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Ms. Mower from Riverton UT is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Science Rocks...Literally!

My students need games, books, rock/mineral sets and activity kits, to know how rocks and minerals are categorized and formed.

  • $897 goal

This project expired on November 7, 2012.

This project expired on November 7, 2012.

My Students

Help us "rock out" with science education that generates an interest in how rocks and minerals influence our everyday lived experiences. My fourth grade students will learn that mining natural resources makes it so we can continue to enjoy modern inventions and we should protect those resources.

My fourth grade students come from a low to mid socioeconomic status in a small suburban community.

They are highly motivated to learn about their community and the resources that create the jobs here. Our school runs on a year-round schedule and houses about 900 students from K-6th.

My Project

My students will be able to have hands-on, literacy, and engaging experiences with rock science instruction. When they have a variety of activities to learn and review from, my students are more motivated in their desire to understand the concepts. Many of the materials allow students to interact and learn from each other. The students will come to know that natural resources are limited and they have a responsibility to use these resources wisely.

The natural curiosity of students engaging with rocks can easily develop into an understanding the categorization of rocks and their embedded minerals that are available for use in so much of our school and home tools and technology.

Students can develop an understanding of how minerals can be mined and utilized in the future that creates a less disruption to the environment and preserved for future generations.

Ms. Mower
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
GOLDEN GUIDE ROCKS GEMS MINERALSPB • School Specialty Inc. $6.94 15 $104.10
ROCK SET INTRO COLLECTION • School Specialty Inc. $18.99 1 $18.99
BB SET ROCKS AND MINDERALS MINI • School Specialty Inc. $10.44 1 $10.44
ROCK FOSSIL COLLECTION • School Specialty Inc. $20.89 1 $20.89
CARDS READING COMPREHENSION SCIENCE ROCKS AND MINERALS SET OF 32 • School Specialty Inc. $11.39 1 $11.39
GAME ROCK CYCLE • School Specialty Inc. $94.99 1 $94.99
ROCK GEOSAFARI METAMORPHIC COLLECTION • School Specialty Inc. $20.89 1 $20.89
ROCK GEOSAFARI IGNEOUS COLLECTION • School Specialty Inc. $20.89 1 $20.89
ROCK GEOSAFARI SEDIMENTARY COLLECTION • School Specialty Inc. $20.89 1 $20.89
PROGRAM ROCKS AND MINERALS KIT • School Specialty Inc. $56.99 1 $56.99
MOSAICS PAPER MINERAL .75 PACK OF 2500 • School Specialty Inc. $9.49 1 $9.49
GAME ROCK AND MINERAL QUIZMO • School Specialty Inc. $16.14 1 $16.14
COLLECTION USA ROCK MINERAL AND FOSSIL • School Specialty Inc. $48.48 1 $48.48
1301-000 MINERAL COLLECTION EA • School Specialty Inc. $23.13 1 $23.13
SCIENCE MINERAL TEST KIT WITH • School Specialty Inc. $11.39 1 $11.39
MINERAL CLASSROOM COLLECTION • School Specialty Inc. $71.41 1 $71.41
ROCK GEOSAFARI MINERAL COLLECTION • School Specialty Inc. $20.89 1 $20.89
ROCK SET EARTH SCIENCE COLLECTION • School Specialty Inc. $74.81 1 $74.81

Materials cost

$656.20

Vendor shipping charges

$65.62

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$761.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$134.41

Total project goal

$896.07

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