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Ms. Lytle from Santa Ana, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Collecting Bugs to Change the Planet (and My Students)!

My students need boots, sieves, bowls, pitchers, tables, ice cube trays, macroinvertebrate ID cards, gloves, pipets, and magnifiers for conducting bioassessments.

  • $1,515 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Students

Homer is credited with saying, "The journey is the thing." Science classes require students to learn a great deal of vocabulary and basic concepts, but Homer was right, what's important is what you do with those concepts. How you get an answer is often just as important as the answer itself.

There's something truly magical, beautiful, and frustrating about high school students.

Honestly, while they make me crazy on occasion I really love watching them become adults, and more importantly, watching them learn what it means to be adults. 100% of our students receive free and reduced price lunch, and over 85% are 2nd language learners. My students also often have numerous responsibilities outside of school, including caring for siblings and helping with family expenses. Since we began offering AP Environmental Science (APES), which is a senior elective, I've had a wide spectrum of students, from our valedictorian, to students with GPAs that hover around 2.0, for whom this is their 1st and only AP class. Anything I can use to better engage my students and teach them lessons about the environment, and science, which stay with them beyond their time in my classroom is a worthwhile endeavor. Taking students into the field to engage in investigations has proven very effective.

My Project

A short walk from my room is a culvert that feeds a major river. Our local CoastKeeper program has helped my classes engage in annual water quality testing of the culvert. The results have been disheartening. With these boots, sieves, bowls and other sorting materials, we'll conduct multiple bioassessments each year in an effort to add to our current understanding of the health of the culvert. Students will actually wade into the culvert to collect macroinvertebrates, quantifying their tolerance of pollution as a way to measure the area's water quality. Additionally, students will try to determine the major sources of any pollution, then propose and implement mitigation projects of their own designs. The students will then analyze the effectiveness of their plans, suggest alterations, and share their results with the community at large. One of the goals is to change polluting behaviors, and inspire future community based action. Is there any better way to Teach for the Planet?

This project addresses multiple parts of the APES curriculum, such as pollution and water use, while we undertake field investigations to a greater depth than ever before.

Arguably, the most lasting value of this project will be to engage my students in real world environmental improvement plans of their own designs, with all of the challenges and triumphs that can entail. Ultimately, I want to give my students tools to positively affect the world in the future, since it will one day be theirs.

Ms. Lytle
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cosco 34" Square Top Folding Portable Table, Metal Folding Legs, Black • Amazon $37.94 6 $227.64
Winco MXB-3000Q Mixing Bowl, 30-Quart • Amazon $29.34 3 $88.02
Elementary Sieve Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $32.25 2 $64.50
Rubbermaid Commercial FG321700CLR Bouncer Measuring Cup, 2-quart • Amazon $12.39 6 $74.34
LaCrosse Men's 16" Economy Knee Boot,Black,12 M US • Amazon $33.58 2 $67.16
LaCrosse Men's 16" Economy Knee Boot,Black,10 M US • Amazon $33.58 2 $67.16
Triple Folding Pocket Magnifier • Nasco $3.70 20 $74.00
Honeywell Safety 18821-11 Servus CT Economy Safety Hi Boot for Men's, Size-11, Black • Amazon $18.47 3 $55.41
LaMotte Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Life Cycle and Habitat Flash Card Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $51.77 1 $51.77
Honeywell Safety 18821-8 Servus CT Economy Safety Hi Boot for Men's, Size-8, Black • Amazon $23.38 2 $46.76
Tingley 31151 Economy SZ6 Kneed Boot for Agriculture, 15-Inch, Black • Amazon $23.13 2 $46.26
Honeywell Safety 18821-9 Servus CT Economy Safety Hi Boot for Men's, Size-9, Black • Amazon $15.36 3 $46.08
Honeywell Safety 18821-7 Servus CT Economy Safety Hi Boot for Men's, Size-7, Black • Amazon $21.11 2 $42.22
Globe Scientific 138002-100 LDPE Graduated Transfer Pipet, Bellows, Non-Sterile, 140mm Length, 7.0mL Capacity (Bag of 100) • Amazon $20.90 1 $20.90
LaCrosse Men's 16" Economy Knee Boot,Black,14 M US • Amazon $33.58 1 $33.58
OXO Tot Baby Food Freezer Tray, White/Green • Amazon $4.99 6 $29.94
Ammex VPF Vinyl Glove, Medical Exam, Latex Free, Disposable, Powder Free, Small (Box of 100) • Amazon $6.95 2 $13.90
Honeywell Safety 18801-5 Servus Iron Duke Polyblend Safety Hi Boot for Men's, Size-5, Black • Amazon $10.86 2 $21.72
Honeywell Safety 18821-13 Servus CT Economy Safety Hi Boot for Men's, Size-13, Black • Amazon $21.11 1 $21.11
Ammex VPF Vinyl Glove, Medical Exam, Latex Free, Disposable, Powder Free, Medium (Box of 100) • Amazon $4.35 2 $8.70
Ammex VPF Vinyl Glove, Medical Exam, Latex Free, Disposable, Powder Free, Large (Box of 100) • Amazon $4.35 2 $8.70
Ammex VPF Vinyl Glove, Medical Exam, Latex Free, Disposable, Powder Free, X-Large (Box of 100) • Amazon $9.24 1 $9.24

Materials cost

$1,119.11

Vendor shipping charges

 $19.03

Sales tax

 $102.40

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,287.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$227.18

Total project goal

$1,514.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,514.51

6 Donors

-$1,328.58

Donations toward project cost

-$1,287.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$185.93

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