Kindergarten Critters

School:: Berkley Elementary
Subject:: Science
Teacher:: Deanna Brewer
: Sally Simmons, Mary Jordan, Christa Buckhalter, Jerrilyn Stover, Kristi Slagel, Jennifer Parham
Students Impacted:
Grade:: K
Date:: August 28, 2016

Investors

Thank you to the following investors for funding this grant.

Jessica Baker - $50.00

Wells Fargo - $50.00

Trevor Charlton's parents - $20.00

Paisley Bakers Grandma - $50.00

Rosalie White - $25.00

Jessica Salas - $25.00

Tracy Kimbrough - $140.25

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 108

We LOVE life science! Thanks to this grant, we have been able to purchase lots of items to help us explore and learn about the world around us! Our little hands and litlte minds are so curious and these tools have given us even more to explore! We love using the insect magnifiers and building our earthworm farm so we can explore little critters! We even have an experiment planned to find out if earthworms prefer wet or dry climates! We are most excited about the spring when we will be able to watch the life cycles of butterflies and ladybugs up close! We'll practice our writing by keeping scientific journals of the whole process. Thank you to the generous donations to help support this project. Not only will these supplies help our class learn, but some of the supplies will even help future classes as well. We have been so excited to use these items and we are anxiously awaiting for spring to arrive!

grant photo

Original Grant Overview

Goal

Our goal is to provide our Kindergarten students with multiple opportunities to experience and observe Life Science.

What will be done with my students

Classes will observe the life cycles of butterflies and ladybugs, record behaviors of earthworms, plant seeds and watch them grow, and examine bugs and other insects using magnifiers.

Benefits to my students

Kindergartners LOVE science and they especially love seeing it first hand! By giving these little scientists opportunities and tools to examine animals up close, it helps to spark an interest in the world around them and lets them learn in a fun, meaningful way!

Budget Narrative

Items will be purchased from Insect Lore, Lowe's, and Carolina Science.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	6 Cups of Catepillars	$86.85
2	6 Butterfly Feeders	$11.94
3	6 Ladybug Live Larvae	$119.70
4	3 bags Garden Soil	$9.99
5	140 Peat Pots for Planting	$50.04
6	24 Insect Magnifers	$64.80
7	30 Earthworms	$4.99
8	6 Seed Packets	$11.94
	Total:	$360.25

Please share this page to help in fulfilling this grant.