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Mrs. Mac from Elmhurst, NY is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Lab Materials Needed

Help me give my students the sieves, storage containers, hand strainers and other lab materials they need to conduct hands-on investigations.

  • $380 goal

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Mrs. Mac has another project! Donate to We Need Materials For State Exams This April! to help her classroom.

$401 - complete this project and be a hero

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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 Project

I teach at a Title I school in Queens, New York where 100 percent of our students receive free breakfast and lunch. Our school serves students in grades 6-8 and provides rigorous academics, fantastic teachers, and a safe learning environment. As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, I work with students who are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom.

My students don't wear their struggles on them, they walk into class every day ready and are eager to learn with smiles on their faces even though they have struggled academically most of their lives because of their various disabilities.

As a Special Education Teacher, I see the learning struggles my students have to overcome. I also serve a very high percentage of ELL (English Language Learner) students. Many of my students receive services for English as a Second Language, in addition to their disability.

With all these obstacles set before them, not having access to helpful resources should not be one of them.

When language is a struggle, hands-on learning is key. It allows students to understand vocabulary through visuals, exploration and manipulation. However, lab investigations require a lot of materials. Many of these materials are consumables and can only be used once during exploration. For example, students learn scientific tools and mixtures through a lab. This lab requires sand, iron filings, filter paper, sieves, strainers, magnets in sandwich bags. Another lab allows students to explore thermal energy and heat transfer. This lab requires coffee cups with lids, string and washers. Our struggle is once these materials are used they are unable to be reused.

By supporting this project you are giving my students access to knowledge. You are allowing them to understand science even if vocabulary and language is a struggle.

Mrs. Mac Intermediate School 5 Walter H Crowley Grades 6-8

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Elmhurst, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

120 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sand Sieve - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $8.55 8 $68.40
Mobile Math Cart Storage Container - 16-3/4 in. x 11-7/8 in. x 7 in. • Nasco $4.50 8 $36.00
Hand Strainer Small • Carolina Biological Supply Company $3.24 8 $25.92
Iron Filings 40 mesh Laboratory Grade 2 kg • Carolina Biological Supply Company $25.38 1 $25.38
70 Quart Storage Container with Lid • Kaplan Early Learning Company $25.16 1 $25.16
Perk� Paper Cup & Lid Combo, 12 Oz., White/Blue, 50/Pack (PK54365) • Quill.com $21.99 1 $21.99
Art Utility Cups and Lids - Pkg. of 25 - 3-1/4 oz. • Nasco $5.95 3 $17.85
Filter Paper Qualitative 11 cm Pack of 100 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $7.78 2 $15.56
LaCons Flip Top Container - Hinged Lid, 2 oz • Blick Art Materials $0.69 20 $13.80
Glad Zipper Sandwich Bags, 50 Bags/Box (57263) • Quill.com $2.99 2 $5.98
String, Cotton, Twine, 300 ft. • Nasco $3.95 1 $3.95
Kite String 400 yd • Carolina Biological Supply Company $3.15 1 $3.15

Materials cost

$263.14

Vendor shipping charges

 $25.68

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$322.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.96

Total project goal

$379.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $379.73

1 Donor

-$189.86

Donations toward project cost

-$161.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.48

match offer

-$189.87

Match offer toward project cost

-$161.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.48

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 $0.00

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