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Ms. Klein from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Klein's classroom raised $751

From Desks to Lab Benches to the World of Science

My students need chemicals and tools, such as various kits for endothermic, exothermic, making synthetic rubber and properties of acids,to conduct chemical experiments and learn about atoms, the periodic table, and chemical reactions.

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Ms. Klein John Muir Middle School
Los Angeles, CA Grades 6-8

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My Students

Do you remember being in science classes and being riveted by all of the amazing demonstrations and hands on experiments? My students don’t know what it means to be in a real science lab and actually conduct their own experiments with scientific equipment.

My 133 8th graders are lively, eager and excited to study science, but because of limited supplies are so limited in their actual lab experience.

Most of my students are Title I eligible and many are grade levels behind. The school is in a low-income community and most students qualify for reduced lunches. The school has recently been reconstituted and has undergone a lot of changes. This has lead to much improvement in the community and safety. I teach 6 periods of students, half of which are Honors. Many of my students started the year off below or far below basic.

My Project

My students need chemicals and tools,such as various kits for endothermic, exothermic, making synthetic rubber and properties of acids,to conduct chemical experiments and learn about atoms, the periodic table, and chemical reactions. I am exited to see more and more excitement and effort in my students. They are grasping the material, but I find that the largest problem is that my students could not visualize the concepts. As we are starting chemistry, these supplies are exactly what my students need to bring the concepts to life. As we move into chemistry, we will be able to build models of atoms, see what the elements in the periodic table actually look like, observe chemical reactions, including endo and exothermic and acid and base reactions. The kits are self-contained examples of the exact concepts that my students are learning.

Even more so than my students just learning the content this year, my students are learning how to study science and how to be real scientists.

What all of this equipment allows for is for students to learn to conduct scientific inquiries, learn lab procedures, and actually experience the science. This equipment will help students be prepared for high school, college, and life after school. They will be ready to ask questions and learn about the world.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

133 students impacted 34 donors
Ms. Klein John Muir Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Los Angeles, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

133 students impacted 34donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
KIT MAKING SYNTHETIC RUBBER • Frey Scientific, Inc. $23.85 1 $23.85
PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS • Frey Scientific, Inc. $49.95 1 $49.95
MODEL- ATOMIC SET- GROUP SET • Frey Scientific, Inc. $74.70 1 $74.70
KIT EXPERIMENT PROPERTIES OF ACIDS+BASES • Frey Scientific, Inc. $99.00 1 $99.00
PH PAPER ULTRAFINE 11 ROLL • Frey Scientific, Inc. $46.08 1 $46.08
KIT CHEMICAL OBSERVATION SET • Frey Scientific, Inc. $92.65 1 $92.65
KIT ENDOTHERMIC REACTIONS • Frey Scientific, Inc. $18.49 2 $36.98
KIT EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS CLASS SIZE • Frey Scientific, Inc. $34.15 2 $68.30

Materials cost

$491.51

Vendor shipping charges

 $58.98

Sales tax

 $44.97

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$637.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.56

Total project goal

$750.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $750.39

30 Donors

-$375.18

Donations toward project cost

-$318.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.27

match offer

-$375.20

Match offer toward project cost

-$318.92

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.28

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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