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Mr. S. from Philadelphia PA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Year Round Greenhouse at School

Help me give my students the ability to grow crops (lettuce and herbs) year round in our school's greenhouse by adding lights and floating rafts for our hydroponic tanks.

  • 3 donors
  • $427 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Project

The greenhouse in our school does not contain any lights. We recently purchased IBC tanks and have converted them into grow beds to use floating rafts, to save on the expense of clay pebbles. The big problem with our greenhouse is that is does not contain lights and therefore from late fall through early spring time, there is not enough natural light during the day to allow for plants to grow properly. With your support and donation, these lights will enable my students to utilize our school's greenhouse during this time every year and get to fully learn how to grow in a greenhouse during the school year. Without these lights the amount of daylight does not enable them to grow anything in the greenhouse during the majority of the school year. The Rockwool and Foam boards will be used to float the plants on the surface of the water and the roots to grow down into the grow nutrient solution.

Mr. S.
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Espird LED Grow Light Plant Growing Lamps with Timer, Outdoor Waterproof Grow Light String Grow Lights for Greenhouse, Full Spectrum Grow Light for Seeding Veg Flowers 12 Lights • Amazon Business $99.99 2 $199.98
Silverlake Craft Foam Block - 7 Pack of 11x17x1 EPS Polystyrene Sheet for Crafting, Modeling, Art Projects and Floral Arrangements - Sculpting Panels for DIY School & Home Art Projects (7) • Amazon Business $23.91 4 $95.64
SKINNYBUNNY Rockwool Cubes 1 inch, Rock Wool Planting Cubes with Holes, Rockwool Cubes for Hydroponics, Perfect for Soilless Culture and Transplanting, 4 Sheets of 200 Cubes • Amazon Business $15.99 2 $31.98

Materials cost

$327.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$362.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.97

Total project goal

$426.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $426.48

2 Donors

-$233.83

Donations toward project cost

-$206.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.57

match offer

-$183.82

Match offer toward project cost

-$156.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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 $0.00

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