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Ms. Castaneda from Jacksonville, FL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Earth Has Music for Those Who Listen 3

Help me give my students the ability to identify bird sounds from our environment and others around us. We want a Bird Feeder that takes pictures of our birds and Bird Song Identification toys! (and Installation materials too)

  • $1,011 goal

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Ms. Castaneda has another project! Donate to Let The Melody Of Birdsong Fill Your Soul to help her classroom.

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

I am a music teacher working with kindergarten through 5th grade students within both the inclusion and self contained settings. Our school is fortunately surrounded by beautiful subtropical pine rock forest. Florida's weather and landscape provide the perfect climate and environment for these precious members of our ecosystem to come all the way to our school and visit us. We will be studying our local birds and their bird calls in our project to listening to music and the world around us. We need the bird feeders and installation materials.

The birds of hope are singing, all you have to do is listen.

We have noticed that our school is almost like a haven for these birds and that they feel safe to sing and eat around our windows all hours of the day.

We have engaged in a variety of birdwatching activities in our school that have made our love for conservationism truly blossom. Just recently, we spotted a bird that at one point was at risk of becoming extinct and because of the efforts of other conservationists alike, we still have them around. I told our students that they could have lived a lifetime without seeing that bird, the same way they will never see a real dinosaur, but instead we actually got to see it alive and thriving and eating our feed! They now understand the importance of the nature around them and appreciate their local environment so much more. The children worry about the birds during storms and think about them gliding effortlessly on the breeziest of days. My love of birdwatching has overlapped with my love of music and identifying sounds and now my students are just as interested in supporting them as well as identifying them visually and aurally.

Ms. Castaneda Kernan Trail Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Jacksonville, FL 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

800 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Little Giant Ladder Systems, Velocity with Wheels, M22, 22 Ft, Multi-Position Ladder, Aluminum, Type 1A, 300 lbs Weight Rating, (15422-001) • Amazon Business $352.94 1 $352.94
HHXRISE Bird Feeder with Camera, Wireless Outdoor Bird Feeder with Strong Suction Cups,Smart Birdfeeder AI Recognition 1080 HD Capture Live Video,Transparent Acrylic Bird House Birdwatching Up-Close • Amazon Business $69.99 1 $69.99
Squirrel Solution200 Squirrel-proof Bird Feeder w/6 Feeding Ports, 3.4-pound Seed Capacity, Free Seed Funnel • Amazon Business $61.61 1 $61.61
200 Bird Songs from Around the World • Amazon Business $50.00 1 $50.00
BACKYARD BIRDSONG GUIDE EASTERN AND CENT (cl) (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
2WAYZ- Hose Splitter, 2 Way Heavy Duty, Garden Faucet, Faucet Splitter, Hose y Splitter, Garden Hose y Splitter, Hose Bib Splitter, All Metal, with Shut off Valve - 10cm x 10cm x 4cm • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Lyric Sunflower Kernels Wild Bird Seed No Waste Bird Food Attracts Finches & More 5 lb. bag • Amazon Business $23.55 1 $23.55
Wagner's 62012 Southern Regional Blend Wild Bird Food, 20-Pound Bag • Amazon Business $20.98 1 $20.98
DEWALT Masonry Drill Bit Set, Percussion, Concrete & Block, 7-Piece (DW5207) • Amazon Business $20.85 1 $20.85
DEWALT Drill Bit Set, 21-Piece, 135 Degree Split Point, 31 Degree Helix, Black Oxide Coated, For Plastic, Wood and Metal (DWA1181) • Amazon Business $19.98 1 $19.98
Lyric Fine Tunes Wild Bird Seed - No Waste Bird Food Mix - Attracts Bluebirds, Finches, Chickadees & More - 5 lb bag • Amazon Business $17.00 1 $17.00
Wild Republic Audubon Birds Eastern Bluebird Plush with Authentic Bird Sound, Stuffed Animal, Bird Toys for Kids and Birders • Amazon Business $14.88 1 $14.88
Lyric Fruit and Nut Wild Bird Seed - High Energy Wild Bird Food Mix - Attracts Woodpeckers, Chickadees & Other Songbirds - 5 lb bag • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Wild Republic Audubon Birds Red-Winged Blackbird with Authentic Bird Sound, Stuffed Animal, Bird Toys for Kids & Birders • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Birds (28 Images to Sticker) • Amazon Business $12.98 1 $12.98
Wild Republic Audubon Birds Downy Woodpecker Plush with Authentic Bird Sound, Stuffed Animal, Bird Toys for Kids & Birders • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Wild Republic Audubon Birds Ruby-Throated Hummingbird with Authentic Bird Sound, Stuffed Animal, Bird Toys for Kids & Birders • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Wild Republic Audubon Birds Great Horned Owl with Authentic Bird Sound, Stuffed Animal, Bird Toys for Kids and Birders • Amazon Business $11.20 1 $11.20
Wild Republic Audubon Birds Pileated Woodpecker Plush with Authentic Bird Sound, Stuffed Animal, Bird Toys for Kids and Birders • Amazon Business $11.08 1 $11.08
Wild Republic Audubon Birds Osprey Plush with Authentic Bird Sound, Stuffed Animal, Bird Toys for Kids and Birders • Amazon Business $10.83 1 $10.83
Gilmour Full Size Zinc Pistol Grip Nozzle with Threaded Front, Silver (857302-1001) • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Barrilete Super Chewy Candy Bag,0.75 pound, 50 Count - SET OF 1 • Amazon Business $7.75 1 $7.75

Materials cost

$816.41

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$858.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$151.53

Total project goal

$1,010.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,010.19

1 Donor

-$572.44

Donations toward project cost

-$572.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$336.73

Match offer toward project cost

-$286.22

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.51

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$101.02

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 $0.00

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