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Ms. Schultz from Richmond VA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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GoPro Cameras for Going Green: Environmental Filmmaking

My students need GoPro cameras and accessories to turn their environmental projects into environmental documentaries!

  • $848 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Our school district is urban and high-poverty; every student in my school is qualified for the federal free lunch program. Our district and school lack many of the tools and opportunities that wealthier schools take for granted: textbooks for every child, working lab equipment, computers and Internet access for all students, transportation when trying to attend afterschool tutoring... yet, we somehow still find ways to make the best of our limited resources!

My students are motivated and WANT to learn - most of them will be the first in their family to go to college, and many of them will even be the first to finish high school.

These kids have risen to the challenges that life presents them, and I am determined to help them meet their academic challenges, too.

My Project

We're an inner-city school; most of my students don't have any experience in the outdoors. In fact, some of them are quite apprehensive and uncomfortable with the idea of doing anything outside in the "wilderness." Luckily, our school is next to a small ephemeral creek and bottomland habitat where my Ecology, Environmental Science, and Biology classes all get do field studies such as plant IDs, water quality testing, and wildlife surveys. My students began to lose their fears when they were exposed to the natural world through their environmental studies! Students have truly taken ownership of this once-scary, neglected habitat next to the school. They have conducted cleanups, removed invasive species, and recorded the recovery of the stream ecosystem after construction severely damaged the streambed. They love to take photos in the field with my old digital camera, and they have used these photos to create presentations of their studies.

With GoPro action cameras, my students will be able to create documentaries about their environmental projects, and use them to inform and intrigue the school and community alike.

They will record their cleanups, studies, and explorations, and use their videos and photography to create digital stories about the importance of healthy ecosystems. If this project is funded, student documentaries will be shown to the school at large, and be hosted on the school and neighborhood social media accounts. My students will be able to share their sense of wonder and their environmental stewardship with the larger world - and maybe change some other child's mind about the "wilderness."

Ms. Schultz
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
GoPro - HERO Session HD Waterproof Action Camera • Best Buy Education $199.99 2 $399.98
COM 3YR W/ADH 100-199.99 DCC GSP • Best Buy Education $59.99 2 $119.98
Dynex? - Essentials Accessory Kit for GoPro Action Camera - Black • Best Buy Education $24.52 2 $49.04
GoPro - Dual USB Vehicle Charger - Black • Best Buy Education $20.99 2 $41.98
EP Memory - GorillaFlash 32GB microSDHC Class 10 Memory Card - Black • Best Buy Education $20.34 2 $40.68
Dynex? - 70'Monopod - Black • Best Buy Education $13.19 1 $13.19
Insignia? - 6'Tripod - Black • Best Buy Education $3.45 2 $6.90
PRO-mounts - Tripod Mount - Black • Best Buy Education $3.42 2 $6.84
Insignia? - Tripod Thread Mount Adapter • Best Buy Education $0.92 2 $1.84

Materials cost

$680.43

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$720.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$127.17

Total project goal

$847.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $847.81

6 Donors

-$419.50

Donations toward project cost

-$364.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.42

match offer

-$419.48

Match offer toward project cost

-$356.56

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.92

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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