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Mrs. Crystal Smart from Olathe KS is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Learning about Animals and Habitats

Help me give my students something to take care of and learn responsibility. We are also learning about habitats and needs to live.

  • $300 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My children are so excited to be in school for the first time, and I love teaching them how to be good students. We are learning together how to focus our attention, control our bodies, and show what we know.

We are also learning about habitats and animals.

My class has 4 and 5-year-old​ children, and many of them are English Language Learners. This is a Jumpstart class for at risk students to develop the skills they will need to be ready for kindergarten.

They love creative play, art, and dancing to music videos! These kids are so deserving of your support!

We have a special crew of kids at our school, and I love being their teacher!

My Project

We are learning about environments and nature. We learn about different animals and their habitats. This will also teach the kids to be responsible for taking care of an animal. Each child will get a chance to have a responsibility to care for the animal such as feeding, water, cleaning and lights. We will observe the animal and discover how they live in their environment and what they need in that environment to beable to survive. This is a great learning opportunity for my students. They love having responsibility in the classroom.

Mrs. Crystal Smart
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Naturalistic Terrarium (12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $78.75 1 $78.75
Mealworms (Tenebrio), Living, Larvae, Pack of 500 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $29.79 2 $59.58
Naturalistic Terrarium Hood • Carolina Biological Supply Company $27.22 1 $27.22
Eco Earth Terrarium Substrate, 3-Brick Pack • Carolina Biological Supply Company $10.21 2 $20.42

Materials cost

$185.97

Vendor shipping charges

$22.95

Sales tax

$13.11

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$254.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.97

Total project goal

$299.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$299.79

5 Donors

-$149.46

Donations toward project cost

-$127.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.67

match offer

-$149.45

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.42

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

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$0.00

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