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Mrs. Duncan from San Diego, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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STEAM Flying Into Learning

Help me give my students painted Lady Butterfly Larvae to watch the life cycle.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Duncan's classroom raised $218

This project is fully funded

My Project

Butterfly, Butterfly how do you grow and change? My students are learning about animal life cycles and what a perfect segway the butterfly/ladybugs larvae are to show the growth and changes.

STEAM uses butterflies and ladybugs to teach my students about the life cycle.

What better way to teach the life cycle than having live caterpillars change into butterflies and ladybugs right before their eyes?

We will journal their growth and chart the days in each cycle period. The art lessons will be on caterpillars and butterflies/ladybugs. The engineering is found in creating homes for the caterpillars and then the butterflies/ladybugs. This is an amazing way to open the little ones' eyes to how amazing nature can be.

Mrs. Duncan Miller Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

San Diego, CA View local requests

More than half of 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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Painted Lady Butterfly 60 to 75 Larvae/Food Culture Set Living • Carolina Biological Supply Company $80.96 1 $80.96
Insect Lore Ladybug Land Hatching Kit (ILP2100) • Quill.com $31.99 1 $31.99

Materials cost

$112.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.95

Sales tax

 $10.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$184.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.63

Total project goal

$217.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $217.55

1 Donor

-$108.77

Donations toward project cost

-$92.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.31

match offer

-$108.78

Match offer toward project cost

-$92.46

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.32

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