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The goal of this project is to enhance our science curriculum. In third grade, we learn about life cycles of plants and animals. This grant will provide an amazing learning experience. Students will understand life cycles by watching the life cycle of Monarch butterflies. They will learn more about and appreciate nature. They will also work on responsibility skills by daily watering the milkweed plants. Once the milkweed plants produce seeds, they will plant them so new milkweed will grow.

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The Greenhouse Effect

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School:
Veterans Memorial Elementary 
Subject:
Science 
Teacher:
Laura Cecil 
Students Impacted:
150 
Grade:
3 
Date:
July 19, 2023

Investor

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Anonymous - $208.00

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Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 800

The greenhouse has come to be loved by all students. They walk by and stop to see what is growing. Our plants (peppers and milkweed) are thirving in there and so are the students and their leadership skills. Fifth, fourth and thrid graders have been working together to plant, water, weed and even harvest. Fourth graders come before school and help with relocating the caterpillars and chrysalises as well as planting. The fifth graders started the greenhouse and then taught the third graders. This greenhouse will be used for YEARS to come and we could not be more grateful. 

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Planting milkweed seeds to grow in the greenhouse.

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Our plants and students are thriving!

 

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Students from other classes are involved

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Sawyer planting seeds

 

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4th graders helping

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seedlings

 

Original Grant Overview

Goal

The goal of this project is to enhance our science curriculum. In third grade, we learn about life cycles of plants and animals. This grant will provide an amazing learning experience. Students will understand life cycles by watching the life cycle of Monarch butterflies. They will learn more about and appreciate nature. They will also work on responsibility skills by daily watering the milkweed plants. Once the milkweed plants produce seeds, they will plant them so new milkweed will grow.  

 

What will be done with my students

This grant will enable my class to plant milkweed plants. This plant is a butterfly attractor. Butterflies lay their eggs on the milkweed. Once the caterpillar hatches, it will live its whole life on the plant. It is its home and its food source. When it is time for the butterfly to form a chrysalis, it will move off the plant and find a place nearby to begin the metamorphic process. By using an enclosure, the students will monitor and observe this process from egg to butterfly.  

 

Benefits to my students

Students will work in the garden each day (planting and watering). They will monitor the progress of the caterpillars and get to watch the metamorphic cycle of the Monarch butterfly. All third grade students will benefit from this project. It will also be available to all students at VME to observe and learn from this process. This project could benefit over 700 students!  

 

Budget Narrative

The 2 milkweed plants will be potted and put in the greenhouse. As they grow and produce seeds, we will use the seed starter kits to help them grow. They will then be transferred into the pots with the soil.  

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 1 portable mini greenhouse $55.00
2 10 seed starter kits $20.00
3 3 bags of potting soil $60.00
4 24 plastic pots $18.00
5 2 milkweed plants $55.00
  Total: $208.00

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