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Ms. Barton from Detroit MI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Chemistry Tools

My students need beakers, graduated cylinders, test tube holders, tongs and other basic lab equipment to perform experiments in chemistry class.

  • $560 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Students learn science best by doing. In my class, I want students to be able to perform their own experiments using the tools that a chemist uses in a real lab setting.

Our student population is over 95% African-American with the majority living in poverty, qualifying them to receive free or reduced price lunch and breakfast.

The school population is over 1500 students although the school building was designed to house 1200. Class sizes are large with many classes having over 40 students per class. This means access to materials for small groups is very limited.

My Project

Donations to this project will provide beakers, graduated cylinders and other materials for students to perform science experiments in chemistry throughout the school year. One chemistry objective asks students to create a heating curve for water. Students need beakers, watch glasses and graduated cylinders to perform this activity. Tongs are also needed to remove the beakers from hot plates. Students also do paper chromatography activities and need the beakers and chromatography paper to complete this activity. While we have a large number of test tubes, we do not have holders or brushes to clean them after lab. Density experiments require the use of beakers, graduated cylinders and scoops to measure chemicals. Throughout the entire course, these materials will allow students to perform with real tools, not just learn content.

Students will gain knowledge and handle the same equipment that a real chemist would use in their lab.

This opens the door and shows that careers as chemists or scientists are something that students might consider themselves in the future.

Ms. Barton
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LAB TOOLS KIT- SET OF 6 TOOLS ST • Frey Scientific $11.66 9 $104.94
BEAKER GRIF PYREX BORO 250ML PK/12 • Frey Scientific $41.22 2 $82.44
CYLINDER SGL GRAD ECO PLAST 6 SETS OF 5 • Frey Scientific $58.46 1 $58.46
BEAKER GRIF PYREX BORO 400ML PK/12 • Frey Scientific $48.45 1 $48.45
WATCH GLASS PYREX BORO 90MM PK/12 • Frey Scientific $35.33 1 $35.33
PAPER STRIP CHROMATOGRAPHY .75X6 PK/50 • Frey Scientific $5.36 6 $32.16
BEAKER GRIF PYREX BORO 600ML PK/6 • Frey Scientific $30.74 1 $30.74

Materials cost

$392.52

Vendor shipping charges

 $47.10

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$475.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.91

Total project goal

$559.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $559.42

2 Donors

-$534.42

Donations toward project cost

-$454.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.16

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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 $0.00

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