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Ms. Silverthorn from Folcroft, PA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Life Cycles for Little Learners

Help me give my students hands-on materials to learn about life cycles and our environment.

  • 6 donors
  • $343 goal

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My Project

Biology lessons begin in the elementary grades. Although primary students cannot understand complex, abstract concepts; teachers are laying down the foundations for the future. Learning about life cycles develops a student’s understanding of the world around them and helps them to appreciate nature. The tadpole to frog kit and butterfly larvae as well as gardening supplies will help my students experience the basis. but weighty concept, of life, death, and birth.

My first-grade students are concrete, hands-on learners, therefore seeing the actual life cycle of a frog and butterfly will stay with them for a life time.

Thank you for supporting my students' understanding of our beautiful world.

Ms. Silverthorn Delcroft 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.

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Folcroft, PA 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

25 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dr. Earth Gold Premium Potting Soil, 8 Quart, Natural • Amazon Business $11.99 4 $47.96
Raise-A-Frog Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $32.58 1 $32.58
Educational Insights Sprout and Grow Window • Kaplan Early Learning Company $30.56 1 $30.56
12 Pairs Kids Gardening Gloves Children Yard Work Glove Rubber Coated Garden Gloves for Girls Boys Toddlers Youth Outdoor (Medium (Age 6-8)) • Amazon Business $28.98 1 $28.98
Homyhoo 4 Pack Potato Growing Bag with Flap 10 Gallon Planter Pots with Handles and Harvest Window for Potato Tomato and Vegetables, Black Green Orange and Beige • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Kids Gardening Tools Set, 6PCS Gardening Tools for Kids Metal with Sturdy Wooden Handle Safe Gardening Tools 8" Children Beach Sandbox Toy • Amazon Business $9.88 2 $19.76
Insect Lore Cup of Live Baby Caterpillars with Figurines | Butterfly Kit Refill - Plus Butterfly Life Cycle Stages Toy Figurines | 5 Painted Lady Caterpillars Shipped Now • Amazon Business $18.81 1 $18.81
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt: (Spring Books for Kids, Gardening for Kids, Preschool Science Books, Children's Nature Books) (Over and Under) • Amazon Business $12.77 1 $12.77
Gardening Lab for Kids: 52 Fun Experiments to Learn, Grow, Harvest, Make, Play, and Enjoy Your Garden (Volume 24) (Lab for Kids, 24) • Amazon Business $12.61 1 $12.61
800+ Butterfly Milkweed Seeds for Planting, Swamp Milkweed(Asclepias curassavica) 4 Pack of 200 Seeds Each Heirloom, Non-GMO • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$233.21

Vendor shipping charges

 $24.24

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$290.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.34

Total project goal

$342.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $342.29

4 Donors

-$240.53

Donations toward project cost

-$205.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.58

Matching donations from our partners

-$100.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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 $0.00

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