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Mrs. Wayne from Port Saint Lucie FL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fish Dissection Lab

My students need preserved perch, cell models, and colored pencils to study the differences between body organs and differences between plant and animal cells.

  • $414 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

"Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand." Native American Proverb. This is more true in Science than in any other subject. Hands on involvement is the key to student success in the science classroom.

I teach 6th grade middle school science.

I have approximately 125 students between 5 classes, two being advanced science students. Our school is located in a low income area that was hit extremely hard by the housing and construction downfall. The students are excited to learn and thrive in discovery and inquiry style lessons. Hands on approach to teaching at this grade is the most effective. Students will understand and retain information much better with hands on activities. One of the most asked questions on the first day of class is, "Do we get to do a dissection?" Unfortunately due to funding I was not able to give them an answer. You donations will give them this opportunity. Fish, animal and plant cell models, and colored pencils will allow students to participate in hands on experience.

My Project

This fish dissection activity will help the students learn about organ systems as well as individual organs. We live in Florida and many students have never seen a real fish or touched one. This lab allows students to explore cell structure and function. They will learn the differences between animal cells and plant cells. These concepts are extremely difficult for 6th grade students to master. Many different lessons with different types of interaction, showing the material in many different ways, will ensure that students can master the content. Science is about getting messy and remembering the lab experience for the rest of your life. Dissections give the students that experience.

Reading about science in a book, just simply does not work with children.

I am trying to provide an environment that allows for discovery and inquiry in a Science education. By donating to this project the students will use the colored pencils to draw and diagram fish dissection. They will use the organ poster and plant and animal cell models to identify difference between the animal world and plant world. Thank you for your support.

Mrs. Wayne
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PERCH PLAIN 9-12'' WET PAIL/50 • Frey Scientific $148.19 1 $148.19
PENCIL COLORED 7'' 10-COLORS PACK OF 250 - SCHOOL SMART • Frey Scientific $32.39 1 $32.39
BOARD WIPE-OFF PLAIN 9X12 PACK OF 10 - SCHOOL SMART • Frey Scientific $22.49 1 $22.49
GLUE WASHABLE 4OZ PACK OF 48 - SCHOOL SMART • Frey Scientific $22.49 1 $22.49
MAGNETIC MAGNETIC ANIMAL CELLS SET OF 18 • Frey Scientific $19.79 1 $19.79
MAGNETIC MAGNETIC PLANT CELLS SET OF 13 • Frey Scientific $19.79 1 $19.79
SYSTEMS OF HUMAN BODY LAM POSTER • Frey Scientific $17.96 1 $17.96
MODEL CROSS SECTION ANIMAL CELL • Frey Scientific $17.09 1 $17.09
CHARTY BONY FISH LAMINATED 19X26IN • Frey Scientific $16.16 1 $16.16

Materials cost

$316.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$351.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.96

Total project goal

$413.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $413.06

8 Donors

-$312.18

Donations toward project cost

-$266.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.08

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

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 $0.00

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