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Mr. Craft from Hays, NC is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Craft's classroom raised $807

Seeing Biology Up Close: Microscopes for Hands-On Science

Help me give my students the tools to explore the microscopic world through hands-on investigation and discovery.

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Mr. Craft North Wilkes High School
Hays, NC Grades 9-12

My Project

My biology students are most engaged when they have the opportunity to experience science for themselves. They are curious about the living world, and some of our best classroom moments happen when students can investigate something, make their own observations, and see concepts from class come to life.

Microscopes are an essential part of those experiences, but many of the microscopes currently in my classroom have served students for decades.

Some are more than 50 years old, and many have become damaged beyond repair. This leaves fewer working microscopes for students to share during laboratory investigations.

**These two new compound binocular microscopes will put reliable scientific tools into students' hands and give more of them the opportunity to investigate the microscopic world firsthand.**

Students will use the microscopes to prepare and examine slides, observe cells and microorganisms, identify cellular structures, compare specimens, and collect evidence from their observations. Instead of only seeing cells in diagrams or on a screen, they will be able to observe the structures and organisms we study for themselves.

Adding two dependable microscopes will mean less time spent waiting for equipment to work and more time spent observing, questioning, analyzing, and discovering. These microscopes will support hands-on investigations for many classes to come while helping my students develop the observation, data analysis, and scientific reasoning skills that are at the heart of doing science.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

100 students impacted 1 donor
Mr. Craft North Wilkes High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Hays, NC 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

100 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AmScope B120C Series Student & Professional LED Binocular Compound Microscope - 40X-2500X Magnification - Features Siedentopf Head & 3D Mechanical Stage • Amazon Business $299.98 2 $599.96

Materials cost

$599.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $46.80

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$685.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$121.02

Total project goal

$806.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $806.78

1 Donor

-$806.78

Donations toward project cost

-$685.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$121.02

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