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Ms. S. from Windsor CO is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Student Designed Science Field Investigations

My students need to test water quality using 1 complete Limnology Water Test Kit.

  • $590 goal

This project expired on December 16, 2008.

This project expired on December 16, 2008.

Can 7th graders design and conduct their own scientific field investigations? You bet they can!! I teach 7th grade life science to public school students with a wide range of abilities. Our community is a small agricultural community in the state of Colorado, but lies close enough to larger towns to also be called a bedroom community. We are growing at a tremendous rate each year.

Each Spring I teach an Ecology Unit in which the main focus is the students designing and implementing a scientific field investigation in the outdoors. We first visit our school district's Outdoor Learning Center to discover the natural environment and learn how to take scientific measurements of that environment. The students study water quality, soils, plants, and the local wildlife and the protocols needed to scientifically measure those factors of the environment. They then return to the classroom and design their own investigation to show how these factors influence each other. Once they design their investigation, they return to the site to conduct their plan, then present their results to the class. The sharing and learning that happens is amazing!

In order to study the water quality of the local river and lake at the Outdoor Learning Center, the students need actual science equipment, such as a water quality testing kit. This allows the students to really "feel like a scientist" and use actual science equipment in their investigations. After testing, they become curious about the measurements and can then understand how chemicals in the water, like dissolved oxygen, nitrates and pH, can affect the wildlife that live in and around the water.

Your help will make it possible for my students to do "real" science and participate in the design and implementation of a true science investigation. Their understanding of the natural environment will be changed forever!

Ms. S.
Never Before Funded Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Limnology Water Test Kit • Frey Scientific, Inc. $404.00 1 $404.00

Materials cost

$404.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $40.40

Sales tax

 $11.72

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$483.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$106.02

Total project goal

$589.02

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