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Dr. Diane Smith from Jackson, MS is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Grow A Green Thumb… Help the Environment

Help me give my students a deeper understanding of how the stages of the lifecycle interrelate by looking at the lifecycle of the Fast Plants from seed germination to seed production.

FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Diane Smith's classroom raised $191

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My Project

What I love most about my students is that they have a love of learning, a passion for knowledge a hunger to develop and grow academically. Receiving the Carolina’s Biological Fast Wisconsin Plant Growth and Development Kit will serve two purposes. One, my students will be able to understand the nature of the dependency among organisms and their environment. Two, due to inclement weather and serve storms in our area, students lost one week of school equaling one week of learning. Under the conditions of light and water, the brassicas seeds have a super-fast generation cycle of 35 to 40 days. Students will be able to regain lost learning time due to the weather, while gathering evidence and using scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction.

The specific goal for studying about plant growth is to help students think up and share with their peers new ways to produce enough nutritious food for a growing world population.

A second goal is for my students to research and learn about sustainable cropping practices to produce healthful food while protecting the environment.

Finally, students will investigate new methods to fight plant diseases.

Dr. Diane Smith Power Academic Performing Arts Grades 3-5

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

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

34 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Artificial Selection Materials Kit for AP Example Labs • Carolina Biological Supply Company $88.83 1 $88.83
Cross-Sectional Plant Cell Model • Carolina Biological Supply Company $21.51 1 $21.51
The Tiny Seed • Amazon Business $7.07 1 $7.07
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living Things Grow (Magic School Bus TV) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$121.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $8.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$161.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.54

Total project goal

$190.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $190.26

2 Donors

-$190.26

Donations toward project cost

-$161.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.54

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 $0.00

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