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Mrs. Borstel from Rancho Palos Verdes, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Trash 2 Treasure: Helping the Environment With Disney

My students need 5 tumbler composting bins, compost starter and books about composting to learn about sustainable gardening, reducing waste and helping the environment.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Borstel's classroom raised $1,011

This project is fully funded

My Students

Voltaire said, "It is not the answers you give, but the questions you ask." I want my students to be able to ask questions and discover the answers through hands on science lessons that incorporate real-life problem-based learning opportunities.

I have 178 wonderful 8th grade students who are eager to learn about the world around them.

They are a very diverse group of young ladies and young me and are very curious and fascinated by what we have explored so far. They are eager for more hands-on opportunities than we can provide on a limited budget.

My Project

"The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul." Alfred Austin. My students need 5 tumbler composting bins, compost starter and books about composting to learn about sustainable gardening, reducing waste and helping the environment. My students will read the books on composting and use the composting bins to reduce waste going into landfills; providing life-giving nutrients to plants around the school, learning the process of composting, and helping the environment. After learning about the chemical processes and organisms that thrive in compost, they will write and illustrate their own children's book on composting.

With your help, students will learn to be good stewards of the earth; reducing waste, improving the soil and beautifying the school grounds, and passing that knowledge on to the next class.

This year's 8th graders will teach next year's 7th and 8th graders the importance of reducing waste and the benefits of composting, and the younger students will use the compost in a sustainable garden on site. Once started, we will be able to run the program for many years to come.

Mrs. Borstel Miraleste Intermediate School Grades 6-8 Rancho Palos Verdes, CA View local requests 750 students impacted 25donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Good Ideas CW-2X Compost Wizard Dueling Tumbler • Amazon $131.98 5 $659.90
Ringer 3050 Compost Plus 2 Pound Box (not available for sale in OK or OR) • Amazon $6.64 4 $26.56
A Green Kid's Guide to Composting (A Green Kid's Guide to Gardening!) • Amazon $24.36 1 $24.36
What's Going on in the Compost Pile: A Book about Systems (Big Ideas for Young Scientists) • Amazon $11.69 1 $11.69
Let it Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting (Third Edition) (Storey's Down-to-Earth Guides) • Amazon $10.23 1 $10.23
Kids Can Compost • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
Composting: Nature's Recyclers (Amazing Science) • Amazon $7.15 1 $7.15

Materials cost

$748.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $68.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$858.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$151.52

Total project goal

$1,010.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,010.15

22 Donors

-$818.63

Donations toward project cost

-$735.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.25

match offer

-$145.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$123.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$46.52

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 $0.00

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