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Ms. Spillard from San Francisco, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Blossoming Biologists: Hands-on Activities for Students

Help me give my students the hands-on laboratory activities they missed out on during the pandemic.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Spillard's classroom raised $720

This project is fully funded

My Students

Whether it is environmental justice, epidemiology, animal behavior, or genetic engineering, my biology students are naturally curious and interested to know how science applies to their daily lives. Many of them want to go into STEM fields in the future, and hands-on laboratory experiences give them both practical skills and experience using the scientific method. Labs are the student's favorite part of class, and allow students with a wide variety of skills and experiences to participate and be scientists.

Over 60% of Washington students come from economically-disadvantaged backgrounds, and spent the entire 2020-2021 school year learning remotely.

My Project

Like so many other teachers, I worked extremely hard to create engaging virtual activities for my classes last year. Although the students showed incredible resilience and determination, sometimes there just isn't a good substitute for the hands-on learning we regularly have in biology.

These laboratory materials will allow my biology students to explore challenging concepts in an engaging and hands-on way.

The cell communication and biotech lab kits contain materials that were especially difficult to substitute during distance learning, and provide a realistic preparation for a future in the biological sciences. The pillbugs will be both our class pets and a valuable teaching tool - the students will observe both their behavior and understand their role as essential detritivores in ecological systems.

Ms. Spillard George Washington High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

35 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Carolina Investigations for Use with AP Biology: Cell Communication 8-Station Kit (with prepaid coupon) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $124.96 1 $124.96
Evolution in Real Time: Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance 8-Station Kit (with prepaid coupon) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $118.44 1 $118.44
Glow-in-the-Dark Transformation 8-Station Student Kit (with prepaid coupon) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $110.83 1 $110.83
Pill Bugs, Armadillidium, Living, Pack 50 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $36.85 2 $73.70
Choice Chamber, Pack of 10 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $31.32 1 $31.32
Tank Cover, Screen, for 10-Gal Tank • Carolina Biological Supply Company $25.69 1 $25.69

Materials cost

$484.94

Vendor shipping charges

 $45.20

Sales tax

 $44.37

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$611.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$107.96

Total project goal

$719.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $719.74

7 Donors

-$358.11

Donations toward project cost

-$307.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.72

match offer

-$358.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$304.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.72

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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