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Ms. Pace from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Need Binoculars to Study Birds of our School Community!

My students need 40 binoculars to study the amazing array of birds around us! Our school is near the ocean and we are creating a Bird Field Guide for the school community.

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My Students

Students in my class are inquisitive, boisterous, and anxious to learn...by doing! Textbooks serve their purpose, as does technology, but we try to fill our days with integrated projects that are high interest and require collaboration and communication.

The typical student in my class is very verbal, inquisitive, and very hands-on.

Their imaginations are only limited by the materials and experiences offered to them. Our school is a STEM school, (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), and we are fortunate enough to also be a Project Based Learning school where our days aren't spent reading about things, but by DOING them!

My Project

We are requesting binoculars to be able to study the wide array of birds that are in our school community. We are fortunate to be situated half a mile from the ocean and right next to a riparian corridor, a freshwater marsh, and a saltwater marsh. Our long term goal is to create field guides for the bird, animal, and plant life that is abundantly available to us. These binoculars will be used on walking field trips to the marshes as well as around the local area. They will help students focus and learn how to see things differently than they do with just with their eyes. What they see will then be sketched and improved upon through various drafts of scientific drawings. Students will then do research on these birds, plants, and animals and ultimately create pages for field guides that can be used for years to come! Please help us with this exciting project!

Creating these field guides will give a sense of involvement in the community and the environment that just reading about the subject could never do.

The fact that these field guides will live on in our school community also will help my students feel a part of the school community long after they move on to middle school, high school, and beyond! This is just the beginning of what we hope will be many such exciting projects!

Ms. Pace Playa Vista Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Los Angeles, CA View local requests 525 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Emarth 8X42 Dual Focus Binocular Compact Telescopes for Bird Watching / Viewing / Outdoor, Optics 397ft/1000yds Army Green • Amazon Business $29.99 40 $1,199.60

Materials cost

$1,199.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $109.76

3rd party payment processing fee

$17.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,357.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$239.53

Total project goal

$1,596.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,596.88

2 Donors

-$1,596.88

Donations toward project cost

-$1,357.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$239.53

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