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Ms. Fitzgerald from Mercer, WI is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Experiencing Vernal Pools=Respect for Wetlands

Help me give my students more nets for catching and investigating Vernal Pool animals. We typically hike to the pool with older peers, and our nets are in rough shape or too heavy.

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My Students

I currently have five adventurous Kindergarten students who selected to hike the school forest and have a cookout as their reward for achieving their class goal last fall. They also enjoyed hiking while observing/collecting signs of fall and spring. Two children have parents who grew up here, in our north woods, one child’s family moved up here just before his birth, one child has lived near this area her entire life and one has visited her Nana and Papa before moving here this past fall.

My Project

Studies have shown that the more students get outside and explore the forests and wetlands the more respect for the natural surroundings they keep, build upon, and share. Building environmental stewards is important to me, and I believe in starting with younger, more impressionable youth.

Some students are able to share their knowledge and excitement on this adventure, while learning new information, and others learn via peers, guide books, and this first-hand experience.

Mixing the younger children with older students allows for the building of leadership skills and mutual respect.

The children will listen to and discuss nonfiction stories about Vernal Pool animals, and the Field Guide to Vernal Pool Animals the week of the hike. They will hike to the Vernal Pool at the Mercer Ranger Station, dip nets, turn nets inside out into a box of pool water, look at and what animals are in the water with an older student or chaperone. The selection of animals will be on display in the classroom will be on display for a week. During this week the children will draw things they saw, heard, smelled, or felt while on their hike, and write corresponding statements, in their Vernal Pool book. During the week, the children will have access to the tank of animals, along with magnifying glasses, to encourage verbal observations, excitement, and discussions. The purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate to the children what lives in the Vernal Pool, and why these animals are important to us and other animals.

Ms. Fitzgerald Mercer School Grades PreK-2

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More than half 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TetraPond Telescoping Pond Net, 14-Inch Diameter Ring • Amazon Business $27.99 3 $83.97
TetraPond Telescoping Pond Net, 14-Inch Diameter Ring • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99

Materials cost

$111.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$143.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.35

Total project goal

$168.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $168.99

3 Donors

-$143.99

Donations toward project cost

-$122.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.60

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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 $0.00

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