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Mrs. Gundlach from Kent, WA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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STEM Building: A Hands-On Science Experience Classroom!

My students need hand-on science engineering building kits, better science lessons, and WhisperPhones to keep the communication alive in our classroom.

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My Students

Exploration into the scientific world is a daily experience in our classroom. We learn about everything from cells to the solar system. While we have a wonderful text book that helps us explore many topics, my students learn best with hands-on materials that let them explore different concepts!

I have a very diverse group of 27 5th grade students who love to learn.

They are almost a 50-50 split between young ladies and young gentlemen, many who come from different countries around the world or are children of immigrants. Our building is a high-performing, award winning school where over 50% of our students receive free or reduced lunch. So our needs are great, but so are our results. Our staff is always seeking new and better ways to get our students to learn what they will need to be successful in our ever changing world!

My Project

K'nex educational building kits will address some of the engineering needs of my students, with an emphasis on simple machines and learning all about energy. Instead of just reading about the different types of simple machines, my students will have the experience of building them and seeing how they make life easier. The science lesson books will help me deliver focused, academically rich lessons to broaden my student's scientific knowledge. The WhisperPhone Duets will allow my students to read together without the disturbing their learning environment neighbors. These will also come in handy during parts of the day when we are doing math and reading. Together all these supplies will make my students' learning experience so much richer!

These donations will help bring science concepts alive in our classroom.

My students will be able to experience engineering concepts, along with reading about them. They will be able to create simple machines and learn about them using all their senses! With the WhisperPhones, my many students will be able to read together without causing a disruption to those around them. The science lesson books and the assessment books will allow me to help students be prepared for their future as engineers!

Mrs. Gundlach Martin Sortun Elementary School Grades 3-5

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More than 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
WhisperPhone; Duet Single; no. HB-WPD1 • Amazon $15.00 30 $450.00
K'NEX Education Simple and Compound Machines • Amazon $47.99 7 $335.93
K'NEX Education - Intro To Simple Machines: Levers and Pulleys • Amazon $37.80 5 $189.00
K'NEX Education - Intro To Simple Machines: Gears • Amazon $36.99 5 $184.95
K'NEX Education - Intro to Simple Machines: Wheels, Axels and Inclined Planes • Amazon $25.99 5 $129.95
Picture-Perfect Science Lessons - Expanded 2nd Edition: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, 3-6 - PB186E2 • Amazon $37.76 1 $37.76
Teaching Science Through Trade Books - PB315X • Amazon $34.95 1 $34.95
More Picture Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 (PB186X2) • Amazon $34.44 1 $34.44
Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, K 5 - PB186X3 • Amazon $33.46 1 $33.46
Science Formative Assessment: 75 Practical Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning • Amazon $29.58 1 $29.58
Hands-On Science: Forces and Motion • Amazon $7.40 1 $7.40

Materials cost

$1,467.42

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$128.40

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,647.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$290.79

Total project goal

$1,938.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,938.62

1 Donor

-$49.00

Donations toward project cost

-$41.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.35

Matching donations from our partners

-$1,889.62

Match offers toward project cost

-$1,606.18

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$283.44

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