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Mrs. Duncan from Cedar City, UT is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sensational Science!

Help me give my students a tub of animals for sorting and corresponding science kit materials to bring in hands-on learning that coincides with our CKLA units on animal classification, the human body, and ecology.

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My Students

The students in our class are motivated learners that press forward despite their hardships. They'll eventually improve with routines that encourage them to make their thinking visible, to confidently share their knowledge or thoughts without reserve, and to develop inquiring minds that are actively engaged throughout lessons and activities. Each student is heard, holds a classroom job, and leads intellectual discussions, assignments, or experiments regularly. They rely on each other, and on a loving, supportive setting to become resilient and to achieve success. I encourage confidence and trust in one another through our class motto: "We can do hard things! Climb, though the rocks be rugged!"

Every student matters, every moment counts.

My class of 30 students, mostly from low income households, will require rigorous interventions to function on grade level by the end of this school year because of trauma, disruptive life events, and many already lacking essential skills. My third grade class has several special needs, ESL, and below-grade level students enrolled. They all desire a safe haven for learning and to feel supported. We each hope to keep pressing onward, enjoy our precious journey, and ultimately realize our climb.

My Project

These materials will allow my students to learn and understand different science concepts that are being taught in our language arts units. I hope to teach with as many hands-on activities as possible to increase comprehension and engagement.

Finding ways to combine our ELA program with the science standards is a task I am always trying to accomplish.

These kits will bring our ELA and science experimentation together. I am excited about this prospect. My instructional time is very limited and I need to overlap and integrate my lessons' content in order to make the most impact. For example, I will teach the text structures of "description" and "compare & contrast" with animal classification. I will teach the text structure of "sequence" with animal life cycles, and so on. Teaching this way brings much more meaning to the students!

Mrs. Duncan North Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Cedar City, UT View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP372 - Oil Spill Project-Based STEM Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
BT183 - Best-Buy Tub of Animals • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
LM313 - Meet the Standards Human Body Kit - Gr 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
FS491 - Human X-Rays - Set of 18 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
GR700 - Life Cycle Sequencing Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LM244 - Splash Division Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.99 1 $10.99

Materials cost

$265.94

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$299.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.93

Total project goal

$352.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$352.86

2 Donors

-$352.86

Donations toward project cost

-$299.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.93

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$0.00

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