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Mrs. Gaudiano from Houston TX is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Give Then Light and Watch Them Grow

Help me give my students four AeroGarden 45w LED Grow Light Panels to continue STEM learning by growing plants indoors!

  • $445 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Our students are a fun-loving, energetic bunch of middle school students who attend a magnet school for engineering and STEM in an urban area. Each day our students are involved in real-world problem solving, inquiry-based learning, critical thinking, and collaboration. These students show exceptional determination to succeed. Watching them grow and seeing them excited to learn each day truly makes my job as a teacher so rewarding.

We strive for our students to receive a dynamic and unparalleled education to motivate future engineers, researchers, inventors, leaders, and entrepreneurs of the 21st century.

My Project

Four AeroGarden 45w LED Grow Light Panel will extend my students learning from growing plants from seeds indoors to be placed in their outdoor community garden. Due to severe weather, erratic temperatures, bug invasions, and the est animals that the outdoors offers, their project begins in the classroom growing plants from seeds. Our students want to use Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) to assist them in discovering ways to grow plants indoors and transferring them to the outdoor garden. Providing them with the right equipment to discover, think critically and collaboratively is essential for their success and gives them opportunities to make a difference in their world!

Mrs. Gaudiano
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
AeroGarden 45w LED Grow Light Panel, Black • Amazon Business $85.70 4 $342.80

Materials cost

$342.80

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$377.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.70

Total project goal

$444.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$444.64

3 Donors

-$244.64

Donations toward project cost

-$207.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.70

match offer

-$200.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$170.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

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$0.00

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