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Mrs. Allard's STEAM Lab from San Diego, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Art Of Animal Adaptation

My students need a variety of both thick and thin markers for drawing and illustrating.

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My Students

In my science lab, we always try to focus on critical thinking and collaboration while sifting through the science content at each grade level K-5. We do mostly hands-on activities. Wouldn't it be great if we could also fuse our science teaching with artistic and creative thinking as well?

I teach science to all grades, K-5, at our small elementary school.

The students come to the science lab once a week for one hour each visit. Our school has a wide range of students in its population. We serve neighborhood children, military families, and students from areas of higher poverty that ride the bus to our school by choice. We have a large percentage of free and reduced lunch students and many English language learners. Over the last few years, our military family population has grown significantly! Over half of our students have parents serving our country. While our elementary classrooms focus on all academic areas, my science lab is dedicated to the enrichment and enjoyment of science, above and beyond the science covered by the regular classroom teacher.

My Project

While my students will use the materials I am requesting for multiple purposes, I have a major project in mind and we need a new set of drawing tools to help us accomplish our goal, as our current supplies are a few years old and sets are now incomplete. We want to delve into the science of adaptation of plants and animals. We will learn about the different structures and behaviors that animals use to survive in their environment. They will do so in group collaboration and discussion. After learning about adaptations, students will then invent their own animal and create a detailed representation of their animal through drawing. We may even represent our animals by building 3D models! Students will work in small groups to help them evaluate and strengthen the reasoning and explanation of their invented animal's adaptations. To get us started, we need some basic drawing supplies that are bold and stand out for making posters.

By donating to this project, students will not only be able to take their learning to a new level of critical thinking, but also incorporate communication, creativity and collaboration.

This lesson will stand out in their mind, reinforce their understanding of adaptation, and allow them to use their imagination.

Mrs. Allard's STEAM Lab Vista Grande Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mr. Sketch Scented Marker Set - Assorted Colors, Set of 18 • Blick Art Materials $11.14 18 $200.52
Crayola Pip-Squeaks Skinnies Washable Marker Set - Assorted Colors, Set of 64 • Blick Art Materials $11.26 8 $90.08
Mr. Sketch Scented Marker Set - Black , Licorice • Blick Art Materials $1.08 24 $25.92
Standard Shipping • Blick Art Materials $0.00 1 $0.00

Materials cost

$316.52

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$380.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.10

Total project goal

$447.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $447.33

2 Donors

-$223.67

Donations toward project cost

-$190.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.55

match offer

-$223.66

Match offer toward project cost

-$190.11

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.55

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 $0.00

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