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Mr. Kagochi from Tacoma, WA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Science, Soap, and Social Change!

Help me give my students soap making supplies, packaging material, and poster board resources. Students will create a soap product, a business portfolio and community portfolios to present at a community judging event.

  • $571 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

This project will allow students to practice 21st century skills such as collaboration & teamwork, creativity & imagination, critical thinking, and problem solving. These skills are applicable and will help students thrive in all aspects of their lives.

The equipment and supplies requested for this project will enable 190 10th-grade students from diverse backgrounds taking Chemistry to create soap and soap companies.

I have requested blenders to create the soap and supplies including: cardstock paper, file folders, and tri-fold presentation boards.

The students will form teams of four with four unique lead roles: President, Accountant, Engineer/Design and Marketing Portfolio which includes: a business plan, lab trials, advertising, financial transactions, contact with investors e.g. pledge letters, update letters, thank you letters, and daily meeting records.

To create a soap product, students will: research procedures, run trials, and make adjustments. They will also record qualitative and quantitative results from each trial, creating 4 packaged soaps and 2 demonstration bars that will be evaluated on: soap lathering ability, texture, ability to clean smell, design, and pH.

Our students will be asked to do two public presentations, including a PowerPoint presentation to their classmates which will include items from the portfolio and their procedural choices and findings. They will do a tri-fold presentation at our Soap Fair (family, teachers, community, students will be invited). They will have their portfolios, their display, packaged soaps and demonstration soaps.

Students will also compare the last two years of the Pierce County Point in Time Count Results data for the homeless and discuss trends and observations. Students will discuss the impact of gentrification, homelessness, and the causes of homelessness. In addition to donating their soap, students will be able to write personalized letters with words of encouragement to guests at Nativity House and the YWCA.

Mr. Kagochi
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
RiteCo 22128 Tri-fold Display/Presentation Boards, 40"x28", White, (Pack of 30) • Amazon Business $47.20 2 $94.40
Livholic 120 Sheets Colored Card Stock Printer Paper, 120gsm 32lb 24 Colors Pastel Construction Paper for Kids Scrapbook School Office Printing DIY Craft (120GSM) • Amazon Business $19.99 4 $79.96
Bonsenkitchen Handheld Blender, Electric Hand Blender 12-Speed with Turbo Mode, Immersion Hand Held Blender Stick with Stainless Steel Blades for Soup, Smoothie, Puree, Baby Food • Amazon Business $16.99 4 $67.96
Amazon Basics Manila File Folders with Fasteners - Letter Size, 100-Pack • Amazon Business $26.61 2 $53.22
Post-it Super Sticky Easel Pad, 25 in x 30 in, White, 30 Sheets/Pad, 2 Pad/Pack, Large White Premium Self Stick Flip Chart Paper, Super Sticking Power (559) • Amazon Business $42.69 1 $42.69
Astrobrights Mega Collection, Colored Cardstock, Ultra Green, 320 Sheets, 65 lb/176 gsm, 8.5" x 11" - MORE SHEETS! (91678) • Amazon Business $17.49 2 $34.98
Pacon Spectra Art Tissue, 20 x 30, 20 Assorted Colors, 20 Sheets/Pack • Amazon Business $7.88 4 $31.52
FOLAI 3 Rolls of Natural Burlap Fabric With Beautiful Burlap Ribbon Wedding Event Party And Home Decoration Long 10M Wide 2cm Each Roll • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$412.72

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $36.11

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$485.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.59

Total project goal

$570.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $570.61

6 Donors

-$516.43

Donations toward project cost

-$450.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.22

match offer

-$40.95

Match offer toward project cost

-$34.81

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.14

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.23

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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