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Ms. Marinaccio from Beacon NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

4-D Shark Models

Help me give my students the gift of hands on and kinesthetic learning.

  • $215 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

In the last ten years, I've taught science to a range of students from self-contained, inclusion, and honors. Although the types of learners that have walked through my door have been varied, there is one thing that has been consistent, which is that my classes always become a family. We respect one another, build each other up, connect with each other, and learn from one another.

The students at our high school are beyond extraordinary - they're hard working, thoughtful, and intelligent.

Every student that has walked through my door has taught me something about who I am as I teacher or as a person. I spend an enormous amount of time finding out who my students are, what are the things we have in common, and I try and learn from them.

When I walk into my classroom every day I smile because the room is decorated with student work, cards, pictures, projects, and all of these artifacts create a comfortable classroom.

My Project

In my Marine Biology Class students will dissect a Dogfish shark. Often students struggle identifying the internal anatomy because pictures on a paper compared to the actual shark are hard to interpret. I think this 4-D Model of Sharks and their internal organs will help my students to identify the internal anatomy of a shark. Students will be able to take apart the model and put it back together which helps kinesthetic learners. Students will dismantle and then put back together the model which will allow them to time to understand how the internal organs are positioned inside of a shark.

Ms. Marinaccio
Grades 9-12
  • Beacon High School
  • Beacon, NY
    • More than a third of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 78 students.

    4 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
4D Vision Great White Shark Anatomy Model • Amazon Business $24.99 5 $124.95
4D Vision Great White Shark Anatomy Model • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99

Materials cost

$149.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$182.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.15

Total project goal

$214.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $214.34

4 Donors

-$214.34

Donations toward project cost

-$182.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.15

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