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Mrs. Sills from Milledgeville GA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

The Flight of the Butterfly

My students need live larvae and equipment to learn about the life cycle of the butterfly.

  • $1,332 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Our school is a Title l and high poverty school where every student receives free breakfast and lunch. Many go from school to daycare and get home in time to go to bed. Then, get up the next morning and do it all over again. Their caregivers have to work long hours and are not able to spend a lot of quality time with their children.

At home, many of my students receive just bare necessities and sometimes not even that; they are not exposed to the many wonders of nature and the beauty that is all naturally all around our city and state.

These bright, energetic third graders have so many questions about the world around them that they are not able to visit and explore. I want to bring the world of animals and nature to them in our classroom. Just to see the smiles and the looks of amazement as they see and learn new things makes my heart sing and lets me know that I am right where I should be each day!

My Project

My students are very inquisitive and they all love "bugs". They are amazed at the wonder of the butterfly and its life cycle. The live larvae would give them the opportunity to watch step-by-step as the cocoon is made to the end when the beautiful butterfly makes its entrance into the world. The models of butterflies and the reference books will make it possible for the students to easily research butterflies and their life cycle before actually watching the cycle transpire live each day in the classroom.

The students would write each day in their butterfly diaries about what they observe and any changes they see from day-to-day; then, at the end they will write beautiful stories with illustrations and photographs to share with their families about the life cycle they have witnessed.

I can hardly wait to see the facts, their feelings and observations, drawings and photographs my students will put in their butterfly diaries each day.This experience will be one that all of my students will treasure and make them even more respectful of the all of the wonders of the insect kingdom.

Mrs. Sills
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Butterfly Journal: 160 Page Lined Journal/Notebook • Amazon Business $6.99 60 $419.40
KIT DSM-3 BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS • Frey Scientific $326.00 1 $326.00
BUTTERFLY CULTURE PKG/25 1 CARD • Frey Scientific $59.95 2 $119.90
READER DSM-3 BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS PKG/8 • Frey Scientific $45.00 1 $45.00
PUZZLE FOAM CYCLE OF BUTTERFLY • Frey Scientific $18.71 1 $18.71
MAGNETIC GIANT MAGNETIC BUTTERFLY LIFE CYCLE SET OF 9 • Frey Scientific $15.69 1 $15.69
LIVE MATERIAL CHARGE • Frey Scientific $12.50 1 $12.50

Materials cost

$957.20

Vendor shipping charges

$64.54

Sales tax

$66.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,132.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$199.79

Total project goal

$1,331.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,331.94

67 Donors

-$1,234.18

Donations toward project cost

-$1,116.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$117.33

match offer

-$18.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$15.30

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.70

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$79.76

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$0.00

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