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Mrs. Scotto from Tampa, FL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Our Garden Grow!

Help me give my students the gardening tools they need to unlock exciting new opportunities to learn and grow!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Scotto's classroom raised $262

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

Soil, rocks, insects, and plants, Oh My! My students absolutely love everything nature. At recess they can be found observing butterflies or inspecting rocks and pinecones. Gardening is one of my students' favorite projects and helps enrich our classroom environment in many ways.

Through gardening I can harness my student's intrinsic curiosity about nature to extent our learning about photosynthesis, pollination, types of soils, and so much more.

We also use the garden to conduct many different experiments throughout the year. One of the best aspects of the garden is that student get to experience growing different types of vegetables that they may have never tried before. Our garden supports endless learning opportunities.

Mrs. Scotto Morgan Woods Elementary School Grades 3-5

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Tampa, FL 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

68 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Home-Complete Mini Greenhouse-4-Tier Indoor Outdoor Sturdy Portable Shelves-Grow Plants, Seedlings, Herbs, or Flowers In Any Season-Gardening Rack, Green • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Set of 43 Assorted Vegetable & Herb Seed Packets - Over 10,000 Seeds! - Includes Mylar Storage Bag - Deluxe Garden Heirloom Seeds - 100% Non-GMO • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
NBPLUS Seed Starter Tray with Grow Light, 5 Pack 60 Cells Seed Starter kit with Humidity Dome and Base, Plant Seedling Trays Indoor Greenhouse Gardening Germination kit • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Mini Colorful Metal Hand Shovel, Trowel Set Garden Tools for Flower Soil Planting Digging Transplanting - Ideal Gardening Gift for Kids (Pack of 5) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Bloem Promo Watering Can: 2 Gallon Capacity - Living Green - Durable Resin, Removable Nozzle Spout, Two Handles, Wide Mouth, for Indoor and Outdoor Use, Gardening • Amazon Business $17.59 1 $17.59
Workman Publishing Book, Gardening with Emma: Grow and Have Fun: A Kid-to-Kid Guide - Grades 3-6 - Kids • School Specialty $16.04 1 $16.04
Grenebo Stainless Steel Garden Tools,3 Pieces Gardening Tools with Wood Handle,Rust-Proof Gardening Kit Garden Shovel Garden Rake Garden Trowel,Ideal Gardening Gifts for Women • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
4 Pack Tomato Cage Plant Support Cages for Garden, 18 inches Trellis for Climbing Plants, Upgrade Garden Plant Stakes with Adjustable Ring, Tomato Rings for Support, with Twist Tie • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Let's Get Gardening • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
In a Nutshell: A Life Cycle Nature Book for Kids About Change and Growth (Plants for Children, Gardening for Kids) • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
Green Green: A Community Gardening Story • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt: (Nature Book for Kids, Gardening and Vegetable Planting, Outdoor Nature Book) (Over and Under) • Amazon Business $7.85 1 $7.85
120 pcs Plastic Plant Tags,Ishua T-Type Markers Nursery Garden Labels Stakes for Gardening Green House Humidity Dome Orchard Botanical Garden Assorted Color 2.36"x3.94"inches (6x10 cm) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sensitive Plant Seeds for Planting - Exotic Flower Seeds - Mimosa Pudica Seeds AKA Moving Plant, Shy Plant, Shameful Plant, Touch-me-not - by RDR Seeds • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Mammoth Sunflower Seeds for Planting - Grow Giant Sun Flowers in Your Garden - 50 Non GMO Heirloom Seeds - Full Planting Instructions for Easy Grow - Great Gardening Gifts (1 Packet) • Amazon Business $4.98 1 $4.98

Materials cost

$187.55

Vendor shipping charges

$1.60

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$221.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.17

Total project goal

$261.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$261.13

5 Donors

-$258.19

Donations toward project cost

-$221.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.23

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.94

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$0.00

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