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Mrs. Brokaw from Grand Rapids MI is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

The Science behind Caterpillars

Help me give my students caterpillars for our spring science lesson and a projector screen to support our learning.

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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 Project

Each day I project student work on our whiteboard. The students use this to show off their hard work or to ask for help so that everyone can see the paper together. Without a projector screen, the students are left with a blurry and hard-to-see image. My students are great about getting clipboards and moving closer to the screen to solve this problem, however, this is distracting and taking time away from our learning. By donating to this project you will ensure that students have the clear visual that they need to be successful in school. This projector will be used daily to project student work, provide a visual aide, and support brain break activities.

In my classroom I like to ensure that children get hands-on learning, I have ensured this by bringing in materials that students can hold, pop spelling games, spelling cubes, and dry-erase math boards.

However, I have noticed that this has not been the case for science in my classroom, I intend to change that by bringing live caterpillars into the classroom for the students to have on their desks to watch them evolve and eventually help to release them. By donating to this project you will be supporting hands-on science to these students.

Mrs. Brokaw
Never Before Funded Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PERLESMITH 100 Inch Projector Screen Pull Down, 16:9 HD Retractable Rising Projector Screen with Auto-Locking, Manual Movie Projector Screen for Indoor Outdoor Home Theater Office Movies - PSMS1 • Amazon Business $85.99 1 $85.99
Butterflies in the Classroom Kit (with live caterpillars) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $73.71 1 $73.71

Materials cost

$159.70

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.95

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$222.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.19

Total project goal

$261.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $261.24

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 $261.24

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