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Mrs. Thomas from Tooele, UT is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exploring Insects

Help me give my students the opportunity to explore the anatomy of worms by dissecting a worm themselves with Carolinas Perfect Solution Earthworms.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Thomas's classroom raised $693

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students attend a German Dual Language Immersion School. This is their second year with learning German. They love having German and English classes every day. Sometimes they will start speaking in German to me even though I am their English teacher.

My Project

As students learn about animals and insects and their habitats in 2nd grade it would be wonderful to have living insects in the classroom that they can make observations on first hand. This would be made possible through the ant farms.

The worms give each student the opportunity to explore the inside of an insect and kits could also be sent home in case we have online school again due to COVID.

We did this last year and many parents and students were dissecting worms at home and still talk about this experience and what they learned and discovered.

Mrs. Thomas West Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Tooele, UT View local requests

More than a third of 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Carolinas Perfect Solution Earthworms, Plain, Unit of 100 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $62.10 3 $186.30
Ants, Living, Unit of 100-200 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $36.40 2 $72.80
Backyard Books - Set of 8 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $51.26 1 $51.26
GeoSafari(r) Ant Factory • Kaplan Early Learning Company $42.26 1 $42.26
Earthworms, (Lumbricus terrestris), Living, Large, Pack of 25 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $20.16 2 $40.32
Ant Farm Kit, Giant • Carolina Biological Supply Company $40.18 1 $40.18
Ant Life Cycle Stages Model Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $9.46 2 $18.92

Materials cost

$452.04

Vendor shipping charges

 $99.78

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$588.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.87

Total project goal

$692.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $692.47

1 Donor

-$692.47

Donations toward project cost

-$588.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$103.87

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