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Ms. Salchli from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Bug's Life

When did you discover the natural world and marvel at its wonders? My students need these habitats for direct experiences, which would be possible with beetles, hermit crabs and termites.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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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

What could inspire the next generation of naturalists, zoologists and conservationists more than a living museum in the science lab? I would like to establish a museum of invertebrates in my school. Animals without backbones present a humane way to allow careful exploration of the living world.

My students live in a low socioeconomic neighborhood in New York City.

More than 95% of the population receives free school lunch, and face the challenge of speaking another language at home. Their urban neighborhood is rich in buildings and projects, and poor in parks and green spaces. The opportunity to interact with the living world is therefore very limited. In addition, their parents keep their children from playing in the mud, and rightly so. Their backyards are really just small patches of weeds growing in front of their buildings. What's more, I would classify it as dirt, and not soil. I, too, would not allow a child to make discoveries in these few patches of dirt and weeds.

My Project

I would like to set up habitats that include many kinds of bugs: the sow bugs, millipedes, pill bugs, Bess bugs, hermit crabs and termites. These habitats can be carefully monitored and maintained in the science lab by my 300+ students, as I teach all grades from Kindergarten to grade 5. In addition, the habitats will touch the lives and inspire a new generation of scientists. Did you know that termites will march single file along a circle drawn on paper? My students would be able to observe animal behavior, closely observe animal movement, how animals eat, and their life cycles with this grant.

Please help me to capitalize on the natural sense of wonder that elementary students possess.

If we can capture their attention at such a young age, and hold this attention, we can grow the next generation of scientists. Allow me to do so with your kind contribution.

Ms. Salchli PS 376 Felisa Rincon De Gautier Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than half 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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Land Hermit Crab Terrarium Habitat Kit (with prepaid coupon) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $94.95 1 $94.95
Roly-Poly Pill Bugs Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $53.32 1 $53.32
Bessbug Habitat • Carolina Biological Supply Company $47.92 1 $47.92
Bessbugs, Living, Pack 12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $44.05 1 $44.05
Termites Catch the Scent! Classroom Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $41.62 1 $41.62
Life in a Rotting Log Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $39.15 1 $39.15
Pill Bugs, Armadillidium, Living, Pack 50 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $31.05 1 $31.05
Millipede, Living, Pack of 3 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $20.92 1 $20.92
Land Hermit Crab, Fancy, Living, Pack 3 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $19.75 1 $19.75
Rotting Wood • Carolina Biological Supply Company $7.15 2 $14.30
Blown-Glass Hermit Crab Shell • Carolina Biological Supply Company $13.05 1 $13.05

Materials cost

$420.08

Vendor shipping charges

 $42.01

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$498.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.95

Total project goal

$586.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $586.34

5 Donors

-$401.34

Donations toward project cost

-$341.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.20

match offer

-$185.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$157.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.75

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 $0.00

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