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Ms. Schorn from Washington, DC is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engineering a Clay Cup

Help me give my students modeling clay to help teach them basic clay and engineering skills.

  • 3 donors
  • $71 still needed

expires Jan 19

  • 3 donors
  • $71 still needed
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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

My amazing art students would like to use Model Magic modeling clay for the first time. We would like to make Gilded Pinch Pots which will allow them to learn the most basic means of hand-forming pottery and take it to a dazzling new direction.

The most basic technique for forming a 3-D piece of pottery is a pinch pot.

It's usually the first method a potter learns. In this lesson, students will use air-dry clay to form a small vessel, then gild a portion of it with imitation gold leaf. The result is a dramatic and rich-looking container that can be useful in many ways.

Ms. Schorn
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Crayola Model Magic - White (75ct), 1oz Modeling Clay Alternative, Air Dry Clay For Kids, Bulk Classroom Arts & Crafts Supplies • Amazon Business $40.72 5 $203.60
Ziploc 682255 Resealable Sandwich Bags, 1.2mil, 6 1/2 x 6, Clear, Box of 500 • Amazon Business $23.92 2 $47.84

Materials cost

$251.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $15.09

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$300.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.99

Total project goal

$353.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $353.29

1 Donor

-$130.00

Donations toward project cost

-$130.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$130.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$110.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.94

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $70.35

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