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Ms. Malee-Ligas from Arlee, MT is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Landforms in the Jocko Valley

My students need 6 Science resources, including a landform demonstration kit to enable students to visualize the causes and forces that shape the Earth's surface.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Malee-Ligas's classroom raised $446

This project is fully funded

My Students

Do you remember your first field trip at school? Exploring the outdoors with students for science is essential. It's important to provide both the scientific and traditional view points in exploring landscapes, earth materials, and the Earth's changing processes.

My students are second graders.

We attend a public school located on an Indian Reservation in the North West. Our school is located a short distance from a beautiful stream, riparian areas, hills and mountains and forests. We explore our community often by going on walking field trips to a fish hatchery, the river, and local landscapes. My class is over 70% Native American.

My Project

My hope is to increase student learning by providing hands-on resources and materials to explore the Earth's landscapes and processes. I am currently requesting a landform kit to explore volcanoes, folds, and faults. The clay and sand will be used to simulate the Earth and its processes, from building landforms, to providing materials for a stream table, and looking at the many layers of the Earth's crust.

It is my hope that the use of these project resources and materials will provide an opportunity for my students to realize that there are multiple worldviews and perspectives that are essential to their (student) learning.

Ms. Malee-Ligas Arlee Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

30 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Landform Demonstration Kit • Nasco $62.95 1 $62.95
RA442Z - Nonhardening Modeling Clay Bucket - Dozen • Lakeshore Learning $99.00 1 $99.00
VS318 - Clean Sand - 25-Lb. Box • Lakeshore Learning $21.95 1 $21.95
Rock Cycle Activity • Nasco $96.95 1 $96.95
Tales of a Prehistoric Sponge: The Rock Cycle • AKJ Books $6.97 1 $6.97
SCIENCE FILE FOLDER GAMES GRADES 2-3 -- Resource Books; Carson-Dellosa Science File Folder Games, Grades 2-3 • Quill $35.09 1 $35.09

Materials cost

$322.91

Vendor shipping charges

$16.34

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$379.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.90

Total project goal

$445.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$445.99

5 Donors

-$442.46

Donations toward project cost

-$379.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.37

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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$0.00

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