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Ms. Duncan from Wolfforth TX is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Plant-it Earth

My students need a Sprout and Grow Window and three EarthBox Ready-to-Grow Organic Kits with a guide, staking system, and light fixtures.

  • $686 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Why teach with books when we can plant the seeds of knowledge all year round? "Little seeds we sow in spring, ... Give us carrots, peas and beans, Tomatoes, pumpkins, squash and greens... We pick them,... Through the summer, and the fall. Winter comes, ... we sow again." - Else Holmelund Minarik

I teach science at a rural middle school in Texas.

My 6th and 7th grade students are eager to absorb knowledge by making observations through inquiry-based investigations. A classroom garden will supply the key to keep them engaged while learning about the flow of energy in living systems.

My Project

EarthBox will provide hands-on activities that focus on “the innate principles and properties of water, light, soil, plants and nutrition by utilizing the scientific method in student-driven experiments”. A scientifically engineered container garden system will allow us to plant and maintain vegetables in the classroom with portable capabilities to utilize nature when conditions are adequate. In addition to these investigations, students will plant and care for various vegetables while observing their growth in the classroom.

The goal of this project is to provide hands-on inquiry based labs to increase student knowledge about the development of plants, the process of photosynthesis, and the role producers play in the food chain and our nutrition.

Please help our classroom "plant-it", observe it, and eat it.

Ms. Duncan
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
EarthBox Ready-to-Grow Organic Kit • Nasco $59.95 3 $179.85
EarthBox Staking System • Nasco $41.75 1 $41.75
EarthBox Youth Garden Guide • Nasco $40.00 1 $40.00
Sprout & Grow Window • Nasco $17.25 1 $17.25
Light Fixture for Full-Size Mobile Light Cart • Nasco $106.25 2 $212.50

Materials cost

$491.35

Vendor shipping charges

 $49.14

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$582.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.86

Total project goal

$685.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $685.72

2 Donors

-$672.86

Donations toward project cost

-$582.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$90.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.86

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