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Ms. Sharmela from Brooklyn, NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Gardening: Creating a Pollinator Paradise!

Help me give my students gardening supplies to build and maintain a pollinator garden.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Sharmela's classroom raised $248

This project is fully funded

My Project

My students are so very excited about learning...especially about science! They are eager to study, research, and jump in to work as a team to explore hands-on, real life experiences. With your generous donation we hope to create a garden by planting flowering seeds in our school's garden. We hope to observe pollinators as they work to beautify our area.

An outdoor pollinator garden is an extension of the science classroom.

With these flowering seeds, our garden will provide opportunities to educate our students about the life cycle of a butterfly, allowing them to view each stage of growth and explore the intricate relationships of plants and animals. It will also attract other pollinators, giving the students more opportunity to learn about ecosystems and how animals/insects get energy from plants.

The goals for the pollinator garden are to benefit both local wildlife as well as students and teachers. We will create a native plant pollinator garden that will provide habitat and food sources for birds, butterflies, bees and insects; and we will double the observed species of pollinators within two years.

Ms. Sharmela PS 316 Elijah G Stroud Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than half 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

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Herb Garden Hydroponics Growing System - HidroPony 12 Pods Indoor Gardening System with LED Grow Light, Plants Germination Kit, Auto Timer, Ideal Gardening Gifts for Women • Amazon Business $69.99 1 $69.99
Hydroponics Growing System Indoor Garden - Herb Garden with Grow Light, 15 Pods Stainless Steel Indoor Garden Kit, Auto Timer, Gardening Gift for All Ages • Amazon Business $65.99 1 $65.99
Hahood 80 Pieces Peat Pots Seed Starters 4 Inch Peat Pots Round Biodegradable Seed Starting Pots with 80 Plant Labels, Planter Nursery Pots with Drainage Holes for Vegetable Seed • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
English Lavender Flower Seeds for Planting - 10000+ English Lavender Vera Herb Seeds in Premium - Attracts Pollinators - Non GMO • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
2300+ Seeds Perpetual Strawberry Four Seasons Strawberry Seeds Fruit Seed for Planting Heirloom Non-GMO Seed for Hydroponic Garden Sweet High Yields • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95

Materials cost

$177.91

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$210.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.16

Total project goal

$247.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$247.74

3 Donors

-$111.04

Donations toward project cost

-$108.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.50

match offer

-$120.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$102.04

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.01

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.65

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$0.00

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