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Ms. Mac from Greenville MS is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Science Come Alive! (Dissection)

My students need dissection kits and preserved frogs to increase their love of science through a hands on dissection!

  • $791 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

If you can remember 7th grade science, you probably remember the hands on activities you did; the concepts you get to explore with your own hands are the ones you remember best! Last May, my students' worlds were rocked when we dissected earthworms and I want to give them that opportunity again!

I am so blessed to be spending a second year teaching my curious, hardworking, amazing students!

My 150 students are growing up in an urban setting surrounded by rural Mississippi, offering them a very unique set of challenges. They are a bright group of students who ask many questions and are eager to learn. They love science because it answers so many questions about the world around them and are excited and animated no matter what unit we are studying. Many of my students are kinesthetic learners and love to explore the concepts we are learning with hands on activities.

My Project

Our worm dissection was, without a doubt, one of the most memorable lessons of last year. The day was not just memorable for me but also for my students; as evidenced by their squeals of delight and their rave reviews in their end of year evaluations. The dissection was almost unanimously named as my students' favorite activity. I want to give my students another chance to experience hands on science through a frog dissection! Additionally, with a class set of reusable dissection kits, my students will be able to perform several dissections during their middle school science careers. The dissection kits can be used by all 850 students at our school, grades 6th - 8th. Dissections are a wonderful way to get students excited about science because it is an intriguing way for students to explore organisms on their own; much more engaging than a picture in a textbook!

To see every single one of my kids get the chance to have their hands on their own dissection kit and their own earthworm was such a special experience last May.

With enough frogs for each student wishing to make a dissection, they will again be able to explore for themselves the inside of an organism, something they have been begging for since that amazing May day!

Ms. Mac
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Introductory Set - Elementary Dissecting Kit • Nasco $4.76 25 $119.00
Econopan • Nasco $1.44 25 $36.00
Grass Frogs (Rana sp.) - Size: 2"-3"; Injection: Plain • Nasco $1.50 150 $225.00
Econo Disecto Flex-Pad (fits 10" x 7" Econopan) • Nasco $4.18 25 $104.50
Medium Econo-Blue Nitrile Glove • Nasco $8.95 2 $17.90
Large Econo-Blue Nitrile Glove • Nasco $8.95 1 $8.95
T-Pins • Nasco $8.65 3 $25.95

Materials cost

$537.30

Vendor shipping charges

 $53.73

Sales tax

 $37.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$671.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$118.54

Total project goal

$790.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $790.24

21 Donors

-$772.24

Donations toward project cost

-$671.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$100.54

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.00

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