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Ms. Gray from Springfield, IL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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EGGcited About Hatching Chickens

Help me give my students my students the knowledge of chickens and life cycles by hatching eggs in our classroom.

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Hatching chickens in the classroom has many educational outcomes. Having eggs in an incubator in our classroom teaches students to take data, practice patience, and ask questions. Reading the stories that go along with the chick process help us to understand that living things grow differently than us and teach us what these animals need to grow and survive. Hatching chicks and observing them in our classroom will help students learn to care for living things and to nurture animals to help them happily grow. We also learn about the science life cycle of a chicken and get to see many of the steps first hand. Seeing scientific steps first hand helps young students to grasp the concept and learn more meaningfully.

Ms. Gray Early Learning Center Grades PreK-2

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Springfield, IL View local requests

More than a third 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

20 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brinsea Products Maxi 24 Advance Automatic 24 Egg Incubator, Yellow/Blue • Amazon Business $238.81 1 $238.81
9.84 Inch Plush Egg Laying Hen Chicken with Zippered Belly, Henhouse and 4 Little Baby Chicks Inside Egg Stuffed Chicken Plush Toy for Christmas Stocking Stuffers Birthday Party Decoration Supplies • Amazon Business $35.99 2 $71.98
The Incredible Egg Scale • Amazon Business $41.57 1 $41.57
Toddler Brightly Colored Count & Match Eggs • Kaplan Early Learning Company $31.46 1 $31.46
Titan Incubators High Intensity LED Chicken Egg Candler/Tester – Battery Powered • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
Shape Sorting & Matching Egg Playset • Kaplan Early Learning Company $25.19 1 $25.19
Chicken & Egg Stackers • Kaplan Early Learning Company $24.26 1 $24.26
Brinsea Products Maxi II Egg Incubators Hatching Mats, One Size • Amazon Business $5.99 3 $17.97
Egg • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Where Do Chicks Come From? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
Hatching Eggs • AKJ Education $5.11 1 $5.11

Materials cost

$503.17

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$540.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$95.42

Total project goal

$636.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $636.14

6 Donors

-$424.08

Donations toward project cost

-$360.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.59

match offer

-$212.06

Match offer toward project cost

-$180.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.81

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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