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Ms. Cushing from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Stained Glass Art Teaches Chemical Properties Of Glass

My students need 5 stained glass kits and glass pieces to incorporate the ideas of chemistry and art and learn about the properties of silicates and metals.

  • $671 goal

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Ms. Cushing has another project! Donate to A Diverse YA Novel Library for a Classroom Calming Space to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $442.
2X

My Students

My students lack resources but not motivation and drive! With your help we can bring materials to my chemistry classroom to make learning chemistry not only fun but relevant, showing students how chemistry is connected to the world around them.

I teach at a large urban high school where the students have many challenges- poverty, drugs, gangs, single parent households and teenage pregnancy to name a few.

My Title I school has many students who will be the first in their families to attend college. My goal is to help them get there by making school interesting so they'll attend and teaching them key problem-solving skills while they are here.

My Project

Next year I will be teaching in a small school where we incorporate visual and performing arts into the core curriculum. What better way to teach students interested in art about chemistry than with art projects related to the topics we are studying? Stained glass techniques will help my students understand the properties of metals and silicates, the main components of stained glass. Students will learn about chemical bonding and then apply their chemistry knowledge to create a project in groups using stained glass. How fun and educational!

With your help I hope to give students a reason to come to school and a reason to enjoy both art and chemistry by seeing the connections.

Thank you for your consideration. My students are the best and deserve every opportunity we can give them in life.

Ms. Cushing Santee Educational Complex Grades 9-12

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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

200 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
STAINED GLASS PACKS/VARIETY ASST 10SQ FT • Blick Art Materials $47.07 4 $188.28
STAINED GLASS TOOLS/BASIC CLASS KIT • Blick Art Materials $61.40 5 $307.00

Materials cost

$495.28

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $45.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$583.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.12

Total project goal

$670.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $670.15

1 Donor

-$670.15

Donations toward project cost

-$583.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.12

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