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Ms. Liles from New York, NY is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fun With Ants!

My students need a harmful insect display, n ant farm and an ant farm refill set.

  • $159 goal

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I teach science to students in kindergarten and first grade at a charter school in Harlem, NYC. Approximately 70% of students' families receive public assistance and/or qualify for free and reduced meals at school.

This semester, I would like to pursue a lesson on insects. Right now, the material that I have for my students is based in books and pictures, but what better way to teach about life than to bring life into the classroom!

While the lesson will cover a range of insects,I think that the perfect tool would be an ant farm. The ant farm would be an interactive tool allowing students to connect what they learn on paper with what they see in front of them.

Please help me bring my curriculum to life! Students will certainly engage more with the material if the subject matter we are describing is crawling, tunneling, and moving right before their eyes!

Ms. Liles Future Leaders Institute Charter School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
ANT FARM REFILL - COUPON • Sargent Welch $12.38 1 $12.38
ANT FARM LARGE - 10X15IN CPN • Sargent Welch $23.40 1 $23.40
INSECTS, HARMFUL • Carolina Biological Supply Company $64.60 1 $64.60

Materials cost

$100.38

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.04

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$130.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.54

Total project goal

$158.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $158.54

1 Donor

-$76.44

Donations toward project cost

-$64.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.47

match offer

-$76.51

Match offer toward project cost

-$62.74

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.77

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.79

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 $0.00

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