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Ms. Cardenas from Los Angeles, CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning With an Inquiry Mindset

Help me give my students interactive science notebooks that will give them a place to record observations, wonderings, gather data, and reflect on their learning, like real SCIENTIST do.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

In order to lead with a lens of Inquiry, you need to cultivate conditions for curiosity and empower student agency within your classroom. All these materials will be used to create interactive science notebooks that will give my students a place to record observations through writing and drawing, gather and record data, jot down wonderings, and develop explanations and arguments based on evidence.

With these interactive notebooks, students will experience a meaningful and wonder-filled journey as they engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate, their way through scientific inquiry.

Help me make science fun and meaningful and at the same time help my students work on some executive functioning skills like planning, self-monitoring, and organization.

Ms. Cardenas Para Los Ninos Charter School Grades 3-5

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.

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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

25 students impacted 9donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Five Star 2-Pocket Folders, Stay-Put Folder, Plastic Colored Folders with Pockets and Prong Fasteners for 3-Ring Binders, For School Supplies and Home Office, 8-1/2” x 11", Assorted, 4 Pack (38048) • Amazon Business $9.54 25 $238.50
Cardinal Economy 3-Ring Binders, 1", Round Rings, Holds 225 Sheets, Clearvue Presentation View, Non-Stick, Black, Carton of 12 • Amazon Business $27.99 2 $55.98
Comprehension and Collaboration, Revised Edition: Inquiry Circles for Curiosity, Engagement, and Understanding • Amazon Business $45.00 1 $45.00
Blue Summit Supplies 3 Ring Binder Dividers with Reinforced Edge, 1/5 Cut Tabs, Letter Size, 3 Hole Punch Section Index Dividers for Binders, White, 100 Page Divider Pack • Amazon Business $19.59 2 $39.18
Oxford Composition Notebooks, Wide Ruled Paper, 9-3/4" x 7-1/2", Black Marble Covers, 100 Sheets, 12 per Pack (63795) • Amazon Business $18.99 2 $37.98
Science Notebooks, Second Edition: Writing About Inquiry • Amazon Business $25.00 1 $25.00
Sheet Protectors, PANDRI 500 Pack Clear Heavy Duty Plastic Page Protectors Sheet Reinforced 11-Hole Fit for 3 Ring Binder Fits Standard 8.5 x 11 Paper, 9.25 x 11.25 Top Loaded, Acid Free • Amazon Business $22.94 1 $22.94

Materials cost

$464.58

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $42.51

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$544.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.01

Total project goal

$640.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $640.07

7 Donors

-$345.03

Donations toward project cost

-$293.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.75

Matching donations from our partners

-$295.04

Match offers toward project cost

-$250.78

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.26

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