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Mrs. Piper from Santa Clarita, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Live Ladybugs and Caterpillars for Science

Help me give my students real live ladybugs and caterpillars for super science.

  • $382 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Project

One of our state standards is the life cycles of different animals. Reading about ladybugs and caterpillars' life cycles is one thing, but actually having them in the classroom is something much different.

Please help me provide this valuable science experience for my students.

They will get to watch every single stage the animals go through right before their own eyes. There is no better way to learn than to learn daily while watching the changes happen.

Your help with this project will be appreciated by everyone in my classroom!

Mrs. Piper Mountainview Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Santa Clarita, CA View local requests 29 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ladybugs in the Classroom Kit (with live ladybug larvae) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $73.71 1 $73.71
Butterflies in the Classroom Kit (with live caterpillars) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $71.55 1 $71.55
Insect Lore - Ladybug Land • Teachers' School Supply $31.99 1 $31.99
Ladybug Amazing Bugs Kit (with live ladybugs) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $31.50 1 $31.50

Materials cost

$208.75

Vendor shipping charges

 $63.52

Sales tax

 $19.10

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$324.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.26

Total project goal

$381.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $381.76

2 Donors

-$185.00

Donations toward project cost

-$179.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.25

match offer

-$170.29

Match offer toward project cost

-$144.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.54

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.47

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 $0.00

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