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Mrs. Mance from New York, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Is This A Classroom or a Zoo?

My project needs 4 HP Photosmart E327 digital cameras for use in the classroom and on fieldtrips throughout the city of New York.

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I teach in an inner-city school located in New York City that serves a population of students (85-90%) who live in public housing. I am a fourth grade teacher who teaches all academic subjects (math, reading, writing, social studies, and science) along with environmental education. The obstacle that my students and I are facing now is not having digital cameras to take pictures of the many changes and events that occur with the animals that we have in our classroom. We have 6 birds that live in aviaries that students have helped to build, we have gerbils (sometimes as many as 20), we have a bearded dragon, we raise brown trout from eggs and release them in the spring, and we have two frogs. With the digital camera we could take and print pictures to include in our observation journals that we keep and the nonfiction books that we write. The animals and programs that my students are involved in provide them with the responsibility of learning to care for animals and learning about the important roles that they (the animals and humans) play in our environment. Students learn about the different ecosystems in the world and through the raising of the trout, students learn and see firsthand the important of keeping our waters clean. They can see how trout have a low tolerance level for populated water, thus students must work weekly to make sure that the water is clean. Students share their knowledge and excitement of learning with parents, teachers, and other students. In order to extend these activities, I would welcome four digital cameras in my classroom so that students would not continue to use my digital camera which they have done for the last two years. As one student remarked, "I have never seen so many animals in a classroom. This room looks like a zoo!?!" Share the experience by providing us with digital camera and find out, Is This A Classroom or a Zoo?

Mrs. Mance PS 33 Chelsea Preparatory 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

HBCU Alum 27 students impacted 4donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
HP PHOTOSMART E327 DIGITAL CAMERA -- HP Digital Cameras; Photosmart E327 • Quill Corporation $89.99 4 $359.96

Materials cost

$359.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $36.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$422.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$92.63

Total project goal

$514.63

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $514.63

3 Donors

-$487.65

Donations toward project cost

-$422.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.98

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 $0.00

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