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Mrs. Essing from Twin Lake MI is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Migrating Our Learning to the Bird Garden in First Grade

Help me give my students an outdoor learning space for our birds unit.

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We would be able to create a space for birds outside in our outdoor learning area. We have a great space but nothing out there to connect our classroom learning. The camera would allow my first graders to observe the birds up close and throughout all hours of the day.

The goal is to create a fun and welcoming environment for birds in our school garden so my students can observe different characteristics of all kinds of birds.

My students deserve (and would absolutely LOVE) an outdoor area for project based learning outside in our garden. The garden is right outside our classroom so they would allow them observe different species of birds during the school day.

Mrs. Essing
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
BROAIMX Smart Bird Feeder Camera, Free AI Forever, 1080P HD Camera Auto Capture Bird Videos & Solar Panel, App Notify When Birds Detected, Bird House with Built-in Two-Way Microphone (Brown) • Amazon Business $209.99 1 $209.99
Alpine Corporation 31" Tall Outdoor Antique Flower Birdbath with Bird Decoration Yard Statue • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
Pennington Pride Waste Free Blend Wild Bird Seed, 10 lb • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99

Materials cost

$269.97

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$304.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.65

Total project goal

$357.67

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Total project goal

 $357.67

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 $357.67

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