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Ms. Folta from Amarillo, TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Create and Play to Success!

Help me give my students the ability to create their own game boards! Items like blank game boards and construction papers will be used to supply students with the necessary materials to design and create custom scientific board games.

  • $757 goal

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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

My students are amazing 7th graders who are at very unique times in their life. Our school is a Title I school with the majority of our students coming from low-income households. However, this does not hold them back! My students absolutely love science and are more than willing to get their hands dirty as they explore the wonders of science.

My Project

Every year, I assign my students the task of creating their own scientific board game. Students are given the following rules: 1. Students must create a unique game and 2. It must demonstrate that you understand the content (for example, the rules of the periodic table).

Students are then free to use their imagination!

Every year I am BLOWN AWAY by the dedication, creativity, content knowledge, and effort put into these boards. The learning demonstrated in this project has exceeded any data I could gather from the "traditional" way of assessing students.

After projects are turned in, we always host a Game Night for friends and families to come to play our board games! Students stand next to their games for the first 30 minutes and explain what they gathered from this project and describe how they made their game unique. This has been one of the most successful nights of the year in terms of parent involvement.

The materials I have requested are vital in the creation of these boards as they offer the basic structure of the project. The blank boards will allow students a canvas on which to create and the spinners and dice will allow a "moving" system. Paint, clay, and construction paper will give students the materials needed to create cards, game pieces, and tiles for their boards. They then use their brainpower to construct their creation!

Ms. Folta James Bowie Middle School Grades 6-8

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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Amarillo, TX 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apostrophe Games Three Pack of Blank Game Boards (3 Game Boards 20" x 20") • Amazon Business $19.99 20 $399.80
Colorations Construction Paper Pack, 10 Assorted Colors, 12" x 18", 300 sheets, heavyweight construction paper, crafts, art, kids art, painting, coloring, drawing, creating, arts and crafts (Item # BIGSMART) • Amazon Business $29.99 2 $59.98
Acrylic Paint Set, Shuttle Art 36 Colors (60ml, 2oz) with 3 Brushes & 1 Palette, Craft painting, Rich Pigments,Non-Toxic for Artists,Beginners and Kids on Rocks, Crafts, Canvas,Wood, Fabric, Ceramic • Amazon Business $54.99 1 $54.99
Darice Modeling Clay, 72 Pack – Assorted Colors – Non-Hardening Clay in Various Vibrant Colors, Ideal for all Skill Levels • Amazon Business $9.99 4 $39.96
Apostrophe Games Blank Playing Cards - Poker Size (180 Uncoated Cards) • Amazon Business $8.99 3 $26.97
ETA hand2mind Blank Game Spinners, Set of 10 • Amazon Business $10.95 2 $21.90

Materials cost

$603.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$642.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$113.41

Total project goal

$756.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $756.06

8 Donors

-$29.27

Donations toward project cost

-$26.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.74

Matching donations from our partners

-$724.84

Match offers toward project cost

-$616.11

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$108.73

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.94

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 $0.00

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