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Mrs. Austin from Grove OK is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Escaping the Classroom by Stepping up our Game

Help me give my students I would absolutely love to give my kids the dream classroom and hands on opportunities they never thought possible.

  • $1,048 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I would love for you to join me in making our upcoming units engaging and allowing our kids to have hands-on opportunities in science, writing and reading.

My kids love anything outside of the box and entertaining!

We laugh, learn, joke and play together on a daily basis in class. Some of my students come from low socioeconomic status homes, so I try to provide them with opportunities that they may not have at home. Our class is like a family, we work in small groups on projects and as a team to accomplish our skills and goals in class daily. Choice is huge in our class, I try to allow them to pick how and where they will complete tasks and include a variety of different choices to accommodate different learning styles. Kids have determination and grit when they can choose how to complete tasks, which in turn drives them to complete rigorous tasks in our classroom.

My Project

Every day is a new day and should be an adventure! In class we try to dig deep into our books by researching the story, setting, characters, information/places, music/art/sports/people, experiments and actually trying to put ourselves “into the book.” We do virtual field trips and are constantly researching in class to learn as much as we can about the skills and material we are learning.

The pandemic has put strain on so many kids, families and schools.

We work hard daily to accomplish goals and strive to be the best in everything we do. We are determined to learn new skills and build on the ones we already know.

Kids today still need to be kids, they must learn through innovative and creative ways. These items will allow them the chance to not only read, research and discuss skills in class for reading, science and writing but also to apply them in real life and hands-on experiences. Our kids need and deserve it! Work hard, play hard is our philosophy at school and in our class. Kids light up and glow when they do great things, I can hardly wait to see their faces as we could provide teachable moments and memories while learning valuable content!

Mrs. Austin
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
600g x 0.01g Digital LCD Analytical Balance Laboratory School Scale with USB Charger AC/DC Adapter • Amazon Business $29.97 3 $89.91
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Glowing Marble Run – 150 Piece Construction Set with 30 Glow in the Dark Glass Marbles, Mesh Storage Bag, Great Creative STEM Toy for Girls and Boys • Amazon Business $64.99 1 $64.99
Really Good Stuff Comprehension Board Game Trio (3 Games): Cause and Effect, Fact or Opinion & Context Clues – Grades 4–5 • Amazon Business $61.33 1 $61.33
Ravensburger Gravitrax Starter Set Marble Run & STEM Toy For Kids Age 8 & Up - Endless Indoor Activity for Families • Amazon Business $59.95 1 $59.95
Comprehension Game Trio: Main Idea, Summary & Inference - Grades 2-3 • Amazon Business $59.34 1 $59.34
PAPERAGE 48-Pack Composition Notebook Journals, Kraft Cover with Rainbow Spines, 120 Pages, Lined Paper, Small Size (8 in x 5.75 in) – for School, Office, or at-Home Use • Amazon Business $55.95 1 $55.95
30 Pieces Mini Led Flashlight Keychain Portable 5 Bulb LED Flashlight for Camping Party Favors • Amazon Business $22.99 2 $45.98
SUPERLELE Glass Graduated Cylinder Set 10ml 25ml 50ml 100ml, Thick Glass Beaker Set 50ml 100ml 250ml with 2 Droppers • Amazon Business $20.99 2 $41.98
STEM Newton’s Science Kit; physics for kids; experiments to understand the first law of motion, gravity, friction, inertia and more • Amazon Business $37.09 1 $37.09
Unirolic Classic Building Bricks Set, 1546 Pieces Basic Building Blocks with Wheels, STEM Creative Compatible with All Major Brands, Ideal Educational Toy for Kids Teens • Amazon Business $31.99 1 $31.99
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Earth Science Kit - Over 15 Science Experiments & STEM Activities for Kids, Crystal Growing, Erupting Volcanos, 2 Dig Kits & 10 Genuine Specimens, an AMAZON EXCLUSIVE Science Kit • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
24 Pack Multicolor Pens, DRPHKTT 6-in-1 Multicolor Retractable Ballpoint Pens with 0.7mm, Funny Pen Gifts for Kids, Teens, Students, Cool Pen Gifts for Children's Day, Birthday, Christmas (24) • Amazon Business $14.89 2 $29.78
Mechanical Pencils, Shuttle Art 210 Pack Bulk Mechanical Pencils 0.7mm Medium Point, HB #2 Lead, Assorted Barrels, Office School Supplies • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
LEARNING ADVANTAGE Spying Parts of Speech - Board Games for Kids - Word Games - In-Home Learning - Sentence Building • Amazon Business $27.56 1 $27.56
LEARNING ADVANTAGE Spying Parts of Speech - Board Games for Kids - Word Games - In-Home Learning - Sentence Building • Amazon Business $27.56 1 $27.56
APLANET Plastic Graduated Cylinders and Beakers, 10ml, 25ml, 50ml, 100ml Cylinders with 50ml, 100ml, 250ml, 500ml, 1000ml Beakers and 1 Tube Brush, Ideal for Home and School Science Lab • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Playz Electrical Circuit Board Engineering Kit for Kids with 25+ STEM Projects Teaching Electricity, Voltage, Currents, Resistance, & Magnetic Science | Gift for Children Age 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ • Amazon Business $24.73 1 $24.73
Edupress Inference School Days Game, Blue Level (EP60801) • Amazon Business $21.95 1 $21.95
Elenco Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100 Electronics Exploration Kit, Over 100 Projects, Full Color Project Manual, 30 + Snap Circuits Parts, STEM Educational Toy for Kids 8 + , Black • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99

Materials cost

$785.04

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $63.98

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$890.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$157.20

Total project goal

$1,048.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,048.00

2 Donors

-$1,048.00

Donations toward project cost

-$890.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$157.20

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