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Mrs. Martinez from Montebello, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Lab Experiment With...Owl Vomit?!

Help me give my students a hands-on approach to learning about food chains!

  • $954 goal

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Hooray! 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 Project

Help me fund this hands-on lab experiment for my students involving owl pellets. Students will be learning about food chains, webs, and pyramids. My students will study how these things all contribute to the transfer of energy within all ecosystems. Students will be able to explore and analyze their owl pellets in order to see what a top predator, such as the owl, consumes.

My students will gain a better understanding and have hands-on experience in identifying what a raptor bird eats in order to survive.

This lab will help my students apply the knowledge that they have gained from our unit on Energy Transfer in Ecosystems and put together the skeletal remains of the critters found in the pellets.

My students are inquisitive, driven, and love science! Help us make this lab experiment a reality for an amazing group of students!

Mrs. Martinez La Merced Intermediate School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Montebello, CA 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

145 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pellets Inc Barn Owl Pellets, Large 1.5 to 3 Inches, Pack of 15 - Elementary-Middle School - Kids • School Specialty $64.72 10 $647.20

Materials cost

$647.20

Vendor shipping charges

 $64.72

Sales tax

 $59.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$810.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$143.09

Total project goal

$953.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $953.94

10 Donors

-$758.65

Donations toward project cost

-$657.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$100.80

Matching donations from our partners

-$180.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$153.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.29

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 $0.00

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