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Mrs. Epp from Mesa, AZ is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hatching Our Best Reading and Writing

Help me give my students the opportunity to learn firsthand about the life cycle and early development of a living animal by watching chicken eggs hatch from an incubator.

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

I teach kindergarten through 6th grade students with a variety of learning, intellectual, and sensory needs in our elementary school's resource program. My students learn strategies that support their learning in their general education classes and work on individual goals to improve their reading and writing.

All of my students participate in small groups when in my class.

We practice the skills they need in many multisensory ways, using topics that are hands on and interesting to the kids.

My Project

The materials and supplies that I am requesting for my students will enable them to research and learn firsthand about how chickens develop and grow. It will give them a wonderful hands on opportunity to have an authentic experience to read further about this topic and write about it as well.

Students are more motivated to write and read about things they are interested and invested in.

Having the actual chicken eggs and incubator in the classroom for them to watch and understand the length of time it takes, and then see the chicks continue to grow, will be just the motivation my kids will need to push themselves to do their best at reading things that might be a little difficult, and write a passage with just a little more attention to detail.

Mrs. Epp Adams Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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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Mesa, AZ View local requests

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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Incubator Set, Still-Air Picture Window, 110 V • Carolina Biological Supply Company $220.68 1 $220.68
Brooder Lamp with Bulb • Carolina Biological Supply Company $57.15 1 $57.15
Chicken Eggs, Fertile, Unit of 12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $34.02 1 $34.02
Chick Life Cycle Exploration Set • AKJ Education $25.54 1 $25.54
Chick Development Chart • Carolina Biological Supply Company $15.03 1 $15.03
Incubator Thermometer • Carolina Biological Supply Company $10.03 1 $10.03
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones: A Book About Animals That Lay Eggs • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Chicks & Chickens • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Hatching Eggs • AKJ Education $5.11 1 $5.11
Chickens And Chicks • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Backyard Chickens • AKJ Education $1.85 1 $1.85

Materials cost

$385.44

Vendor shipping charges

 $46.00

Sales tax

 $27.56

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$494.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.31

Total project goal

$582.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $582.09

5 Donors

-$582.09

Donations toward project cost

-$494.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.31

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