"Vertebrate Zoology at Stuyvesant High School is an advanced biology class that teaches 10-12th grade students laboratory techniques and principles of evolution. It is a hands-on class which is very popular but requires intense use of laboratory equipment and supplies. The class needs to be modified...
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"Vertebrate Zoology at Stuyvesant High School is an advanced biology class that teaches 10-12th grade students laboratory techniques and principles of evolution. It is a hands-on class which is very popular but requires intense use of laboratory equipment and supplies. The class needs to be modified to account for changes in scientific procedures and information over the last 4 decades. Already the current school budget cannot supply this special experience for the students. For operating costs we rely on small laboratory fees which can be waived if the parents cannot afford them. Unfortunately, even these fees are insufficient to cover improvements or modifications in equipment. The requested microscope will allow us to extend the course into the process of vertebrate development. Last spring I began to breed zebrafish for the class. We studied the development of the embryo from the first hours of development to hatching. The students could see amazing things like the development of the heart and the first red blood cells being pumped through the arteries. We do not have enough dissecting microscopes for the whole class- they share. In order to get through timed events I have to facilitate/accelerate their observations by guiding them ahead of time so that each person can completely observe their own embryo.Your donation of a teaching microscope, which can be hooked to a video projection system, will allow me to guide the students before and while they look at the embryos so that they can accurately make their own observations.
My project needs a video dissection microscope which consists of a 40-50 x magnification dissecting microscope and a video projection system that displays the developing zebrafish and other small organisms that we study in class.
The cost of this proposal is $1,022, which includes shipping for any materials requested and fulfillment ."
Mr. G. sent this note after the project was fully funded:
Nov 6, 2007
Dear Sulzberger Foundation,
Thank you very much for funding this project. The students just finished the zebrafish lab which was even better than last year, but I am looking forward to using the new microscope for this purpose during the spring semester. Already I am excited to come up with new things that I can now show the students not only in this class but also in my human physiology course. I'll try to capture some images to send to you. Thanks again.
Jonathan G
On Jan 3, 2008, Mr. G. followed this note with student letters sent via mail to the donor who completed this project, and to donors who gave $100 or more.
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on Oct 15, 2007
