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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 Helping Young Scientists Gain Knowledge!

My students need science supplies, including an illuminated orbiter, and Earth, moon, and sun kit, water cycle and food web kits, and a rollercoaster to explain energy!

  • $1,790 goal

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My Students

Hands-on activities are vital to my students' really grasping a topic. We can read, watch videos, and have lots of discussion, but nothing seems to make as much of a difference as them experimenting with science kits!

My class is an extremely diverse group of 27 boys and girls with many different learning styles.

We have students who excel in every subject and students who struggle to meet standard. Our classroom supports each student's uniqueness and works together to achieve our goals. Our school is an award winning school with greater than 55% of our students receiving free or reduced lunch. With great need, our staff has worked very hard to show that we can achieve great things, including being honored with the highest award given by the state of Washington over and over!

My Project

Science is a very important part of our daily learning. As a fifth grade teacher, I need to teach everything from ecosystems to the solar system. The model of the Earth, Moon, and the Sun will help my students learn the relationship between the three bodies and help explain rotation, revolutions, and the seasons. The roller coaster will help students distinguish between potential and kinetic energy. The food web cards and the water cycle activity will help students understand the complexity of the ecosystems and our weather.

Teaching students to be scientific thinkers is very important to our schools and to our society in general.

These materials will allow my students to explore and gain knowledge about the topics we cover in their 5th grade year. Your donation to this project will help my students be successful this year on the state test and in years to come, as they take science courses in high school and college!

Mrs. Gundlach Martin Sortun Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Kent, WA View local requests

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
KIT DSM-3 EARTH MOON AND SUN • Frey Scientific $629.00 1 $629.00
ILLUMINATED ORBITER EA • Frey Scientific $280.50 1 $280.50
8882 WATER CYCLE MODEL W/CARDS EA • Frey Scientific $119.99 1 $119.99
CPO EQUIP ROLLERCOASTER • Frey Scientific $114.95 1 $114.95
KIT INQ INV FOOD WEBS + ENERGY PYRAMID • Frey Scientific $59.95 1 $59.95
TG DSM-3 DSR EARTH PROCESSES EA • Frey Scientific $15.00 1 $15.00

Materials cost

$1,219.39

Vendor shipping charges

$146.33

Sales tax

$106.70

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,520.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$268.36

Total project goal

$1,789.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,789.07

2 Donors

-$47.50

Donations toward project cost

-$40.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.12

Matching donations from our partners

-$1,741.56

Match offers toward project cost

-$1,480.33

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$261.23

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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$0.00

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