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Ms. Pierce from Salt Lake City UT is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Hey Dude, Let's Extrude!

Help me give my students an extruder to make clay shapes and coils for our pottery classes.

  • $767 goal

This project expired on March 31, 2021.

This project expired on March 31, 2021.

My Students

We are a community of inquisitive and thoughtful learners. In art classes, we make our own art, we learn to share, to collaborate, and to speak tactfully about each other's creations. We also learn about the elements of art and art history.

Through art, we learn more about math, science, literacy, and our place in the world.

Our school serves 7th and 8th graders who range from 11-14 years old. We are a racially diverse, inner-city school where 76% of students are English language learners. Our population consists of 84% low-income students, 9% are homeless, and 27% are special education students. Eighty-five percent of our students function with 3-4 risk factors including poverty, homelessness, single-parent families, domestic violence, gangs, learning disabilities, and being a racial minority.

My Project

With this tool, students will create pottery projects more quickly, consistently, and with ease. An extruder is a ceramics tool used to form clay coils or other shapes. Students will load clay into this tool and pull down the lever. The clay squeezes through a die, and shapes are extruded from the bottom of the tool. It's both fun and inspiring.

I am excited about the innovative projects students will design and create with this extruder.

Students will be less frustrated with clay as a medium and instead, this tool will open opportunities to make coil pots a breeze.

Ms. Pierce
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
North Star Stainless Extruder Package • Nasco $557.50 1 $557.50

Materials cost

$557.50

Vendor shipping charges

$55.75

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$651.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$114.99

Total project goal

$766.60

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