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Chemistry and You!

My students need to be able to see chemistry. The models will help them visualize this while the demo kits (along with labs in the class) will allow them to see it.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. G. Gomez's classroom raised $1,670

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

The biggest challenge to teaching chemistry is answering the question "how does this apply to me?" I really can't answer this meaningfully within the first month. But by the end of the course, students make these connections with their lives. These supplies will help me reinforce these connections.

I teach at an inner-city math, science & technology magnet.

The impression I get when I tell people this is "You must have some good kids." This is not always the case. My students are well behaved and respectful and I am truly grateful for this. However many times they come to me with little background knowledge and experience when it relates to science. They have been drilled with language arts and math from when they were young while science sits on the back burner. Some have even lost their innate curiosity of "how the world works?". Everyday, I aim to bring back that curiosity in my classroom.

My Project

I aim to use these materials to bring back the innate curiosity and relate chemistry to their everyday lives. The models will help them to visualize the micro scale of chemistry in a macro way. The demonstration kits and chemicals will be used to show the students chemistry as it happens. I have the students perform many labs in my class. These demos will help supplement these labs and the students knowledge base overall. The books will help my students relate chemistry to the real world. They will be able to read how chemistry has shaped history. They will read about how chemistry is present and affect their lives to this day (as it pertains to what they eat, buy, and use). They will also be able to use these books as primary sources for research projects I have them complete throughout the year. I also have many puzzles (brainteasers) on my desk. Students will pick them up randomly and try to solve them. I use these to get students to think and problem solve.

These materials will hopefully help me answer my students question "how does this affect me?" in a more meaningful way.

I aim to be able to connect chemistry (and science in general) in such a way that my students will see how chemistry (and science in general) affects their lives now and continue to see the connection long after they finish my class.

Mr. G. Gomez Roosevelt High School MSTMA Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lycopodium Demonstration Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $35.10 2 $70.20
Finding the Elements Demo Chemistry Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $68.88 1 $68.88
Carolina Investigations for AP* Chemistry: Chemical and Physical Changes Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $61.70 1 $61.70
Timelines of Science • Amazon $29.73 2 $59.46
3B Scientific W56631 Green Chemistry The Production of Biodiesel Kit, 22 Piece • Amazon $54.97 1 $54.97
Carolina Investigations for AP* Chemistry: Types of Chemical Bonds Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $54.10 1 $54.10
A Bakers Dozen Demo Chemistry Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $52.73 1 $52.73
Premium Beaker Mug, Thick Borosilicate Glass, 16.9oz (500mL) Capacity • Amazon $25.11 2 $50.22
IB Chemistry: 2nd Edition: For the IB diploma (Oxford Ib Diploma Programme) • Amazon $39.90 1 $39.90
Chemistry for Nonchemists: Principles and Applications for Environmental Practitioners (Science for Nonscientists) • Amazon $31.50 1 $31.50
Magic Box with 3 Wooden Puzzles Gift Set - Open the Trick Box to Find 3 Great Puzzles Inside • Amazon $29.95 1 $29.95
The Genie in the Bottle: 67 All-New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life • Amazon $14.38 2 $28.76
Cu Later Silver! Chemistry Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $28.03 1 $28.03
BOOK THE ELEMENTS • Frey Scientific $26.96 1 $26.96
3B Scientific W19733 45 Piece Graphite Molecular Kit • Amazon $26.25 1 $26.25
That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles: 62 All-New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life • Amazon $13.12 2 $26.24
The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians • Amazon $12.81 2 $25.62
A Short History of Nearly Everything • Amazon $12.78 2 $25.56
Barron's SAT Subject Test Chemistry, 11th Edition • Amazon $12.77 2 $25.54
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History • Amazon $12.76 2 $25.52
Why Is Milk White?: & 200 Other Curious Chemistry Questions • Amazon $12.75 2 $25.50
13 Things that Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time • Amazon $12.69 2 $25.38
Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry from Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission • Amazon $12.27 2 $24.54
Chemical Cuisine Book • Amazon $23.50 1 $23.50
BOOK TOP SHELF FORENSICS • Frey Scientific $23.40 1 $23.40
Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated into What America Eats • Amazon $11.67 2 $23.34
POSTER EXAMINING CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION • Frey Scientific $23.18 1 $23.18
The History of the Standard Oil Company: Briefer Version • Amazon $11.58 2 $23.16
American Educational Equilibrium Tube with Standard Tubes and Support Stand, 8" Length x 1-1/2" Width X 6" Height • Amazon $22.43 1 $22.43
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America • Amazon $10.97 2 $21.94
William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles • Amazon $20.90 1 $20.90
INSTANT LIGHT POWDER KIT • Frey Scientific $9.86 2 $19.72
Solving Real Problems with Chemistry (2nd Edition) • Amazon $17.75 1 $17.75
CO2OL Demonstrations with Dry Ice Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $15.15 1 $15.15
Milk of Magnesia Rainbow Demonstration Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $14.82 1 $14.82
Molecular Models 91 Piece VSEPR Theory Advanced Molecular Models Kit • Amazon $14.74 1 $14.74
POSTER ATOM LAMINATED • Frey Scientific $13.50 1 $13.50
POOF-Slinky 0X5950 Ideal Brain Benders Mind-Bending 3D Wooden Puzzles with Storage Tin, 4-Pack • Amazon $11.24 1 $11.24
Soma Cube 3d - Large • Amazon $10.95 1 $10.95
Molecular Models 150 Piece Buckyball Trigonal Atoms and Grey Bonds Kit • Amazon $10.93 1 $10.93
Magnetic Stirring Bars, Spinbar, Disposable, 1 + 5/16, Pack of 5 • Carolina Biological Supply Company $8.31 1 $8.31
Shapes Puzzle • Amazon $3.39 1 $3.39

Materials cost

$1,209.86

Vendor shipping charges

 $50.20

Sales tax

 $110.70

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,418.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$250.40

Total project goal

$1,669.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,669.31

1 Donor

-$1,669.31

Donations toward project cost

-$1,418.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$250.40

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