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Ms. Tubbs from Merrillville, IN is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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More Farm to Fork

Help me give my students and the entire school system the ability to really see what farm to fork means.

  • $473 goal

This project expired on June 14, 2024.

This project expired on June 14, 2024.

My Project

This Spring I am continuing my Farm to Fork educational series with the Library as well as students in the special needs classroom. Students learn about nutrition, composting, growing plants, starting a garden, as well as how to hatch and raise chickens. The items I am requesting are to enrich opportunities for students to actually help plant a school garden, compost food scraps, and learn how our food waste can actually be fed to chickens. I share the activities I am doing in my classroom with the rest of the school and school system via web cams. Students will learn how they can grow some of their own food to help with food security as well as how locally grown food leaves a smaller carbon footprint. We will be doing this, by planting seeds, watching them grow into plants, and then be transplanted in the school garden, or taken home to grow over the summer. The seed starter tray is so that the students with special needs can have the plants grow in their classroom, so that they can really observe the process.

I am also asking for an automated see-through incubator to hatch eggs.

That way the students can see the chicks from pip to zip to hatch. Students throughout the system watch the chickens hatch and grow the first few weeks, again through a webcam. We are asking for the portable chicken coop, with a detachable bottom for housing the chicks as they start to feather out. The pop up coop should meet the needs of the students, since it is easily put up and washable. Chickens when feathered out go to a working farm that is in an inner city, that is used for educational purposes.

Ms. Tubbs Merrillville High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Merrillville, IN 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

100 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Manna Pro Harris Farms Nurture Right Egg Incubator for Hatching Chicks - Holds 22 Eggs - Automatic Egg Turner with Temperature and Humidity Control - 360 Degree View With Clear Window • Amazon Business $189.99 1 $189.99
AIRNEX Collapsible Food Waste Bin with Lid - 1 Gallon Food Waste Caddy for Kitchen Made of Wheat Straw - Odor Free Compost Bin with Compostable Trash Bags and Carbon Filters • Amazon Business $22.95 2 $45.90
Kinsha Portable Chicken Coop Chicken with a New Upgraded Detachable Bottom Cover for Small Animals Foldable Outdoor Indoor Enclosure Chicken Pen- and Complete with a Feeder Bowl and Storage Bag • Amazon Business $41.99 1 $41.99
JERIA 12 Packs 144 Cells Seedling Starter Trays,Seed Starter Tray Seed Starter Kit with Humidity Adjustable Dome,Plant Germination Trays and Plant Starter Kit for Seeds Growing Starting (Black) • Amazon Business $16.99 2 $33.98
Kirababy Seed Starter Tray with Grow Light, 2 Packs Seed Tray Kits with 80-Cell/Seedling Tray with Humidity Dome/Indoor Grow Kit for Deep-Rooted Seedlings • Amazon Business $31.99 1 $31.99
Stirrup Hoe and Cultivator for Weeding, 2 in 1 Heavy Duty Action Hoe with 62 Inch Adjustable Handle Scuffle Garden Hula Hoe with Rake, Metal Weeding Loop Stirrup Hoe for Weed Puller and Loosening Soil • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99

Materials cost

$365.84

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$401.33

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.82

Total project goal

$472.15

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