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Mrs. Michelle from Baconton GA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Oh How Our Garden Grows!

Help me give my students the right tools to start their own garden and learn how to grow their own food!

  • $2,172 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

Here at our school we serve a very diverse community of learners! This project will be aimed at helped 80 5th graders plan, build, and grow their own food.

We are asking for two planter boxes and a few tools to get us started.

Our plan is to use math skills to determine how much soil we will need (area & volume), work together to follow instructions on building the beds, planting our seeds, and growing our own food.

We will also discuss and learn about plant cells, structure, and reproduction as well as inherited traits. Most importantly we will learn a major life skill of learning how to plant, grow, and harvest our own food!

We are super excited about this adventure and can't wait to get started!

Mrs. Michelle
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Delta Education E-Z Garden Kit, 16-1/2 X 16-1/2 X 23 in, Grade K - 12 • Frey Scientific $211.79 2 $423.58
Gardening Tool Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $184.50 2 $369.00
Frame It All Composite Raised Garden Bed, 4 x 8-ft Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $292.49 1 $292.49
DNALC Strawberry DNA Extraction Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $67.68 3 $203.04
Frame It All Composite Raised Garden Bed, 4 x 4-ft Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $179.99 1 $179.99
Delta Education Gardening Hand Tools Set • Frey Scientific $31.49 2 $62.98
Delta Education Hose, Garden, 25 Foot • Frey Scientific $25.79 2 $51.58

Materials cost

$1,582.66

Vendor shipping charges

 $100.02

Sales tax

 $109.20

3rd party payment processing fee

$23.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,845.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$325.70

Total project goal

$2,171.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,171.32

32 Donors

-$1,383.90

Donations toward project cost

-$1,183.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$200.34

match offer

-$778.89

Match offer toward project cost

-$662.06

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$116.83

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.52

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 $0.00

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