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Ms. Marcellin from Brooklyn, NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Middle School Students Grow Their Own Food

Help me give my students the materials to start a hydroponics system in my classroom so they can grow and eat their own vegetables.

  • $529 goal

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My Students

Our community is very diverse both racially and socioeconomically. My 8th graders are curious and love to engage in hands-on activities. This summer, as 7th graders in Summer Rising, they grew many vegetables and herbs in our new outdoor garden. They would love to continue this project indoors during the winter and design a mini hydroponic system to grow food at home.

My students will have the opportunity to connect their botany background with their engineering skills to build a classroom size hydroponic system and create mini designs for their homes.

My Project

My young scientists will be engaging in an exploration about climate change and its effect on the environment. After learning about how human actions may impact the environment negatively, they will explore ways to enact change. Student will design sustainable alternatives to reduce our carbon footprint at home and at school. Having the opportunity to create a project design such as a hydroponic system will increase their interests and excitement.

The goal is to have my students not only create a hydroponic system in our classroom to grow their own vegetables, but to be challenged to design a similar sustainable system for their homes.

Ms. Marcellin MS 915 Grades 6-8

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

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.

More about Ms. Marcellin

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

140 students impacted 19donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Rock Wool Upgrade Kit for Hydroponic Indoor Farm • Carolina Biological Supply Company $58.50 4 $234.00
Foam Resupply Kit for Hydroponic Indoor Farm • Carolina Biological Supply Company $35.10 4 $140.40

Materials cost

$374.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.88

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$448.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.22

Total project goal

$528.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $528.12

1 Donor

-$519.29

Donations toward project cost

-$448.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.39

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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 $0.00

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