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Ms. Machado from Sterling VA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Life Cycle Learning

Help me give my students flower pots so they can have a hands on experience of the plant life cycle.

  • 2 donors
  • $377 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

One of our science standards in Kindergarten is learning about the plant cycle. We want students to be able to see the process of planting and growing their own plants! This project includes flower pots and a mix of seeds for students to be able to complete a project.

Our team wants to give our students the hands-on experience to this standard.

This project would fund not only my classroom but the other Kindergarten classes at our school. Over 80 students will get to expereince holding seeds, planting them, and watering them to see them live and grow. At the end of our plant life cycle unit, students will be able to take home these plants to show their families and continue to care for them.

Ms. Machado
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Design-Your-Own Collage Pots - Set of 15 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 6 $209.94
Carolina Seed Assortment Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $29.38 1 $29.38
Dunecraft Sensory Eco-Biosphere Plant Dome with 5 Different Seeds • Kaplan Early Learning Company $26.06 1 $26.06

Materials cost

$265.38

Vendor shipping charges

 $20.45

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$319.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.44

Total project goal

$376.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $376.25

1 Donor

-$188.12

Donations toward project cost

-$159.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.22

match offer

-$188.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$159.91

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.22

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 $0.00

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