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Ms. Swearingen from Winter Garden FL is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Science Exploration Table

Help me give my students a designated area to become scientists and explore with STEM materials.

  • $433 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

I work in a small charter school with less than 200 students. We are a Title I school with at least 75% of our student families living on or below low income status. My classroom is unique as an inclusion classroom. This means, I teach students with and without special needs within the same classroom at the same time.

The students in my classroom with and without disabilities are amazing learners.

However, I have approximately 85% learners with disabilities, including autism, Down syndrome, and seizure disorders. My inclusion students enjoy working with and "teaching" those with more challenges.

This year my students are split just about evenly between face-to-face learners and virtual learners. It has been a challenge trying to merge these two groups together and teach to both groups at the same time.

My Project

With education moving towards the new age, I want my students to begin learning about Science through STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). However, I need a designated area outfitted with hands-on materials.

This shelf will give my students an area to explore and create with different materials using their five senses.

I will equip the science table with different science related materials. Students will learn and build simple machines, understand how magnets work, build a spaceship, a train or car. The possibilities are limited. Help me encourage my students to become little engineers.

Ms. Swearingen
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Science Exploration Table • Kaplan Early Learning Company $332.96 1 $332.96

Materials cost

$332.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$367.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.93

Total project goal

$432.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$432.88

1 Donor

-$288.59

Donations toward project cost

-$245.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.29

match offer

-$144.29

Match offer toward project cost

-$122.65

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.64

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$0.00

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