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Mrs. Bensfield from Elmhurst, IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Crochet a Coral Reef

My students need crochet hooks of different sizes and a variety of yarn colors and textures to make the diverse shapes found in a coral reef.

  • $389 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

The incredible beauty of a coral reef is more appreciated if it can be seen. The students will learn about hyperbolic shapes as well as the ecology of a coral reef through creating a reef model using crochet. The reef will be displayed at the school while it is being made and after it is completed.

Our school is a public middle school in Illinois.

The students enjoy cross-curricular projects, and this project uses math, science and art. There are about 730 students in the school, including the district multi-needs classroom. We anticipate many students will participate, especially since a student can make only one small part of the reef and have it joined with the work of others.

My Project

We will never be able to take a field trip to a coral reef, but we can create a realistic model of the hyperbolic shapes found in a coral reef with yarn and crochet hooks. Students will learn a new skill, as well as understand on a much deeper level the diversity and beauty of a coral reef. The large finished project will continue to teach as it is displayed and added to over the years.

Our students do not realize the interconnectedness of the subjects they study.

Using art, math and science together in this project shows how our knowledge and experiences need to be multi-faceted.

Mrs. Bensfield
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CROCHET HOOKS SET OF 6 • Childcraft, Inc $9.14 10 $91.40
YARN TRAIT-TEX VALUE BOXES • Childcraft, Inc $86.80 2 $173.60

Materials cost

$265.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $26.50

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$330.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.32

Total project goal

$388.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $388.80

5 Donors

-$385.27

Donations toward project cost

-$330.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.79

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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 $0.00

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