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Ms. Hayden from Jamaica Plain, MA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Discover Our World Through Science!

My students need hands-on science materials like microscopes, a greenhouse, a root viewer, ant and worm farms, test tubes, and a scale to discover the world around them.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hayden's classroom raised $498

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

Albert Einstein said, "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." Young children are full of wonder and this sense of wonder must be nurtured and encouraged in order to create problem solvers and thinkers who will one day lead our world.

My urban kindergartners are full of curiosity.

They have questions about anything and everything. Unfortunately, they're daily lives are about survival and trying to get their basic needs met. This does not foster a sense of wonderment in a young child. Our public school does have a science curriculum, but it lacks hands-on experiences that help children make sense of the world around them. My students will hopefully make a change in their community one day. Higher order thinking skills are so important for all children to learn, but for these children, it is an absolute necessity if they are ever going to be leaders and movers.

My Project

These hands-on science materials will help these kindergartners explore the world around them. They will be exposed to different tools and experiences they wouldn't otherwise encounter. They will watch plants grow and observe animal behaviors. They will be able to categorize livings things by their similarities and differences. Questions and discussions will be inspired by these materials. They will discover how things work: both living and nonliving. Most importantly, their sense of wonder will be fostered and expanded upon.

Please help these kindergartners continue to be scientist every day.

Your donations will help these children continue to ask questions and seek answers. By supporting this curiosity, you will help build students problem solving and higher order thinking skills. This will help our world as these children one day grow up to lead it.

Ms. Hayden John F Kennedy Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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.

Jamaica Plain, MA 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CHICK LIFE CYCLE EXPLORATION SET • Frey Scientific, Inc. $31.45 1 $31.45
HSP162 ROOT-VUE FARM EA • Frey Scientific, Inc. $29.65 1 $29.65
GREENHOUSE GREEN THUMB CLASSROOM • Frey Scientific, Inc. $53.95 1 $53.95
HYDROPONICS LAB • ABC School Supply, Inc $17.05 1 $17.05
LARGE CLASSROOM THERMOMETER- - --*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $10.99 1 $10.99
ANT HILL DOUBLE-SIDED VIEWING AREA- - --*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $18.70 1 $18.70
WORM VUE WONDERS- - --*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $32.95 1 $32.95
LADYBUG LAND WITH COUPON FOR LIVE LADYBUGS- - --*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $19.99 1 $19.99
SAFETY GOGGLES ----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $3.99 3 $11.97
PLASTIC TEST TUBES WITH CAPS 12/PK 16ML----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $12.40 1 $12.40
PAN BALANCE----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $22.99 1 $22.99
ALPHASCOPE MICROSCOPE 10X 30X 50X- - --*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $55.34 1 $55.34
PREPARED SLIDES SETS 1 AND 2- - --*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $26.26 1 $26.26

Materials cost

$343.69

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.78

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$422.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.58

Total project goal

$497.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $497.21

7 Donors

-$476.39

Donations toward project cost

-$422.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.76

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.82

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