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Ms. Reeves from Chicago, IL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Here a Chick, There a Chick

My students need 2 incubators for hatching chicks.

  • $257 goal

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My Students

For an inner city child, watching chicks hatch from incubated eggs is an experience they probably will never unless the school provides it. While information can be gleaned from books, seeing is believing.

As Science Specialist at an elementary school in a large urban area, I work with the teachers to furnish a stimulating learning environment for all the students, grades K-8.

Despite the area's low income and high poverty rate, our school has become known as a place with a can-do attitude and teachers that expect better than "good enough." The neighborhood also has a high transient rate (over 40%) so we often gain students who may not have had much science training in their previous school.

My Project

We need 2 incubators for hatching eggs in the 2 Kindergarten classrooms. The ones we had for six years stopped working last spring. This equipment will provide the life science lesson for 46 little ones. Students will keep a calendar to anticipate when the chicks will hatch. They will care for the live animals by providing water and chicken feed. They will see first hand that birds hatch from eggs.

This hands-on experience will change the basic knowledge these students have.

Rather than boringly reciting "Chickens come from eggs" they will excitedly relate "I saw a chicken hatch out of an egg!"

Ms. Reeves Claremont Academy Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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. Reeves

Chicago, IL View local requests

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

46 students impacted 10donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Incubator Egg With Windows 115V • Sargent-Welch $89.96 2 $179.92

Materials cost

$179.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$217.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.40

Total project goal

$256.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $256.02

10 Donors

-$254.79

Donations toward project cost

-$217.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.17

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.23

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 $0.00

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