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

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We Plant for Pollinators!

Help me give my students reusable seed starter kits, a garden trellis bird bath, a watering can, and more items for our garden.

  • $208 goal

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My Project

This will be an in-class project, beginning with us researching, planting, and propagating pollinator plants. Students will be responsible for choosing the correct tools while gardening indoors using starter pots to transfer seeds outside, and use an indoor germinating kit with grow lights to assist with caring for their seeds. The goal is to create indoor plants and transfer them outdoors to become an official home for pollinators. This will allow students to work together in a real-world application while using the skills they've developed in class. We are requesting reusable seed starter kits, a garden trellis bird bath, a watering can, and more items for our garden.

Our class would like to make a difference in our community and beyond, as we learn about the importance of pollinators.

Students will plant seeds indoor using starter pots with a germinating kit with grow lights. As students small plants grow we plan to plant out doors in our school garden area. Students will then observe the pollinators.

Ms. Matthews PS 251 Paerdegat Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

20 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
【2023 Upgraded】2 PCS Reusable Seed Starter Kit with Grow Light, 80 Cells Seed Starter Tray for Indoor Planting,Germination Kit for Seed Starting Trays with Humidity Dome and Base (40 Cells per Tray) • Amazon Business $29.99 2 $59.98
LEWIS&WAYNE Garden Trellis Bird Bath Outdoor, 40 Inch Antique Iron Garden Plant Trellis Decorative with Hummingbirds and Detachable Drinking Basin Bowl, Free Standing BirdBath Birdfeeder Station • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
Afootry Solar Watering Can with Lights,Solar Outdoor Garden Decor Waterproof Large Hanging Lantern Landscape Lights Outside Decorations for Yard Clearance Porch Patio Pathway Gardening Gift • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
ESOW Garden Tool Set, 3 Piece Cast-Aluminum Heavy Duty Gardening Kit Includes Hand Trowel, Transplant Trowel and Cultivator Hand Rake with Soft Rubberized Non-Slip Ergonomic Handle, Garden Gifts • Amazon Business $19.90 1 $19.90
Miracle-Gro Seed Starting Potting Mix, 8 qt. • Amazon Business $5.49 2 $10.98

Materials cost

$143.84

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$176.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.06

Total project goal

$207.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $207.06

2 Donors

-$138.04

Donations toward project cost

-$117.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.71

Matching donations from our partners

-$69.02

Match offers toward project cost

-$58.67

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.35

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 $0.00

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