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Mrs. Catanzaro from Bunker Hill, IN is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making the Ancient Aztecs Relevant with Plant Science and STEM

My students need individual eco-friendy kits to grow flowers and plants.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Catanzaro's classroom raised $468

This project is fully funded

My Students

David Hume said, "Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular. Its chief use is only to discover the constant and universal principles of human nature."

Middle school students rarely see themselves in our classroom curriculum and state standards; finding a connection to modern gardening and the ancient Aztecs makes their learning relevant.

6th graders are so proud and excited to grow a plant just like the Aztecs and their chinampas. Gardening also teaches them real life STEM skills at the same time.

My Project

My social studies students learn about ancient cultures by studying the Aztecs of Mexico and their floating farms called chinampas (standard 6.1.1 ancient cultures). Our STEM project will allow them to also learn science (standard 3.LS.2 how plants grow) and the process of investigating a real world problem and reporting on it. We will discuss how the ancient farming skills of the chinampas can help our modern families grow our own fresh food and flowers in our communities.

Growing their own plants will help my students learn the life skill of gardening, which they can use to help improve their family's diet and nutrition.

This will especially be a proud moment of finding their own "voice" for our rural students, who often live in poverty and lack easy access to more expensive fresh foods. A huge portion of our student population lives on a military base that has been converted to low-income housing as part of a reserve air force community. What real life skills can be learned from the ancient Aztecs and their chinampas? The class project will bring this investigation to life.

Students will start their plants in school as a class project, then take them home to continue growing in a family or community garden. The vast majority of our students live in the same large low-income neighborhood, so they can meet together to relocate our plants to the community garden one day after school. Our plants will range from various flower to herbs and green peppers. Students and families can work in the garden all summer to grow and harvest the community crops and prepare tasty, healthy recipes with the produce they have grown, building healthy habit. Past students have loved this project and brought in their produce and flowers and herbs to show their class.

Mrs. Catanzaro Maconaquah Middle School Grades 6-8

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
KIT ECO PLANT PALS CLASSROOM • Frey Scientific $35.99 9 $323.91

Materials cost

$323.91

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.87

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.86

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$397.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.17

Total project goal

$467.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $467.81

6 Donors

-$233.32

Donations toward project cost

-$198.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.50

match offer

-$233.91

Match offer toward project cost

-$198.82

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.09

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.59

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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