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The excitement in our classroom was contagious when they first saw the materials—wide eyes, eager hands, and endless questions about how we'd use them to bring science to life.\r\n\r\nAlready, we've put these resources to work in an exciting classroom project where students are creating their own mini-ecosystems. Using the materials you helped provide, they've been able to observe real-life interactions between plants, soil, and decomposers, deepening their understanding of biodiversity and the delicate balance within ecosystems. Watching their curiosity grow as they make connections between what they read in textbooks and what they see firsthand has been truly inspiring!\r\n\r\nOur next steps? Taking their learning even further! Students will soon be designing experiments to test environmental changes within their ecosystems, exploring questions like: How does sunlight affect plant growth? What happens when we introduce a new organism? 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