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Ms. Cotton from Atlanta GA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Little Einsteins Need Equipment!

My students need science experiment and activity tubs (all aligned to curriculum), a butterfly demo set (with live caterpillars and food), a visual desktop hydroponics set, and life cycle stages modeling sets.

  • $545 goal

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Where would Einstein be without his equipment?

My students are extremely inquisitive and brilliant, but often suffer when we do not have the supplies available to fully explore their interests.

It is so important to affirm them by meeting their needs with the appropriate tools to aid their learning.

My students are already so interested in the information that I am presenting to them, but they need materials for hands-on activities and experiments in order to conceptualize and synthesize the information. As a group, they excel most when allowed to "do." They are enthusiastic about science and eager to begin applying their knowledge to experiments and projects.

My Project

My students learn best through hands-on engagement with the science curriculum. The experiment and activity tubs will allow my students to do just this, without the pressure of relying on scarce school resources. Each experiment and activity tub includes all the supplies for the exploration of most our major science content: matter, forces, stars, and space.

One huge piece of our content is life cycles, and I've requested a desktop hydroponics set, a live butterfly growth system, and various life cycle modeling sets.

The hydroponics set will allow my students to observe the plants, without the soil. This set, along with the butterfly growth system, will allow my students to explore life cycles in a real and relevant way.

Ms. Cotton
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Visual Desktop Hydroponics Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $86.35 1 $86.35
FF984 - Force & Motion Activity Tub - Gr. 1-3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
FF988 - Matter Activity Tub - Gr. 1-3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
FF989 - Solar System Activity Tub - Gr. 1-3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
Butterflies in the Classroom Demo Kit (with live caterpillars and food) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $35.55 1 $35.55
Individual Plant Light • Carolina Biological Supply Company $25.87 1 $25.87
Replacement Bulb • Carolina Biological Supply Company $11.25 1 $11.25
Butterfly Life Cycle Model Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $7.15 1 $7.15
Frog Life Cycle Stages Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $7.15 1 $7.15

Materials cost

$383.29

Vendor shipping charges

 $17.33

Sales tax

 $26.45

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$462.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.67

Total project goal

$544.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $544.49

6 Donors

-$266.07

Donations toward project cost

-$236.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.41

match offer

-$266.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$226.16

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.91

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.35

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 $0.00

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