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Ms. Sankstone from Chicago IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inquiry-Based Science

My students need resources for an inquiry-based science program. With your help, they will have a lab every week!

  • $1,102 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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

My students are incredibly enthusiastic about science. For my kids, science is the entire world around them, and they dearly want to understand it. Yet, our labs are not fully equipped for an inquiry-based science program. Your donation can change that.

My students are, quite simply, the best.

They are engaged, funny, fun, full of life and raring to go. They come from all over to attend our public school, and are proud of their accomplishments and achievements. My students are a delight. Our biggest challenge is in using limited resources to engage and expand their unlimited curiosity.

My Project

This project will bring to life the current curriculum. I've chosen materials that will provide opportunities for both demonstrations and investigations. For example, the seismograph will be used in an engineering lab. My 6th graders will build a building that must withstand a devastating earthquake. We will use the seismograph to record the point at which each building falls. The genetics lab kit will be used by 7th graders in their life sciences investigations.

Additional resources such as prisms, Celsius thermometers, magnets and a magnetic solar system kit will bring hands-on labs to my students.

My students pretty much beg for labs, and not just any labs. They want experiments; they want to apply the scientific method to challenge themselves and deepen their understanding of their world. Your donation will help create the future scientists of America!

Ms. Sankstone
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
SEISMOGRAPH ACTIVITY MODEL • Frey Scientific, Inc. $116.06 1 $116.06
MODULE INQ INV GENETICS • Frey Scientific, Inc. $579.95 1 $579.95
MAGNETS FERR.CERAMIC LG PKG/2 • Frey Scientific, Inc. $4.46 9 $40.14
MAGNET SOLAR SYSTEM GIANT • Frey Scientific, Inc. $17.96 1 $17.96
THERMOMETER GALILEO CELSIUS EA • Frey Scientific, Inc. $13.50 1 $13.50
PRISMS- ACRYLIC- SET/6 • Frey Scientific, Inc. $31.01 1 $31.01

Materials cost

$798.62

Vendor shipping charges

 $95.83

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$936.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$165.25

Total project goal

$1,101.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,101.68

17 Donors

-$1,015.21

Donations toward project cost

-$885.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$129.78

Matching donations from our partners

-$60.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$51.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.47

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 $0.00

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