You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Howland from Lanham, MD is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. Howland is requesting
Fully Funded

Ms. Howland's classroom raised $369

Calculating The Cost Of College

My students need 35 scientific calculators to use for elaboration/exploration activities in class, without pulling out their cell phones.

Classroom photo
Ms. Howland Duval High School
Lanham, MD Grades 9-12

I teach Biology, Environmental Science (Envi Sci), and AP Environmental Science (APES) at an urban school in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.

For a variety of reasons, many of my students do not own scientific calculators, especially the juniors and seniors in my Envi Sci and APES classes. Some of them simply cannot afford them and the Math department has several class sets that students are able to use, so they do not purchase them. A lot of the seniors do not take Math in their senior year so they do not have a need to purchase them. Others feel that the calculator provided for them on their cell phones is sufficient. When I began teaching three years ago, I found a great clearance sale on basic calculators and purchased enough for lab groups (eight). However, now that I am teaching upper level Sciences, it is important for students to perform calculations on their own. When working on their own, students are held accountable for their work and are better able to acknowledge both their difficulties and successes. Being successful in performing calculations using a scientific calculator will be one less hurdle my students will have to jump when moving on to higher education.

Having a class set of scientific calculators will allow me to continue to assign higher-order thinking assignments, such as calculating percentages of populations in order to plot a population age structure graph. Our class sizes are relatively large, but if students are equipped with their own calculator, it allows for more opportunities for students to be engaged in their own work instead of allowing one or two students in a group to do all of the work. Increasing opportunities for students to think and work on their own will increase their self-worth and belief that they are capable of performing calculations that they previously would not attempt.

Your help will ensure that my students have an increased chance of ability and survival in college by developing invaluable skills that will remain with them after high school.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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

110 students impacted 7 donors
Ms. Howland Duval High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Lanham, MD 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

110 students impacted 7donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Howland is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
SHARP 10-DIGIT SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR -- Sharp Scientific Calculators; EL-501WBBL, 10-Digit • Quill $7.19 35 $251.65

Materials cost

$251.65

Vendor shipping charges

 $25.17

Sales tax

 $12.58

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$302.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.33

Total project goal

$368.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $368.49

4 Donors

-$171.60

Donations toward project cost

-$151.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.52

match offer

-$184.24

Match offer toward project cost

-$151.08

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.16

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.64

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Howland and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"MD","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":4,"name":"High School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/calculating-the-cost-of-college/362368/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":110,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Howland","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-1822131047","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Lanham","teachersOnPage":[305351],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":362368,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":64893,"schoolName":"Duval High School","authorIds":{"305351":{"owner":"Ms. Howland","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[362368],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":77586,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MzE3OTAw","Mjc5Mzky","NDgyMTc3","NTg3MDE=","MjcxOTMx"],"teacherId":305351,"schoolCounty":"Prince Georges","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"MD","name":"Maryland"}}