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Mrs. Shaw's classroom raised $434

Are Frogs Like Humans?

My students need assorted dissection materials to successfully complete a dissection unit.

This project expired on May 18, 2013.

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Mrs. Shaw Northside Intermediate School
Opelika, AL Grades 3-5

My Students

Doing dissection with elementary students is a challenge. Working through the understanding of the systems is a fascinating topic for students to investigate in enrichment; where I can extend their scientific studies from the regular classroom. Real dissection will give students hand-on experience

Our school is an intermediate school in Alabama.

There are approximately 300 students who attend this school. Enrichment is a pull-out program for students who go through a selection process to receive enrichment services. This is a program that meets the state's requirements for serving our gifted population. I serve approximately 70 students; 3rd graders, 4th graders and 5th graders. Because there is not a curriculum for enrichment, projects are based on student's interest which is taken from an interest inventory given at the beginning of the year. 'The Body' and Science Experiments were at the top of the list. These students are the leaders of tomorrow; they are intelligent, witty, creative, motivated and seek to understand, "why". We are fortunate at our school to provide opportunities beyond the regular, rigorous curriculum that will inspire such students to reach for higher career choices in their future.

My Project

With the dissection materials that I am seeking, I will be able to put a scalpel in a student's hand and give them hands-on-experience with dissection of a frog. They will be able to locate the internal organs and investigate the similarities frogs have with humans. In 4th grade, I will use the grasshoppers to investigate the unusual heart that grasshoppers have. In 3rd grade students will study the circulatory system and will end their unit of study investigating the sheep heart to compare what they have learned about the human heart with what they will be able to touch and see with the sheep heart. These experiences will never be forgotten by these students. I want to instill in my students not only an understanding of the organisms, but also a respect for these creatures.

The future of our country will depend on what our students know and understand as they move through our school systems and into our colleges and later into their careers.

Through research we have heard that careers associated with STEM will be necessary for the future of our country. What better way for us to prepare our future leaders of tomorrow, then by exposing them to the wonders of the body and the magnificence of the living organisms around us.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

75 students impacted 21 donors
Mrs. Shaw Northside Intermediate School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Opelika, AL View local requests

More than half 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

75 students impacted 21donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PAN DISSECT ALUM 91/2X7X3/4IN • Frey Scientific, Inc. $6.75 15 $101.25
GRASSFROG SINGLE 3.5''- 4'' VAC PK/10 • Frey Scientific, Inc. $27.36 4 $109.44
SCALPEL QUALITY GRADE 1.5IN BLADE • Frey Scientific, Inc. $2.03 10 $20.30
GRASSHOPPER PLAIN 3''+ WET PAIL/50 • Frey Scientific, Inc. $21.06 1 $21.06
SHEEP HEART VAC PK/10 • Frey Scientific, Inc. $26.51 1 $26.51

Materials cost

$278.56

Vendor shipping charges

 $33.43

Sales tax

 $22.70

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$368.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.09

Total project goal

$433.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $433.96

20 Donors

-$433.96

Donations toward project cost

-$368.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.09

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