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Mrs. Barnhart from Eustis FL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Making Mountains Out of Molehills

My students need a digital microscope, so that as a class we can observe the microscope structures and functions of living or once living things.

  • $180 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Do you remember the first time you looked at a bug through a magnifying glass? Perhaps you remember the first time you looked at something through a microscope. Many students have not had this experience, simply due to lack of proper equipment.

My students come from a large variety of backgrounds, ethnicities, races and learning styles.

Our school is an at-risk, Title I school in central Florida. I have students that struggle to read and think they hate science, students that excel in reading and are even moderately scientifically literate, and students that do their best with a modicum of interest in their subjects. But they all share one thing:they are naturally curious about the world around them.

My Project

With this digital microscope, I can project images seen through the microscope onto the class screen for the entire class to see. We will be able to observe the replication of some larger cells, view the inner structures and functions of insects, plant parts and anything else we are curious about.

So many students have never seen the cubical shape of a grain of salt as viewed under a microscope.

They have no idea that the surface of a dragonfly's eye has an actual texture, or that a plant cell has rigid walls. The purpose of scientific literacy is to ensure that we all understand the natural world around us.

Mrs. Barnhart
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Twist™ Flexible Digital Microscope • Nasco $109.95 1 $109.95

Materials cost

$109.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $11.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$152.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.93

Total project goal

$179.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $179.53

5 Donors

-$79.75

Donations toward project cost

-$76.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.45

match offer

-$89.76

Match offer toward project cost

-$76.30

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.46

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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