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Mrs. Starr from Walnut Creek CA is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Explore Science!

My students need a chance to get out of the classroom and explore science as a class trip to The Exploratorium.

  • $1,409 goal

This project expired on January 14, 2019.

This project expired on January 14, 2019.

My Students

I teach Biology and Physiology in a suburban neighborhood. My classes are populated by college-bound students who are engaged, community-minded, energetic and creative. I have taught for twenty-seven years and honestly, still feel excited to go to school everyday because of the energy and enthusiasm they bring. My students are motivated and excited to learn; however, the school and classrooms are in need of updating.

I teach in a windowless, concrete classroom built in 1974.

Our school is bursting at the seams with about fifteen hundred students on a campus designed to house twelve hundred students. Our school is also old and cannot support the technology we currently have, let alone the new technology we want to bring in. While my students are bright and future-focused, their daily surroundings make it difficult to envision a career in the modern world.

My Project

For many of us, our memories of science class is sitting in a classroom listening to a teacher tell us what we need to know. Traditional education may make us smart, but that isn't enough in the world we live in today. Students need opportunities to wonder, to question, to watch and feel science in action. Inquiry-based, hands-on activities are essential, but no classroom is funded to provide the degree of exploration that the Exploratorium can in one visit.

The Exploratorium provides an out-of-the-box experience that can spark curiosity, encourage questions and transform the way students learn.

Learning this way empowers students, not only in science, but in all realms. My students will have the opportunity to spend the day with the freedom to create, to discover, to be curious and hopefully, connect at a deeper level to the wonder of science.

Mrs. Starr
Grades 9-12

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Component Company Total
Activity Exploratorium $1,150.00

Trip cost

$1,150.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$17.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,197.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$211.28

Total project goal

$1,408.53

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