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

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Tectonic Fury!

My students need two tectonic sandboxes, a plate tectonic lab kit, a plate tectonics chart, and pumice samples.

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My Students

Shake, rattle, and roll! Plate tectonics is an exciting and relevant concept for my students---especially living on the west coast!

My students are curious and competent middle school students.

They love science, want to explore the world around them, and are adept at devising scientific investigations. We are a NASA Explorer School and place a high emphasis on scientific understanding and application.

My Project

Although field experiences are very valuable and incorporated into our curriculum, students must also be able to manipulate models in order to fully grasp scientific concepts. Plate tectonics is a perfect example. The tectonic sandboxes and lab kits allow students to manipulate variables and observe and analyze results. From the catalog description of the kits, "Watch geologic time unfold in your classroom! The Tectonic Sandbox vividly demonstrates convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries in an easy-to-use, self-contained, hands-on model. Students predict landform creations along tectonic boundaries as the crustal plates push, pull, and slide past each other in minutes instead of millions of years. The intricacies of deformation are enhanced with the use of colored sand(included)" Wow! I wish that I had learned about plate tectonics in this manner when I was in school.

Thank you for considering this proposal.

You can literally put the world into the hands of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders by supporting plate tectonic investigations and models. We are anxious to get started and I know that my students will take full advantage of the supplies.

Mrs. Borders Key Peninsula Middle School Grades 6-8

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Lakebay, WA View local requests

More than a third 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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tectonic Sandbox • Carolina Biological Supply Company $91.20 2 $182.40
KIT - PLATE TECTONIC LAB-VIDEO • Sargent-Welch $198.45 1 $198.45
Plate Tectonics Chart • Carolina Biological Supply Company $8.74 1 $8.74
Pumice, 24 per pack • Carolina Biological Supply Company $6.41 1 $6.41

Materials cost

$396.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $19.76

Sales tax

 $34.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$491.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.42

Total project goal

$564.77

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $564.77

1 Donor

-$282.39

Donations toward project cost

-$245.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.71

match offer

-$282.38

Match offer toward project cost

-$245.67

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.71

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