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Ms. Travis from Brooklyn, NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Trout in the Classroom at Our School

Help me give my students an aquarium, stand, filter, and other resources for the opportunity to participate in Trout in the Classroom.

  • $1,034 goal

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My Project

Trout in the Classroom is an amazing opportunity to connect students with their watershed environment. My students live in the waterfront community of Coney Island but only some have the opportunity to truly explore the creek and bay that surround the area. Over the years we have connected our science department with various educational environmental organizations (such as RiSC and Billion Oyster Project) that teach students the importance of our natural resources and how to protect our waterfronts. However, we don't as frequently make those connections in our own classrooms. I've had tanks of oysters, fish, and crabs, but those remain classroom projects.

As part of Trout in the Classroom, my students will be able to care for trout eggs and then release them in the wild once they have hatched.

Trout in the Classroom will support us with some of the equipment we need as well as curriculum, but we need to raise the funds for the aquarium, stand, filter, gravel, test kit, tank cover, and other equipment, including the large tank and filters needed to keep the trout eggs healthy.

Ms. Travis PS 288 Shirley Tanyhill Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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

100 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Aquarium Tank, Glass, 55 Gal • Carolina Biological Supply Company $273.46 1 $273.46
Wooden Aquarium Stand for 55-gal Tank • Carolina Biological Supply Company $202.50 1 $202.50
Power Filter, Whisper 60, for up to 60-gal Tank, 250 gal/hr • Carolina Biological Supply Company $76.36 1 $76.36
LaMotte Total Hardness Water Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $70.87 1 $70.87
Aquarium Cover, Glass, for 55-gal Tank • Carolina Biological Supply Company $52.47 1 $52.47
Freshwater Master Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $36.90 1 $36.90
Ultra Gravel Vacuum • Carolina Biological Supply Company $23.39 1 $23.39
QuickStart • Carolina Biological Supply Company $15.95 1 $15.95
Pro-Carb Z, Aquarium Filter Medium, 34 oz • Carolina Biological Supply Company $13.86 1 $13.86
AquaSafe Water Conditioner, 500 mL • Carolina Biological Supply Company $11.12 1 $11.12
Digital Terrarium/Aquarium Thermometer • Carolina Biological Supply Company $10.35 1 $10.35
Pebbles, Waterworn, 10 lb • Carolina Biological Supply Company $9.22 1 $9.22
Air Releaser, 12 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $8.82 1 $8.82
Air Line Tubing, 25 ft • Carolina Biological Supply Company $8.48 1 $8.48
Net, Collecting, Fine Mesh • Carolina Biological Supply Company $4.27 1 $4.27
Check Valve, 3/16 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $1.39 1 $1.39

Materials cost

$819.41

Vendor shipping charges

$16.92

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$878.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$155.05

Total project goal

$1,033.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,033.67

1 Donor

-$1,033.67

Donations toward project cost

-$878.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$155.05

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$0.00

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