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Ms. Gil from Redwood City, CA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Basics to Brighten Our Work and Hands-on Geology, Part III

Help me give my students National Geographic STEM/Happy Atoms kits, coloring markers, card stock, storage bags, and Chibitronics animating LED circuit stickers to complete several STEM/STEAM projects covering 4th grade science content!

  • $460 goal

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Ms. Gil has another project! Donate to Fun Spelling Activities Books and Author Folders/Journals to Improve Writing! to help her classroom.

$626 - complete this project and be a hero
Help Ms. Gil

Ms. Gil has another project! Donate to Fun Spelling Activities Books and Author Folders/Journals to Improve Writing! to help her classroom.

$626 - complete this project and be a hero

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

My Project

I have a phenomenal and motivated group of fourth-grade scholars. There are some with IEPs (Individual Education Plans), students new to our country who are learning English for the first time, scholars with various learning styles, and readers/mathematicians at various grade levels. Regardless of this, they all work extremely hard every day and love our paper-circuit engineering and cardboard/card stock construction projects. They love making geometrical models, and Makey Makey STEM Kit coding integrated with art, just to name a few of the maker ed and computer science projects we'll be working on this year. The resources requested in this project will help us complete many such activities.

My fourth graders will benefit from using all these resources in various ways: they will use the coloring markers to brighten their STEAM work; they will also light up their work with the Chibitronics animating rainbow LED circuit stickers; the National Geographic geology/Happy Atom kits will help them add more hands-on to our geology and chemistry units; and the card stock will be used to create posters or dioramas.

The Hefty bags will be used to store STEAM resources and also for students to take home their science work. And last but not least, our electric sharpener is dead and needs to be replaced.

Thank you for stopping by and taking an interest in our little village. My scholars thank you in advance. !Muchas gracias!

Ms. Gil Taft Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Redwood City, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

31 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Chibitronics Animating Rainbow Fade LED 24 Pack • Amazon Business $30.00 2 $60.00
Affisure 12 Colors Permanent Markers, 144 Pack Permanent Markers, Assorted Colors Marker,Fine Point, Permanent Markers Bulk, Fast Dry, Waterproof, work on Plastic, Glass, Metal, Wood and Stone • Amazon Business $26.59 2 $53.18
Happy Atoms Magnetic Molecular Modeling Introductory Set | Intro to Atoms, Molecules, Bonding, Chemistry | Create 508 Molecules | 73 Activities | Plus Free Educational App for iOS, Android • Amazon Business $38.53 1 $38.53
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Break Open 10 Premium Geodes - Includes Goggles and Display Stands - Great STEM Science Kit, Geology Gift for Kids, Geodes Rocks Break Your Own, Toys for Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Mega Fossil Dig Kit - Excavate 15 Genuine Prehistoric Fossils, Kids Educational Toys, Great Science Kit Gift for Girls and Boys (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
AFMAT Electric Pencil Sharpener, Heavy Duty Classroom Pencil Sharpeners for 6.5-8mm No.2/Colored Pencils, UL Listed Industrial Pencil Sharpener w/Stronger Helical Blade, Best for School • Amazon Business $22.48 1 $22.48
Hefty Slider Storage Bags, Quart Size, 78 Count • Amazon Business $7.35 3 $22.05
Hefty Slider Freezer Storage Bags, Gallon Size, 56 Count • Amazon Business $7.16 3 $21.48
Astrobrights Mega Collection, Colored Cardstock,"Classic" 5-Color Assortment, 320 Sheets, 65 lb/176 gsm, 8.5" x 11" - MORE SHEETS! (91630) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Astrobrights Mega Collection, Colored Cardstock,"Frosty" 5-Color Assortment, 320 Sheets, 65 lb/176 gsm, 8.5" x 11" (91689) • Amazon Business $18.49 1 $18.49
Neenah White Index Paper, Mediumweight, 300 Sheets, 199 gsm, 94 Brightness, 8.5" x 11" - MORE SHEETS! (91635) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99

Materials cost

$326.17

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$29.84

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$390.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.98

Total project goal

$459.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$459.88

4 Donors

-$377.90

Donations toward project cost

-$344.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.75

match offer

-$55.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$46.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.98

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$0.00

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