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Mrs. Stimmel from Glenshaw, PA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Worms Up Close and Personal

My students need a worm composter classroom kit and courtyard composter to experience worms up close.

  • $373 goal

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My Students

We are a fourth grade team of 57 students in suburban Pittsburgh, PA from a 4-6 building. Being a fourth grader is tough work as it is the first year with many new faces all combining from the district's five primary schools. The students love having their own lockers (with locks!) and a bit more freedom in the bigger school. We love to read and collaborate. We take pride in our learning and work hard to prepare for the future.

My Project

In studying the food chain, we discuss how important worms are to decomposing dead material all over the Earth. Discussing is not the same as doing.

The use of the classroom composter will take our classroom lessons up a notch and students will be able to experience firsthand the wonderful world of worms.

They will be able to witness worms at work and fulfilling their important link in the food chain. After studying the worms in our classroom, they will be transferred to the larger requested courtyard composter which will benefit our entire school in decomposing food waste that would otherwise be thrown away.

Our classroom faces a courtyard which is underutilized. With the addition of the courtyard composter, the courtyard will be a place that our classroom can use as an extended classroom. The compost made will then be used to enrich the flower beds and plants in the courtyard.

Mrs. Stimmel Shaler Area Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Glenshaw, PA 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

57 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Composter, Schoolyard Gourmet • Carolina Biological Supply Company $141.75 1 $141.75
Worm Composter Classroom Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $115.65 1 $115.65

Materials cost

$257.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $25.74

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.86

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$317.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.94

Total project goal

$372.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $372.94

9 Donors

-$227.90

Donations toward project cost

-$200.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.72

match offer

-$137.43

Match offer toward project cost

-$116.82

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.61

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.61

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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