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Ms. Botnick from Jersey City, NJ is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Minnows to Marigolds: Where Autism and Aquaponics Unite

My students need a mini aquaponics system and other associated accessories to help get their science project off ground and "swimming"!!!

  • $913 goal

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My Students

Too often, students with autism are sent out into the world without the adequate skills to help them be productive and contributing members of society. This project is geared towards giving these students vocational skills in the area of agriculture and farming that will help them in the future.

My students are 9 of the most delightful middle school children!

They are full of enthusiasm, motivation, and all attributes that most adults strive for. They also happen to have autism. We are located in an inner-city in the state of New Jersey, and these students attend a public middle school.

My Project

Individuals with autism spend so much of their lives being looked at "differently". This project will give them the opportunity to be part of the mainstream of life, creating something that can be shared amongst the entire school population, as well as the community they live in. Children with autism learn best by actually carrying out the tasks being taught, and this will allow them to do just that. Creating a functioning aquaponics system, breeding fish, and growing plants will teach them vocational skills, increase fine-motor and gross-motor skills, as well as increase their overall language skills. This experience will be invaluable for them.

We need your help.

Help us to give these wonderful students the chance to open doors that may not be opened for them otherwise. Help to make a difference in these amazing children's' lives. Pay it forward and I promise, the rewards will be ten-fold.

Ms. Botnick Frank Conwell Middle School 4 Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

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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Jersey City, NJ View local requests

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

9 students impacted 35donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mini Aquaponic System • Sargent-Welch $404.99 1 $404.99
Staple Diet Flake Fish Food (2.2 lb; 1 kg) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $61.04 1 $61.04
Aquarium Pump and Power Head, Maxi-Jet 1200 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $40.61 4 $162.44
Create-A-Water Garden Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $71.72 1 $71.72

Materials cost

$700.19

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.52

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$775.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$136.80

Total project goal

$912.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $912.01

29 Donors

-$910.25

Donations toward project cost

-$775.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$135.04

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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 $0.00

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