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Mrs. Catherine Coats from Metairie LA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Biomedical and Electrical Engineering

Help me give my students soldering materials and batteries for an electrical project and safety knives and key rings for a biomedical project.

  • $298 goal

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My Students

I teach at an advanced school for high achieving students. All students are working at least one grade level above their actual age. Our students are a melting pot of nationalities, religions, and economic levels, but they all share a love of being challenged and learning new things.

Excitingly, the students challenge me, as a teacher, to continuously deliver advanced topics that broaden their knowledge base, in addition to their horizons.

The program we are developing will assist in delivering more knowledge to them, as well as more options for their futures.

My Project

Students build prosthetic hands, but it is hard to cut the cardboard with scissors. The key rings are used to pull the tendons for the prosthetics. In the electrical unit the students were so excited about wiring an LED to a battery and then soldering some of the connections, but there weren't enough supplies for everyone to have a turn because of covid safety measures. With these additional supplies, we will go back to the electrical unit so others can all have the hands on experience of soldering and wiring. Thanks so much for supporting our classroom!

Mrs. Catherine Coats
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEAD FREE SOLDER - 20G (6FT) - 10 PACK • Ward's Science $46.75 1 $46.75
TK47244704T LED Soldering Iron 25W • Grainger $20.12 2 $40.24
HELPING HANDS MAGNIFIER • Ward's Science $12.54 2 $25.08
RING LOOSELEAF NCKL PLATE 3IN SCHOOL SMART PACK OF 10 • School Specialty $4.79 5 $23.95
TK47244705T Self-Retracting 5 34 in Safety Knife 1 EA • Grainger $4.71 5 $23.55
RAYOVAC ULTRA-PRO 9V BATTERIES - PACK OF 12 • School Specialty $20.47 1 $20.47
BATTERY HOLDER 9V LEAD ONLY W/WIRE • School Specialty $0.82 20 $16.40

Materials cost

$196.44

Vendor shipping charges

$6.08

Sales tax

$17.19

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$252.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.59

Total project goal

$297.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$297.25

1 Donor

-$148.62

Donations toward project cost

-$126.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.29

match offer

-$148.62

Match offer toward project cost

-$126.33

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.29

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$0.00

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