Help me give my students the opportunity to discover biology in real life by creating a balanced ecosystem for our class axolotl, including an aquarium chiller to keep the water at a consistent temperature!
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hodges's classroom raised $975
This project is fully funded
My Project
Hello and thank you for considering helping my science students to experience biological science in the real world by investing in our mission to adopt an axolotl as our class pet!
This project will directly align with our curriculum to better help them understand and master the standards for the following areas: properties of water that support life on earth, homeostasis, classification of living things, mitosis, adaptations and natural selection, interdependence of organisms, photosynthesis and cellular respiration, food webs and ecosystems!
Axolotls have a unique adaptation that allows for their underwater survival. Most salamanders begin their life cycle as aquatic organisms, and, over time, loose the ability to breathe under water and transition to becoming fully terrestrial. Axolotls are paedomorphic organisms, meaning they remain in this aquatic juvenile state for their entire lives! Because of this, they have adapted to a special set of gills that are located on the outside of their body, which allow them to remove the oxygen from the water around them in order to breathe. Our class can also discover the fundamental relationship between plants and animals in ecosystems as we add plants to our Axolotl’s aquarium. Axolotls, as all animals, release carbon dioxide into their environment upon respiring, as well as other nutrients via expelled waste. These molecules are then consumed by plants in order to help them undergo the process of photosynthesis, releasing oxygen back into the surrounding water for the axolotl to consume. This process is a delicate balance that helps demonstrate the interdependence of various organisms in ecosystems.
These are just a small portion of the endless life lessons my students could learn with having an axolotl as our class pet. Thank you for supporting this educational process and contributing to the development of strategic problem solvers, leaders and life-long learners!
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Materials cost
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Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$11.80
Fulfillment labor & materials
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Total project cost
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Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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Total project goal
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How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$974.78
1 Donor
-$974.78
Donations toward project cost
-$828.56
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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