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Ms. Kipka from Hermantown, MN is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Math in the Real World

Help me give my students yard sticks and tape measures to help them practice area and perimeter in real life situations. Students will get to dress up like construction workers when our classroom transforms into a construction site!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Kipka's classroom raised $492

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My Project

Students often wonder, "When will I ever use this math in my life?" I would love to create a classroom transformation and make a construction zone to engage students in hands-on learning. We will be practicing measuring windows, doors, lockers, bulletin boards, rugs, desks, then calculating the area and perimeter of these shapes.

Please consider donating to this project to help me give my students different tools to measure, while creating a construction zone themed classroom for the day, to practice hands on learning of area and perimeter skills.

I am asking for donations of measuring sticks and tape measures to help students measure life sized objects around our classroom. Then they will act as construction workers with play hard hats to measure and calculate the area and perimeter of things like the windows, rugs, doors, lockers, desks, white boards, etc.

Ms. Kipka Hermantown Elementary School Grades 3-5 Hermantown, MN View local requests 180 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Funny Party Hats Construction Party Hats - 24 Pack - Soft Plastic Hats - Construction Party Supplies - Fun and Functional Construction Party Accessories- Perfect for Birthday Parties and Group Activities • Amazon Business $19.79 7 $138.53
Stanley 12 ft. Tape Measure Polymer (30-485) • Staples $4.32 30 $129.60
(Pack of 10) 39" Wood Double-Sided Meter Stick Yardstick/Meterstick Ruler 39 Inches 100 Centimeters Thick High Quality Sticks • Amazon Business $30.00 3 $90.00
TorxGear Kids Under Construction Party Decoration - Construction Birthday Party Supplies - Construction Party Favors - for Kids Construction Theme Birthday Party - Kids Room Decorations - 95' Roll • Amazon Business $11.95 2 $23.90

Materials cost

$382.03

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$417.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.72

Total project goal

$491.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$491.48

2 Donors

-$491.48

Donations toward project cost

-$417.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.72

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$0.00

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