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Ms. Heidi from Milwaukee, WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Planting Seeds of Knowledge With Botany Research

Help me give my students a variety of botany books for their research projects as well as a flower/plant press and sun paper for hands on learning.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Heidi's classroom raised $363

This project is fully funded

My Students

I'm a lower elementary, Montessori-trained teacher within a public school. My students are curious, enthusiastic, and eager to learn. I am proud to be a part of an urban school district that offers Montessori education as an option to all families. It is amazing to see how my students can progress academically through this hands-on approach to learning.

My Project

In the Lower Elementary classroom, the focus of our science lessons is on living systems. A big part of this focus is the study of botany nomenclature, definitions, plant classifications, biomes, and ecosystems.

Students enhance their understanding of flowers, plants and trees by doing hands-on lessons and experiments.

In this project, I have selected a variety of age-appropriate research books about flowers, plants, and trees that can be used to supplement my students' lessons and research. I am also including a plant and flower press as well as six packages of sun sensitive paper to add some variety to our hands-on botany activities.

Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

Ms. Heidi MacDowell Montessori School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sun Art 4x6 Paper Kit • Amazon Business $7.69 6 $46.14
Palo Verde Leaf and Flower Press, 6 x 9 inches • School Specialty $25.04 1 $25.04
Slow Down: 50 Mindful Moments in Nature • Amazon Business $21.67 1 $21.67
Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Trees: A Rooted History • Amazon Business $18.59 1 $18.59
Can You Hear the Trees Talking?: Discovering the Hidden Life of the Forest • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
DK Eyewitness Books: Plant: Discover the Fascinating World of Plants from Flowers and Fruit to Plants That Sting • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Humongous Fungus • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Trees, Leaves, Flowers and Seeds: A Visual Encyclopedia of the Plant Kingdom (Smithsonian) • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
Life Cycles: Everything from Start to Finish • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
What Makes Earth Soil Different from Mars? - Soil Science for Kids | Children's Earth Sciences Books • Amazon Business $12.22 1 $12.22
Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of the Natural World • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
DK Eyewitness Books: Tree: Discover the Fascinating World of Trees from Tiny Seeds to Mighty Forest Giants • Amazon Business $9.65 1 $9.65
The Magic and Mystery of Trees • Amazon Business $9.10 1 $9.10
A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
From Seed to Plant • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Why Do Leaves Change Color? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$271.31

Vendor shipping charges

$2.50

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$307.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.33

Total project goal

$362.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$362.21

5 Donors

-$186.10

Donations toward project cost

-$158.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.91

match offer

-$176.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$149.69

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.42

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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$0.00

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