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Mrs. L. from Farwell, MI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. L.'s classroom raised $538

Salmon In The Classroom

My project needs the aquarium maintenance materials and the materials to set up a new fish tank in order to hatch salmon eggs in the tank that I have received a grant for.

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Mrs. L. Farwell Elementary School
Farwell, MI Grades 3-5

Farwell Elementary is a rural K-4 school where I teach 4th grade. We are a close 4th grade team of teachers. This project would be part of my classroom but shared with all the other classes in the school that would like to stop in to visit throughout the school year. The Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited has a program for classrooms called "Salmon in the Classrooms". The students participate in hatching salmon eggs in the classroom, raising the fish, and releasing them into a nearby river. The program has a complete teacher's guidebook with sample teaching ideas for having a successful Salmon hatching. I have received a grant for the tank and the aquatic chiller for a total of $750.00. Now I need to have the supplies to set up the tank and the aquatic maintenance materials. I'm so excited that our classroom will be a hatchery where we learn from the development of the fish and discuss how environmental issues have increased the need for such places. We will need to study water quality and study what makes a suitable watershed for our fish. We will participate in a river release and clean up day. Students don't have much experience of just doing something for someone else just because the other person matters. In this case, students will be doing it because nature matters. This will be a direct connection to the field trip we take to a state park where students learn to be responsible anglers. Students will get to return to the river an important element of the food chain and river resource. The program and the instruction they receive will hopefully instill a sense of responsibility to be caring and to take an active part in the world around them. There is a great demand for this activity since I have found over the years that homes are so busy with every day working routines including many single parent families that students aren't always taught about fishing and caring for nature. I feel that this has become my responsibility as an educator to shape and mold the citizens of tomorrow, the carers of our future. They need to be an active part in their world. I would like to start this by having my classroom be a fish hatchery and I need your help.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

550 students impacted 11 donors
Mrs. L. Farwell Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Farwell, MI View local requests

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

550 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
45 Gallon River Tank Accessory Kit • Delta Education $72.95 1 $72.95
2 1/2" Magnifying Glass - Class Set of 10 • Delta Education $89.50 1 $89.50
TEST KIT-AMMONIA FRSH H20 25TS • Sargent Welch $21.00 1 $21.00
TETRA-MIN - FISH FOOD 200GM/PK • Sargent Welch $20.80 4 $83.20
GRAVEL AQUARIA NATURAL, 5LB/PK • Sargent Welch $4.60 2 $9.20
10-QUART ROUND BUCKET -- Rubbermaid 10-Quart Round Bucket; Grey • Quill Corporation $9.08 4 $36.32
Stainless Steel Measuring Sets - Stainless Steel Measuring Spoon Set • Nasco $4.32 1 $4.32
Nylon Fish Net - 6 • Nasco $1.48 1 $1.48
MULTI-PORE UNDERGRAVEL FILTER • Carolina Biological Supply Company $20.43 1 $20.43
GLOVES,DSP.,POLTHN.,LG.,BX/100 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.18 1 $6.18
GLOVES,DSP.,POLTHN.,MD.,BX/100 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.18 1 $6.18
TEST KIT,PH,FRESHWATER • Carolina Biological Supply Company $26.17 1 $26.17

Materials cost

$376.93

Vendor shipping charges

 $37.69

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$441.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.80

Total project goal

$537.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $537.80

10 Donors

-$484.59

Donations toward project cost

-$441.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.59

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$53.21

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 $0.00

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