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Mrs. Allard's STEAM Lab from San Diego, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reach The Stars!

My students need a telescope for viewing the sky, books and DVDs to use as references, and a set of star & planet finders.

  • $802 goal

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Space explorers need a star to hang on to! I teach in a science lab setting at an elementary school, teaching grades K-5. Among our local residential students, we also have a high percentage of English language learners who choose to be transported to our school to accelerate their learning. In addition to these children, we also have a high population of military families, two special education classrooms, and a variety of students who receive special education assistance in regular classrooms.

Although this is my second year teaching science to my school, this is the first year I have taught any astronomy. I have concentrated on the standards for 3rd and 5th grade in Earth science, and not only found my students to be excited, but got myself hooked in the process! When I polled on whether they wanted to continue with astronomy or go on to a new topic, almost every student wanted to continue the astronomy focus! Although most of our students look forward to coming to the science lab, this was the most enthusiastic I have seen them about one particular topic. This will help develop scientific thinking, discussion of possibilities and theories, how astronomers work, and I can sneak in some practical mathematics as well.

In order to feed our need for information about the universe, we need to arrange for some special sessions of nighttime viewing, as well as equipment that will help aid us in the regular classroom setting. We need a telescope to provide some hands-on experience, and the model that we would like has many features that will help us in finding objects in the sky. We also need the Starry Night planetarium software, DVDs, books, and star finders to help train ourselves in being sky-viewing enthusiasts.

We are very excited about the subject of astronomy, and look forward to making observations of what we have been studying. Please help my students catch a star...or a million!

Mrs. Allard's STEAM Lab Vista Grande Elementary School Grades 3-5

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More than a third 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
STAR FINDER • Sargent-Welch $7.16 18 $128.88
Northstar 4.5" Reflector Telescope • Best Buy $279.99 1 $279.99
Explorations: An Introduction to Astronomy, Volume 2 (Stars and Galaxies) with Starry Night Pro 5 DVD, version 5.0 Thomas T Arny • Barnes and Noble $62.77 1 $62.77
Explorations: An Introduction to Astronomy, Volume 1 (Solar System) with Starry Night Pro DVD, version 5.0 Thomas T. Arny, Stephen E. Schneider • Barnes and Noble $62.77 1 $62.77

Materials cost

$534.41

Vendor shipping charges

 $53.44

Sales tax

 $38.74

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$657.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$144.22

Total project goal

$801.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $801.22

5 Donors

-$386.44

Donations toward project cost

-$328.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.97

match offer

-$386.51

Match offer toward project cost

-$316.94

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.13

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 $0.00

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