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Mrs. Burkhart from Bloomington, IN is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Burkhart's classroom raised $230

October's Spooky Creatures

My project needs 7 clear aquarium/terrariums, live spiders, a spider/insects field guide, an insect and spider game, 5 non-fiction books on bats, spiders, and wildlife habitat, and 2 big books to share as a class.

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Mrs. Burkhart Summit Elementary School
Bloomington, IN Grades PreK-2

Many children see bats and spiders as intimidating creatures. I want them to know about all the benefits they provide in addition to learning about them as creatures. This proposal is for my second grade students at a low-income school to experience bats and spiders in action. The clear view aquariums/terrariums and spiders will be a live learning station. Each student group will have one on their desk group to observe over the period of a week. They will make observations about the habits of the spider in their science journals. Since we will have discussed and researched spiders before this stage, we will have set each station with all the materials the spiders will need for a happy and healthy environment to spin webs. During observation week for spiders, we will learn about bats. How are they different than spiders? How are they alike? We will discuss the benefits bats have on the environment, just as with spiders, and where and what type of bats can be found in our surrounding area. We will wrap up the month of October by releasing our spiders into the woods next to our school and looking for the perfect location on our school grounds for a future bat house. This unit will be a wonderful hands-on unit that teaches appreciation for creatures we might not appreciate as much as we should.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

26 students impacted 1 donor
Mrs. Burkhart Summit Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Bloomington, IN View local requests

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

26 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
SM PL CLEAR VIEW AQUARIUM/TERR • Carolina Biological Supply Company $3.90 7 $27.30
Wildlife Habitats • Nasco $9.00 1 $9.00
PROF.NOGGIN'S INSECT & SPIDERS • Carolina Biological Supply Company $9.45 1 $9.45
Spinning a Web Big Book and Guide • Nasco $25.15 1 $25.15
Garden Spider (Argiope) • Nasco $7.22 1 $7.22
Bats! Big Book and Guide • Nasco $25.15 1 $25.15
GEOSAFARI Undercover Books - Bats • Delta Education $12.95 1 $12.95
Spiders Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
DK Readers: Spiders' Secrets (Level 3: Reading Alone), Vol. 3 Richard Platt, DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Spiders! (TFK Science Scoops Series) Editors of TIME For Kids, Time for Kids Editors, With Nicole Iorio • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders (National Audubon Society Feild Guide Series) Lorus Johnson Milne, Lorus Milne, Margery Milne, Margery Lorus, Susan Rayfield (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.96 1 $15.96
Bats! (Time for Kids Series) Nicole Iorio, Staff of The of Time for Kids Editors, With Nicole Iorio • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Magic School Bus Going Batty: A Book about Bats Joanna Cole, Nancy E. Krulik, Bruce Degan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.15 1 $3.15

Materials cost

$152.35

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.24

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$188.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.27

Total project goal

$229.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $229.27

1 Donor

-$221.18

Donations toward project cost

-$188.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.09

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