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Mrs. Durgin from Lafayette, LA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Science from the Flood

My students need one Read About Science Learning Centers set, and Can Do! Science Games.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Durgin's classroom raised $482

This project is fully funded

My Students

As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges, both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple and provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.

My students are creative, clever, and very spontaneous.

They like to move, they love to read, and they love lots of positive attention. Many of them are being raised in single parent households, and all receive a free lunch based on their socioeconomic status. These things may prevent them from getting ahead early in life and may not provide them with the life experiences many of us see as "typical."

From the minute they walk in the door of my classroom and are with me, I focus on their potential and growth. I may not be able to control their home lives; however, I can certainly control their experiences during the school day. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire even our earliest learners to continue on a path of academic excellence.

My Project

My students will use the activities and materials in the requested Read About Science Learning Centers and Can Do! Science Games to practice their science, take chances, and see how the experiments work for different outcomes. With hands-on discovery they'll be able to remember theories and concepts. Science is a subject the kids love. The kids will love reading about scientific studies and what was found.

Being stuck in the flood will have a whole new meaning.

Solid, liquid, and gas will be reality instead of hypothetical. Taking up space and having mass is a generic scientific term that will become clearer to us through the use of the matter investigations. With these materials and games, my kids will develop a strong sense of science.

Mrs. Durgin Westside Elementary School @ N P Moss Grades PreK-2

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.

Lafayette, LA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
HH260X - Read About Science Learning Centers - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $229.00 1 $229.00
EE810X - Can Do! Science Games - Gr. 2-4 - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $115.00 1 $115.00

Materials cost

$344.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$30.10

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$409.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.22

Total project goal

$481.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$481.48

9 Donors

-$238.54

Donations toward project cost

-$206.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.03

match offer

-$238.53

Match offer toward project cost

-$202.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.78

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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$0.00

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