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Ms. O'Dell from Tucson AZ is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Worm Poop Project

Help me give my students a real world hands on project where they can learn how worms recycle food waste and improve soil quality.

  • $368 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

Worms! Poop! Now that I have your attention, please help me teach my Environmental Science and Biology students this Fall about how worms, how worms improve soil quality and how they can help us to recycle food waste that otherwise would be going to landfills. Worm Composting or Vermiculture is an easy simple way to compost, and students are automatically engage in learning when they watch worms eat their lunch leftovers. This project will also teach students about humane care of living things, the biogeochemical cycles and increase their understanding about how each of us can make small changes to improve how we interact with our planet.

Ms. O'Dell
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Can-O-Worms Two-Tier Composter • Carolina Biological Supply Company $162.00 1 $162.00
Redworms (Eisenia fetida), Living, Unit of 750-1,000 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $55.80 1 $55.80
Magic Worm Bedding, 4-1/2 lb • Carolina Biological Supply Company $10.98 1 $10.98
Magic Worm Food, 24 oz • Carolina Biological Supply Company $9.63 1 $9.63

Materials cost

$238.41

Vendor shipping charges

 $22.95

Sales tax

 $17.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$311.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.06

Total project goal

$367.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $367.05

2 Donors

-$216.33

Donations toward project cost

-$216.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$112.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$95.66

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.18

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 $0.00

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