My students need their first observations ever through a microscope. This digital microscope, iodine solution, coverslips, and microscope slides will be a great start for them.
Have you ever wanted to see the beauty of Alaska for yourself? My students desire their first look at Alaska in ways they have never seen before. They want to reveal the mysteries of the microscopic world around them. My students enjoyed studying cells, and now yearn to see them firsthand.
My middle school students are from a remote village in Alaska.
They are involved in science every day at home with their cultural subsistence lifestyle. Their science skills for observation and storytelling are incredible, and their respect for nature is unparalleled.
My 50 students spend a lot of time outdoors no matter the weather, and have the most insatiable appetite for science in order to better understand the land around them. If I can relate a science concept to the community and their lives, my students just soak up the knowledge. My students truly are the best group who want to try new things and learn.
Their respect for the processes of science and tools we use encourages me to enhance their lessons to the best of my ability. The microscope is a tool that will be cared for and utilized to enhance their education in middle school.
My Project
I have requested a digital microscope, iodine solution, and microscope slides. My students love outdoor community projects that relate to what we are learning. We are studying cells and organisms, and the videos and pictures just are not cutting it.
In my classroom my students desire (and thrive with) hands-on experiments. My students want to go outside and bring back specimens like plants, fur, feathers, and more to look at under the digital microscope. This project will give them the tools to begin these explorations and countless more.
Our K-12 school does not have a working microscope, and this is such an incredible tool to have!
I truly believe that this learning opportunity will prove to be invaluable for my students, and other students at our school. With your donation, you are helping students see the world in unseen ways that they will never forget!
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