Please help me provide my students with the tools and resources to design and build hydroponic systems for STEM learning and long-term advancement.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Cala's classroom raised $940
This project is fully funded
My Project
When I enter our school, I often desire to improve the lives of students through proper nutrition.
As a school that strives to make our students college and career-ready upon graduation, what better way to equip them with employable skills than by curating, planting, and caring for various hydroponic systems available around the school?
As part of our Carbon-Neutral Goals and Sustainability-Centered Curriculum, we are striving to educate students on how to build and maintain a hydroponics system for themselves and the surrounding community.
With classes filled all day with hands-on and visual learners, what better way to teach the plant unit than by implementing a hands-on unit that entails growing and caring for hydroponics and compost systems?
To tend to our hydroponic systems as a STEM project, we need pumps, processors for nutrient assessment, sensors, and adapters.
Every bit will help my students vastly improve our school involvement in climate-change education through the use of STEM, engineering, and technology.
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
VIVOSUN 480GPH Submersible Pump(1800L/H, 25W), Ultra Quiet Water Pump with 7.2ft High Lift, Fountain Pump with 5ft Power Cord, 3 Nozzles for Fish Tank, Aquarium, Statuary, Hydroponics Black
• Amazon Business
$16.19
20
$323.80
GeeekPi microbit V2 Club Kit (10 Pack microbit v2 go kit) with 10 BBC Micro:bit V2 Boards, Battery Holders, Micro USB Cable,20 AAA Batteries for Coding and Programming
• Amazon Business
$214.60
1
$214.60
ELECFREAKS microbit Smart Agriculture Kit Micro:bit Sensor Starter Kit Octopus Series Sensor, DIY Programming STEM kit with Basic Coding Electronics Modules and Wiki Tutorial(Without Micro:bit)
• Amazon Business
$56.60
3
$169.80
MOKiN USB C Multiport Adapter for MacBook Air/Pro, Mac Dongle, 9 in 1 USB C to DP Adapter, USB A&C3.0 5Gbps, SD/TF Card Reader, 100W PD, USB C Hub for Dell, Lenovo, HP, etc.
• Amazon Business
$28.99
1
$28.99
72 Sets Rockwool Cubes and Net Pots, 1.2 * 1.2 * 1.5 inch Rock Wool 72 Plugs & 72-Pack 2inch Net Cups for Hydroponics Growing Systemm, Garden Tower Supplies
• Amazon Business
$19.99
1
$19.99
Materials cost
$757.18
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$11.36
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$798.54
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$140.92
Total project goal
$939.46
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$939.46
1 Donor
-$0.00
Donations toward project cost
-$0.00
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