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Ms. Meza from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Real Scientists Need Real Tools!

My students need science tools, such as graduated cylinders, safety goggles, and microscopes, to develop and master their scientific skills.

  • $1,033 goal

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Ms. Meza has another project! Donate to Supplies to Make Our Year Better! to help her classroom.

$407 - complete this project and be a hero

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.

I am currently teaching a Self-Contained English as a Second Language Kindergarten. All my students are newcomers to the United States and they are all learning English. My school is located in a high-need community. Therefore, affording science supplies is not affordable for my students' parents.

My students are very motivated to learn and explore science, but affording all the scientific tools we need in not affordable. I am starting to collect everyday objects from home, but we don't have any tools that will help us explore our scientific objects. I want to develop my students' abilities to observe like scientists do. But without the essential tools like magnifying glasses and safety goggles, it is near impossible to accomplish my task. Right now my students are starting to observe without any of the needed tools and they are still interested in learning science.

If my students receive the supplies needed to explore science, they will develop their scientific minds. They also will have the opportunity to create a green house in the classroom and to develop their scientific curiosity about plant growing. Imagine if my students receive all the science tools such as a new science center to explore magnets, how fantastic that will be to keep them involved in science. All the tools needed in my classroom will help my students start to use high order thinking by observing, discovering and experimenting. Besides that, my students will write, read and practice mathematics during science. Science is the best subject to put my students to think like scientists, write like scientists, read like scientists, and become mathematicians like scientists. All the subjects such as math, reading, writing, art, and social studies can be tied with science.

Donors, your support to this project is essential and very important for my students to accomplish their goal to become young scientists.

Ms. Meza PS 131 Brooklyn Grades PreK-2

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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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

18 students impacted 15donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
FS491 - Human X-Rays - Set of 18 • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
CG853 - Classroom Greenhouse • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
CS547 - Student Microscopes - Set of 12 • Lakeshore Learning $49.50 1 $49.50
FS383 - Kid-Sized Safety Goggles - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning $16.95 4 $67.80
GC437 - Clear Growing Crystals Class Pack • Lakeshore Learning $6.95 2 $13.90
RR469 - Watch-It-Grow Window Greenhouse - Set of 20 • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
LC1102 - Big View Magnifier • Lakeshore Learning $9.95 1 $9.95
LA124 - Best-Buy Magnifiers - Set of 36 • Lakeshore Learning $20.00 1 $20.00
LC1011 - Sink or Float Exploration Kit • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
JJ153 - Tabletop Science Center • Lakeshore Learning $69.50 1 $69.50
EE512 - Lakeshore Magnet Kit • Lakeshore Learning $49.95 1 $49.95
HU36 - All-Size Electric Pencil Sharpener • Lakeshore Learning $49.50 1 $49.50
EG813 - Mega Magnets Construction Set • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
VT438 - AC Adaptor • Lakeshore Learning $9.95 1 $9.95
DA106 - Big Screen Microscope • Lakeshore Learning $59.95 1 $59.95
BV633 - Graduated Cylinders Set • Lakeshore Learning $24.95 1 $24.95
GW243 - Extra Heavy-Duty Stethoscope • Lakeshore Learning $8.95 1 $8.95
JJ817 - Going to the Doctor Teaching Kit • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95
LC1102 - Big View Magnifier • Lakeshore Learning $9.95 1 $9.95
JJ153 - Tabletop Science Center • Lakeshore Learning $69.50 1 $69.50

Materials cost

$738.05

Vendor shipping charges

 $73.81

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$847.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$185.93

Total project goal

$1,032.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,032.93

13 Donors

-$996.47

Donations toward project cost

-$847.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.47

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$36.46

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