Children are naturally drawn towards animals. Our world contains so much animal diversity, it is challenging to just cover one area. This is why we are constantly reading and offering various text, field trips, and craft projects; to show off the amazing and unusual world of animal life.
By providing high quality, realistic animal figures to students, we can foster their love for animals, the development of their observational skills, and motivate them to use the materials for research, modeling, role-playing, and social inquiry.
We are hoping that your funding will help us not only show animals that are familiar to students within our local environment, but from around the world. We would like to see that students make connections that animals often adapt similar or wildly different traits to survive their habitats and climates.
By using prehistoric animals, we offer the students a glimpse into the past. Using research texts within this project, we intend for the students to make the connection that prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and ice age mammals) also had to adapt to their ecological and climate pressures. We can also use these figures to build historical time limes and showcase the scale of time of life on Earth.
Lastly, we offer to the students a few mysterious creatures. These creatures, such as the bigfoot, unicorn, and dragon can be used to teach the concept of cryptozoology. This area is important in helping establish critical thought. We can also use this concept to engage in story telling and dialogue around myth and nature based culture.
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Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide
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Schleich Wild Life, Realistic North American and Woodland Animal Toys for Kids, Animal Set with Moose, Grizzly Bear, Fox, Wolf and Alligator Toys, Ages 3+
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$35.61
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SCHLEICH Wild Life, Animal Toys for Kids Ages 3+, 7-Piece Asian Animal Figurine Set, Multicolor (77420)
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$35.02
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Schleich Wild Life, Realistic Arctic Animal Set for Kids, with Reindeer, Polar Bear, Penguin, and Seal Toy Figures, Ages 3+
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Schleich Wild Life, Realistic North American and Woodland Animal Toys for Kids, Animal Set with Deer, Cow, Eagle, Turkey, and Badger Toys, Ages 3+
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Safari Ltd Prehistoric Life Feathered Tyrannosaurus Rex Realistic Hand Painted
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Safari Ltd Wild Safari Elasmosaurus – Realistic Individually Hand-Painted Toy Figurine Model – Quality Construction from Phthalate and Lead-Free Materials – For Ages 3 And Up
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Safari - Stegosaurus Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures, Multicolor (S100299)
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Safari Ltd. Prehistoric World - Malawisaurus XL - Phthalate, Lead and BPA Free - for Ages 3+
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Schleich Wild Life, Realistic Animal Toys Set with Flamingo, Cheetah, Giraffe, Elephant and Pangolin, Ages 3+
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Safari Ltd. Mythical Realms Collection - Realistic Unicorn Toy Figure - Non-toxic and BPA Free - Age 3 and Up
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Safari Ltd. Mythical Realms Bigfoot Toy Figure for Boys and Girls - Ages 3+
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Safari Ltd Wild Safari Brachiosaurus
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Schleich Dinosaurs, Large Dinosaur Toys for Boys and Girls, Realistic Therizinosaurus Toy with Moving Jaw, Ages 4+
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Safari Ltd Forest Dragon
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Schleich Dinosaurs, Dinosaur Toy, Dinosaur Toys for Boys and Girls 4-12 years old, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Green, 11.2" x 5.6" x 3.8"
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Safari Ltd Horned Chinese Dragon
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Schleich Dinosaurs, Jurassic Era Dinosaur Toys for Boys and Girls, Realistic Ceratosaurus Toy Figure with Moving Jaw, Ages 4+
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Schleich Wild Life Starter-Set Action Figure
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$15.24
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Safari - Lanudo Rhino Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures, Multicolor (S100089)
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Schleich Farm World, Farm Toys for Boys and Girls Ages 3-8, 4-Piece Assorted Farm Animal Figurine Playset
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Safari Ltd Wild Safari Woolly Mammoth
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Safari Ltd Wild Safari Smilodon
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Knowledge Encyclopedia Dinosaur!: Over 60 Prehistoric Creatures as You've Never Seen Them Before (Knowledge Encyclopedias)
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Safari S274129 Giant Sloth - Yellow
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Schleich Wild Life, Animal Figurine, Animal Toys for Boys and Girls 3-8 Years Old, Killer Whale, Ages 3+
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Schleich Wild Life, Realistic Wild Animal Toys for Boys and Girls, Female Asian Elephant Toy Figurine, Ages 3+
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Schleich Wild Life, Animal Figurine, Animal Toys for Boys and Girls 3-8 years old, Male African Elephant, Ages 3+
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Schleich Wild Life, Animal Figurine, Animal Toys for Boys and Girls 3-8 years old, Male Giraffe, Ages 3+
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Schleich Wild Life, Animal Figurine, Animal Toys for Boys and Girls 3-8 Years Old, Kangaroo, Ages 3+
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Schleich Wild Life, Animal Figurine, Animal Toys for Boys and Girls 3-8 Years Old, Koala Bear 2 inches
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Materials cost
$609.10
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$9.14
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$648.24
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$114.40
Total project goal
$762.64
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$762.64
4 Donors
-$151.35
Donations toward project cost
-$133.65
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$17.70
match offer
-$605.40
Match offer toward project cost
-$514.59
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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