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Mr. Ryan from Minneapolis, MN is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Growing and Selling Produce In Physics: Developing Financial Literacy

Help me give my students an Advanced Grow System to learn produce sustainability in physics class and help them learn financial literacy as we use the grow system grow and sell plants.

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My Project

I am seeking funding to finance a 2x4 AC Infinity Grow Tent system that will be used as part of an Energy Production Unit in a high school physics class where students will learn about produce sustainability and financial literacy through selling our plants and some produce to the community as a fundraiser.

We are going to use the grow tent to grow plants which we intend on selling to the community as a fundraiser for our high school, helping to teach financial literacy.

Oftentimes, a common complaint from graduates is that high school doesn't prepare you for the "real world." I'm attempting to teach plant and produce sustainability in physics clas, where we will use our Advanced Grow System to propagate fruits, vegetables, and native plants into our community garden. The community garden will provide students with an opportunity to fundraise for things like the annual band trip to Florida and the spring baseball trip to Arizona.

We will give our students a hands-on experience growing the crops, but then we will give them a real world lesson on financial literacy as they begin to think like business owners, fundraising for different organizations and clubs in school. This is a way for us to teach financial literacy skills as we think about the Grow Tent as a small "business" and the complications and expenses it will take to keep it running in the future.

Students will gain skills by growing and harvesting their own food; they will also gain financial skills as they advertise and sell their produce and plants to the community, to reinvest in the community garden. Students glow with excitement as they pick vegetables from our community garden. A classroom grow tent will allow us to bring that excitement inside, year-round.

Mr. Ryan Edison High School Grades 9-12

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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 three‑quarters 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

140 students impacted 16donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AC Infinity Advance Grow System 2x4, 2-Plant Kit, WiFi-Integrated Grow Tent Kit, Automate Ventilation, Circulation, Schedule Full Spectrum Samsung LM301H LED Grow Light, 2000D Mylar Tent • Amazon Business $649.00 1 $649.00

Materials cost

$649.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$688.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$121.54

Total project goal

$810.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $810.28

14 Donors

-$732.50

Donations toward project cost

-$631.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$101.50

match offer

-$67.93

Match offer toward project cost

-$57.74

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.19

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.85

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 $0.00

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