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Ms. Stewart from Oakland, CA is requesting a classroom visitor through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exotic Insects in Our Classroom!

My students need a visit from the Insect Discovery Lab!

  • $715 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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.

I am a 8th grade teacher in an urban area of California. My amazing students love learning about science! Though we do our best to teach about ecology and biodiversity using our supplied science textbook, it is not enough. My students deserve to experience what students in other, higher-income schools often have access to - visiting science experts to bring in hands-on activities!

I want to bring the Center for Ecosystem Survival's Insect Discovery Lab to my classroom. This organization was recently featured in the San Francisco Chronicle for its "enthralling" presentations to local schools. When researching more about the program, I learned that it would certainly be a great match for the 6th grade science curriculum and would without a doubt engage my students in learning more about their environment.

The program is described as such: Students explore the fantastic lives of beetles, millipedes, tarantulas, walking sticks, whip scorpions, and more. The Insect Discovery Lab immerses students in the extraordinarily diverse world of insects and other arthropods and teaches about their key role in the web of life. Scientific observation, insect identification, and the natural history of bugs’ lives are just some of the areas of focus in this program.

Thank you so much for your consideration - I would be so excited to tell my students that someone has helped us to bring a very memorable experience to our science classroom.

Ms. Stewart
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Visitor Total
Savenature.Org (Insect Discovery Lab) $555.00

Visitor cost

$555.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$586.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$128.63

Total project goal

$714.63

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $714.63

12 Donors

-$680.59

Donations toward project cost

-$586.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.59

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$34.04

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 $0.00

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