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Help Us Get Our Hands Dirty: Science Materials for Special Needs Students

The cost of Learning Science Activity Tubs and a Science Photo Library from Lakeshore Learning is $605, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

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I am a second-year teacher in District 75, New York City's special education district for students with severe disabilities. I am fortunate enough to be working with the same group of third-fifth grade students with autism I worked with last year, and have had the opportunity to watch many of them advance their math and literacy skills. I also try to make time in the short school day for art projects, music and movement activities, social studies, and geography lessons. But one subject that has been sorely lacking in my classroom is science. I love science and have taught such topics as the basics of the life cycle, but since most of my school's classes consist of low-functioning special education students whose goals are mostly everyday life skills, we do not have many science materials. Although my students perform below grade level, they have amazed me with their ability to learn when presented with exciting new material in an exciting new way! We not only need books and workbooks, but some hands-on equipment to be able to perform simple experiments. It would be a tragedy for them to get through school without much science knowledge simply because we lacked the appropriate materials. I am requesting a donation to purchase a science photo library and a set of eight science activity tubs from Lakeshore Learning that cover such topics as weather, insects, and the solar system. (Students with autism, even more so than most students, learn best from hands-on and visual materials.) Please help us get our hands dirty! Thank you.

Ms. Fredricksen PS231 at PS238 Grades 3-5

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT980X - Learning Science Activity Tubs - Gr. 1-3 • Lakeshore Learning $375.00 1 $375.00
AA636 - Science Photo Library • Lakeshore Learning $49.50 1 $49.50

Materials cost

$424.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

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3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$496.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.90

Total project goal

$605.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $605.00

5 Donors

-$583.64

Donations toward project cost

-$496.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.54

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.36

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