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Yahoo, Back to School Pt2: Young Scientists Need Equipment!

My students need science equipment and tools for their Science Inquiry Backpack so they can explore, discover and investigate!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Gaiter's classroom raised $290

This project is fully funded

Celebrating 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 Students

"Science is Everything, Everything is Science!" That is my motto because I teach all subjects through Science. My students embrace this as their mantra as well as they conduct experiments and investigations throughout the school year.

I teach 25 curious, natural born third grade scientists in a small Title 1 school with an amazing and supportive principal.

My students are eager to learn and their brains are sponges that absorb any and all information given to them. Everything is a potential investigation/experiment to them so I strive to provide my students with as many inquiry and project based opportunities as possible. I constantly enhance the school curriculum and students' intrinsic motivation to learn more by infusing STEM correlations whenever possible. Because of our size, funding levels are not as high as other schools in our area so grants become an integral part of how I obtain materials to supplement learning experiences. Our school has made a commitment to infuse STEM related activities and projects into our classrooms but can only provide what budget numbers allow.

My Project

Beginning on the first day of school my students will be introduced to Science and the processes of Science by learning and reading about scientists, what they do, and the tools they use to conduct experiments. Students will draw what a scientist looks like, analyze their drawings and other pictures and be led to conclude that EVERYONE, is a scientist. They will then be given some of the tools that scientists use to conduct experiments, and be led through a number of hands on activities that will teach them to use the science tools. For example, they will collect rocks and observe them with a hand lens, record their findings in their science journals, measure them with rulers, conduct experiments about questions they may have about rocks, and make personal and classroom rock collections. All these activities will teach students how to think like a scientist and to use the tools that scientists use. Each student will have a Science Inquiry Backpack with their own set of science tools.

In order to think and act like a scientist, we need science tools.

This project will provide EVERY student in my class their own set of basic science equipment that they will use all year! They will not have to wait for materials to be available, they can take their science kits home and share what they are learning with their families and they will BE scientists! It would be great to have these materials when school begins. Help us explore the world!

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Tujunga, CA
Grades 3-5
Climate & The Environment
Literacy
Charter School
Supplies
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

Mrs. Gaiter Plainview Academic Charter Academy Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Tujunga, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total

NOTEBOOK MY SCI GR3-6 PKG/10 • Frey Scientific $17.96 3 $53.88

GOGGLE DIRECT VENT SG2125 - SCHOOL SMART • Frey Scientific $1.79 25 $44.75

MAGNIFIER ROUND 3X 6X PKG/30 • Frey Scientific $25.65 1 $25.65

THERMOMETERS DUAL SCALE PKG/12 • Frey Scientific $10.76 2 $21.52

PIPETTE GRADUATED DISPOSABLE 3ML PK/500 • Frey Scientific $18.86 1 $18.86

RULER CLEAR PLAS PKG/30 • Frey Scientific $11.66 1 $11.66

Materials cost			$176.32
Vendor shipping charges			$21.16
Sales tax			$16.13
3rd party payment processing fee			$2.64
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$246.25
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$43.46
Total project goal			$289.71
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$289.71
3 Donors			-$161.00
Donations toward project cost			-$140.60
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$20.40
match offer			-$124.29
Match offer toward project cost			-$105.65
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$18.64
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$4.41
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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This teacher needs your help!

Yahoo, Back to School Pt2: Young Scientists Need Equipment!

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

My Students

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Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

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