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Ms. Murray from Kingwood WV is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Time to Bring this Lab to Life!

My students need plants, dwarf frogs, guppies, and accessories to turn our empty aquarium in to a planted breeding tank to study in our chemistry and biology classes.

  • $380 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Yogi Berra once said that you can observe a lot by just watching. After receiving a donated aquarium, my students and I are excited to see how much we can observe by watching. We are on a mission to create a thriving ecosystem in order to bring a little life in to our room and our labs.

At our school, we pride ourselves on the wide variety of available academic and vocational programs.

Whether our kids families have lived on the same farm for generations or have just moved to the area, our goal is to provide each of our students a pathway for success. Our students are hard working, creative kids who love to get their hands dirty whether they are in chemistry or carpentry. During the past year, we have gone from a shared lab space with broken and limited equipment to a new science complex stocked with amazing equipment provided in large part by Donors Choose and our amazing donors. These new resources have helped our biology, chemistry, and forensics programs come to life in a way that we never dreamed possible.

My Project

With the donation of an aquarium and stand by a local community member, we are hoping to put a little life back in the room. We are planning to create a planted tank that will house dwarf frogs and guppies. This tank will not only serve as a relaxing focal point, but also provide several new lab opportunities for my classes. The chemistry classes will be conducting water quality assessments including pH and dissolved oxygen while biology will be studying the genetics of guppy breeding, symbiosis between plants and animals in an ecosystem, and animal behavior. In addition, we will be using the elodea from the tank in our photosynthesis experiments.

Whether kids are 5 or 15, there is something magical about living things in the classroom.

Plants and animals provide opportunities for caring, conversation, and curriculum in a way that few other methods can achieve. This project will allow me to literally bring my classroom to life.

Ms. Murray
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dwarf Aquarium Frog, Living, Pack of 3 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $15.15 1 $15.15
Whisper Air Pump 10 UL • Carolina Biological Supply Company $18.52 1 $18.52
Air Line Tubing, 25 ft • Carolina Biological Supply Company $4.99 1 $4.99
Whisper In-Tank 20i Filter • Carolina Biological Supply Company $24.94 1 $24.94
Filter Cartridge, Bio-Bag, for Whisper Power Filters 1-3, Large, Pack 3 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $18.52 1 $18.52
LIV.MATER.AQUARIA 3/5GAL EA • Frey Scientific, Inc. $44.80 1 $44.80
AQUARIUM GRAVEL 5 LB • Frey Scientific, Inc. $6.00 2 $12.00
GUPPIES, 12/PK • Frey Scientific, Inc. $24.00 1 $24.00
HEATER SUBMERSIBLE FOR 10GAL AQUARIUM • Frey Scientific, Inc. $27.99 1 $27.99
NET FISH 3'' • Frey Scientific, Inc. $1.49 1 $1.49
Laborett Water Test Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $28.74 1 $28.74
Dissolved Oxygen, 50 tests • Carolina Biological Supply Company $9.74 4 $38.96

Materials cost

$260.10

Vendor shipping charges

$28.21

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$322.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.86

Total project goal

$379.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$379.07

15 Donors

-$355.25

Donations toward project cost

-$322.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.04

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.82

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$0.00

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