Amazon Business
$15.49
6
$92.94
The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth: Understanding Our World and Its Ecosystems
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
What If There Were No Bees?: A Book About the Grassland Ecosystem (Food Chain Reactions)
• Amazon Business
$8.95
1
$8.95
Earth's Biomes - TIME FOR KIDS® - Educational Book with High-Interest Nonfiction Content (Time for Kids(r) Informational Text)
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Materials cost
$124.87
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$11.43
3rd party payment processing fee
$1.87
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$168.17
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$29.68
Total project goal
$197.85
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$197.85
5 Donors
-$147.85
Donations toward project cost
-$125.67
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$22.18
match offer
-$50.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$42.50
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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