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Mrs. Lakin from Michigan City IN is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Life Cycles and Human Impacts

Help me give my students living examples of butterflies and frogs and learning tools for learning about life cycles and the importance of the environment they live in.

  • 4 donors
  • $381 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Project

The items in this project will enable my students to learn about the life cycles of butterflies and frogs with real examples in the tank and butterfly garden closures included in this project! In real-time, they can see the butterflies and tadpoles go through their life cycles in our classroom!

We also plan to plant the requested milkweed seeds to help the pollinators in our area!

With items in this project, students will learn how humans can help and hurt our native pollinators and amphibians. Little kids can make a big difference by caring for the world around them! Learning to pick up garbage helps keep waterways clean and makes better homes for native amphibians. Planting native plants to make food and hatcheries for pollinators like monarch butterflies.

Students will also receive books about frog and butterfly life cycles and four other organisms so they can compare and contrast them!

Mrs. Lakin
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Butterflies in the Classroom Kit (with live caterpillars) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $73.71 1 $73.71
Amphibian or Reptile Tank 10 gal • Carolina Biological Supply Company $56.84 1 $56.84
Scholastic Science Vocabulary Readers - Life Cycle Books Set (6 Books) for Grades 1-2: Frog, Ladybug, Sunflower, Horse, Butterfly, Chick • Amazon Business $18.78 2 $37.56
Frog Eggs Living Field Collected Unit of 50-100 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $31.18 1 $31.18
Sow Right Seeds - Common Milkweed Seeds for Planting - Attract Monarch Butterflies to Your Garden - Non-GMO Heirloom Seed Packet with Full Instructions to Plant - Perennial Plant for Pollinators (4) • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Learning Resources Giant Magnetic Frog Life Cycle, 9 Write and Wipe Pieces, Classroom Accessories, Teaching Aids, Ages 5+ • Amazon Business $17.00 1 $17.00
Goehiaul Aquarium Air Bubble LED Light Aquarium Air Stone Disk Kit Fish Tank Air Bubbler Decoration 6 Color Auto Changing (Pump not Included) • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Frog and Tadpole Bites • Carolina Biological Supply Company $4.41 1 $4.41

Materials cost

$249.47

Vendor shipping charges

 $40.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$323.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.04

Total project goal

$380.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $380.25

3 Donors

-$190.12

Donations toward project cost

-$161.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.52

match offer

-$190.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$161.61

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.52

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 $0.00

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