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Help KIPPsters Discover Ecology Through Owl Pellets!

My students need 100 owl pellets for a hands-on science investigation on the food webs found in an owl's ecosystem.

  • $427 goal

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Sifting through something regurgitated by an owl may not sound like every one's idea of fun, but as my students climb the mountain towards future careers as scientist, the chance to dissect an owl pellet provides an invaluable way to learn about ecology and food webs by being "Diet Detectives"!

As KIPPsters, my students are climbing the mountain to college every day as they continue to "work hard" and "be nice" both in and out of the classroom.

Held to a culture of high expectations and "no excuses", many are beginning to chart a path towards a career in science, medicine, or other related field and are willing to work hard to achieve their goals. Our students come from a variety of neighborhoods and embody the rich diversity of New York City, with the majority hailing from areas of the Bronx and Harlem. 100% of our student body is African American or Hispanic, and over 85% qualify for free or reduced price lunch programs.

My Project

Learning about food webs is often done using direct teacher instruction with limited hands-on opportunities for students. Using owl pellets flips this on its head, by allowing students to directly determine what organisms an owl consumed as they build a food web representing the owl's ecosystem. By engaging students as "Diet Detectives", they are better able to see the interrelatedness of ecosystems, and are able to gain valuable hands-on experience with dissecting equipment, taxonomic classification, and are able to build better enduring understandings of this otherwise conceptual topic.

My students face the challenge that many students in similar settings do - making science tangible and connected to the real world.

Ecology is a fascinating field, and an area of science which truly connects with my students' interests. The chance to conduct a hands-on ecology experiment through the owl pellet dissection would be extremely meaningful, and could engage my students in a fascinating area of biology.

Mr. Tejwani KIPP Infinity Elementary Middle School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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
Owl Pellets • Carolina Biological Supply Company $2.94 100 $294.00

Materials cost

$294.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.40

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$362.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.03

Total project goal

$426.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $426.84

4 Donors

-$217.00

Donations toward project cost

-$184.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.04

match offer

-$209.24

Match offer toward project cost

-$177.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.39

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.60

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 $0.00

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