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Mrs. Zimmer from Tampa, FL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Get Buggy and Building

Help me give my students a hands on learning experience with butterfly, ant and lady bug kits. Building with STEM kits my students will be engaged and ready to tackle many projects that use thinking and reasoning skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Zimmer's classroom raised $938

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Students will use the insect kits to observe the life cycle of butterflies and ladybugs. They will observe ants working together to live and complete their tunnels.

Using the STEM kits will allow the students many opportunities to explore, build, think, and reason.

The students will learn how to work in teams and problem solve.

They are excited to use the STEM kits.

These skills are very beneficial throughout their lives and choosing future careers.

Watching students faces light up when they observe the insects in their environments and creating a project that required planning, thinking and reasoning is life changing.

Mrs. Zimmer Bay Crest 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.

Tampa, FL 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

90 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Insect Lore Education Ladybug Land with Prepaid Voucher - Elementary-Middle School - Kids • School Specialty $34.99 3 $104.97
Insect Lore Giant Butterfly Garden with Habitat, Voucher, Green/White • Amazon Business $26.99 3 $80.97
STEM Master - Educational Building Blocks Kit, 176 Pieces, Ages 4-8 • Amazon Business $26.59 3 $79.77
Insect Lore Ant Mountain - Elementary-Middle School - Kids • School Specialty $25.19 3 $75.57
Lakeshore Create-A-Chain Reaction STEM Kit - Pre K-Gr. 2 - Starter Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
Juboury 1054Pcs Building Toy Building Blocks Bars Different Shape Educational Construction Engineering Set 3D Puzzle, Interlocking Creative Connecting Kit, Great STEM Toy for Both Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $20.98 3 $62.94
Lakeshore Splash! Math Games - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $46.99 1 $46.99
NewPath Learning All About Plants Learning Center Grades 1 to 2 - Grades 1-2 - Kids • School Specialty $39.14 1 $39.14
NewPath Learning How Living Things Grow and Change Learning Center, Grades 1 to 2 - Grades 1-2 - Kids • School Specialty $39.14 1 $39.14
NewPath Learning Human Body Learning Center, Grades 1 to 2 - Grades 1-2 - Kids • School Specialty $39.14 1 $39.14
ThinkFun Gravity Maze Marble Run Brain Game and STEM Toy for Boys and Girls Age 8 and Up: Toy of the Year Award Winner • Amazon Business $29.67 1 $29.67
3 Pieces Bug Jar Magnifying Insect Box Insert Bug Viewer Bug Magnifier Container Critter Insect Cage Science Bug Magnifier for Science Nature Exploration Tool Specimen Viewer • Amazon Business $13.99 2 $27.98
Huaker Kids Building STEM Toys,125 Pcs Educational Construction Engineering Building Blocks Kit for Ages 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Year Old Boys and Girls,Best Gift for Kids Creative Games & Fun Activity • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99

Materials cost

$720.26

Vendor shipping charges

$35.65

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$796.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$140.60

Total project goal

$937.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$937.31

1 Donor

-$937.31

Donations toward project cost

-$796.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$140.60

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$0.00

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